A rare functional cardioprotective APOC3 variant has risen in frequency in distinct population isolates.

abstract：:Van Allen radiation belts are typically two zones of energetic particles encircling the Earth separated by the slot region. How the outer radiation belt electrons are accelerated to relativistic energies remains an unanswered question. Recent studies have presented compelling evidence for the local acceleration by ver...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Su Z,Zhu H,Xiao F,Zong QG,Zhou XZ,Zheng H,Wang Y,Wang S,Hao YX,Gao Z,He Z,Baker DN,Spence HE,Reeves GD,Blake JB,Wygant JR

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As whole-genome sequencing for cancer genome analysis becomes a clinical tool, a full understanding of the variables affecting sequencing analysis output is required. Here using tumour-normal sample pairs from two different types of cancer, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and medulloblastoma, we conduct a benchmarking e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Alioto TS,Buchhalter I,Derdak S,Hutter B,Eldridge MD,Hovig E,Heisler LE,Beck TA,Simpson JT,Tonon L,Sertier AS,Patch AM,Jäger N,Ginsbach P,Drews R,Paramasivam N,Kabbe R,Chotewutmontri S,Diessl N,Previti C,Schmidt S

更新日期：2015-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene has an extremely high in-plane strength yet considerable out-of-plane softness. High crystalline order of graphene assemblies is desired to utilize their in-plane properties, however, challenged by the easy formation of chaotic wrinkles for the intrinsic softness. Here, we find an intercalation modulated plas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li P,Yang M,Liu Y,Qin H,Liu J,Xu Z,Liu Y,Meng F,Lin J,Wang F,Gao C

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a notoriously difficult-to-treat cancer and patients are in need of novel therapies. We have shown previously that these tumours have altered metabolic requirements, making them highly reliant on a number of adaptations including a non-canonical glutamine (Gln) metabolic pathway and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Biancur DE,Paulo JA,Małachowska B,Quiles Del Rey M,Sousa CM,Wang X,Sohn ASW,Chu GC,Gygi SP,Harper JW,Fendler W,Mancias JD,Kimmelman AC

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-linear interactions in coherent gases are not only at the origin of bright and dark solitons and superfluids; they also give rise to phenomena such as multistability, which hold great promise for the development of advanced photonic and spintronic devices. In particular, spinor multistability in strongly coupled s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cerna R,Léger Y,Paraïso TK,Wouters M,Morier-Genoud F,Portella-Oberli MT,Deveaud B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Processing of interleukin RNAs must be tightly controlled during the immune response. Here we report that a subnuclear body called the interleukin-6 and -10 splicing activating compartment (InSAC) is a nuclear site of cytokine RNA production and stability. Tat-activating regulatory DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) acts...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee S,Lee TA,Lee E,Kang S,Park A,Kim SW,Park HJ,Yoon JH,Ha SJ,Park T,Lee JS,Cheon JH,Park B

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 epidemic hit Italy particularly hard, yielding the implementation of strict national lockdown rules. Previous modelling studies at the national level overlooked the fact that Italy is divided into administrative regions which can independently oversee their own share of the Italian National Health Service...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Della Rossa F,Salzano D,Di Meglio A,De Lellis F,Coraggio M,Calabrese C,Guarino A,Cardona-Rivera R,De Lellis P,Liuzza D,Lo Iudice F,Russo G,di Bernardo M

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:How spatial and temporal information are integrated to determine the direction of cell migration remains poorly understood. Here, by precise microfluidics emulation of dynamic chemoattractant waves, we demonstrate that, in Dictyostelium, directional movement as well as activation of small guanosine triphosphatase Ras ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nakajima A,Ishihara S,Imoto D,Sawai S

更新日期：2014-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetics has emerged as an alternative method for electrical control of the heart, where illumination is used to elicit a bioelectric response in tissue modified to express photosensitive proteins (opsins). This technology promises to enable evocation of spatiotemporally precise responses in targeted cells or tiss...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Boyle PM,Williams JC,Ambrosi CM,Entcheva E,Trayanova NA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetylation is known to affect the speed of seed germination, but the molecular regulatory basis of this remains ambiguous. Here we report that loss of function of two histone deacetylase-binding factors, SWI-INDEPENDENT3 (SIN3)-LIKE1 (SNL1) and SNL2, results in accelerated radicle protrusion and growth during...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Z,Chen F,Li X,Cao H,Ding M,Zhang C,Zuo J,Xu C,Xu J,Deng X,Xiang Y,Soppe WJ,Liu Y

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:India is located at a critical geographic crossroads for understanding the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa and into Asia and Oceania. Here we report evidence for long-term human occupation, spanning the last ~80 thousand years, at the site of Dhaba in the Middle Son River Valley of Central India. An unchanging...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Clarkson C,Harris C,Li B,Neudorf CM,Roberts RG,Lane C,Norman K,Pal J,Jones S,Shipton C,Koshy J,Gupta MC,Mishra DP,Dubey AK,Boivin N,Petraglia M

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial symbiosis is integral to plant growth and reproduction, but its contribution to global patterns of plant distribution is unknown. Legumes (Fabaceae) are a diverse and widely distributed plant family largely dependent on symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, which are acquired from soil after germination. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Simonsen AK,Dinnage R,Barrett LG,Prober SM,Thrall PH

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Long nanopore reads are advantageous in de novo genome assembly. However, nanopore reads usually have broad error distribution and high-error-rate subsequences. Existing error correction tools cannot correct nanopore reads efficiently and effectively. Most methods trim high-error-rate subsequences during error correct...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen Y,Nie F,Xie SQ,Zheng YF,Dai Q,Bray T,Wang YX,Xing JF,Huang ZJ,Wang DP,He LJ,Luo F,Wang JX,Liu YZ,Xiao CL

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) is most highly expressed in rapidly growing bacteria and is drastically downregulated under stress conditions by the global transcriptional regulator DksA and the alarmone ppGpp. Here, we determined cryo-electron microscopy structures of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (RNAP) σ70 holoenzyme du...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shin Y,Qayyum MZ,Pupov D,Esyunina D,Kulbachinskiy A,Murakami KS

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual cells in clonal populations often respond differently to environmental changes; for binary phenotypes, such as cell death, this can be measured as a fractional response. These types of responses have been attributed to cell-intrinsic stochastic processes and variable abundances of biochemical constituents, ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Santos LC,Vogel R,Chipuk JE,Birtwistle MR,Stolovitzky G,Meyer P

更新日期：2019-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two voltage-gated calcium channel subtypes-CaV1.2 and CaV1.3-underlie the major L-type Ca(2+) currents in the mammalian central nervous system. Owing to their high sequence homology, the two channel subtypes share similar pharmacological properties, and at high doses classic calcium channel blockers, such as dihydropy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang H,Ng CY,Yu D,Zhai J,Lam Y,Soong TW

更新日期：2014-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For COVID-19, it is vital to understand if quarantines shorter than 14 days can be equally effective with judiciously deployed testing. Here, we develop a mathematical model that quantifies the probability of post-quarantine transmission incorporating testing into travel quarantine, quarantine of traced contacts with ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wells CR,Townsend JP,Pandey A,Moghadas SM,Krieger G,Singer B,McDonald RH,Fitzpatrick MC,Galvani AP

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of protein aggregates is involved in the onset of many neurodegenerative diseases. Aggrephagy is a selective type of autophagy that counteracts neurodegeneration by degrading such aggregates. In this study, we found that LC3C cooperates with lysosomal TECPR1 to promote the degradation of disease-relat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wetzel L,Blanchard S,Rama S,Beier V,Kaufmann A,Wollert T

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival in complex environments necessitates a flexible navigation system that incorporates memory of recent behavior and associations. Yet, how the hippocampal spatial circuit represents latent information independent of sensory inputs and future goals has not been determined. To address this, we image the activity ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Keinath AT,Nieto-Posadas A,Robinson JC,Brandon MP

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation allows for unconventional initiation at disease-causing repeat expansions. As RAN translation contributes to pathogenesis in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, determining its mechanistic underpinnings may inform therapeutic development. Here we analyze RAN translation at...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Green KM,Glineburg MR,Kearse MG,Flores BN,Linsalata AE,Fedak SJ,Goldstrohm AC,Barmada SJ,Todd PK

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowing which proteins and RNAs directly interact is essential for understanding cellular mechanisms. Unfortunately, discovering such interactions is costly and often unreliable. To overcome these limitations, we developed rec-YnH, a new yeast two and three-hybrid-based screening pipeline capable of detecting interact...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang JS,Garriga-Canut M,Link N,Carolis C,Broadbent K,Beltran-Sastre V,Serrano L,Maurer SP

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A conspicuous 60° bend of the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain in the north-western Pacific Ocean has variously been interpreted as the result of an abrupt Pacific plate motion change in the Eocene (∼47 Ma), a rapid southward drift of the Hawaiian hotspot before the formation of the bend, or a combination of these two causes. P...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Torsvik TH,Doubrovine PV,Steinberger B,Gaina C,Spakman W,Domeier M

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Six CO2 fixation pathways are known to operate in photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic microorganisms. Here, we describe chemolithoautotrophic growth of the sulphate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans (strain G11) with hydrogen and sulphate as energy substrates. Genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and meta...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sánchez-Andrea I,Guedes IA,Hornung B,Boeren S,Lawson CE,Sousa DZ,Bar-Even A,Claassens NJ,Stams AJM

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Networks of natural protein nanofibrils, such as cytoskeletal filaments, control the shape and the division of cells, yet mimicking this functionality in a synthetic setting has proved challenging. Here, we demonstrate that artificial networks of protein nanofibrils can induce controlled deformation and division of al...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Song Y,Michaels TCT,Ma Q,Liu Z,Yuan H,Takayama S,Knowles TPJ,Shum HC

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding nanoscale thermal transport is of substantial importance for designing contemporary semiconductor technologies. Heat removal from small sources is well established to be severely impeded compared to diffusive predictions due to the ballistic nature of the dominant heat carriers. Experimental observations...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ziabari A,Torres P,Vermeersch B,Xuan Y,Cartoixà X,Torelló A,Bahk JH,Koh YR,Parsa M,Ye PD,Alvarez FX,Shakouri A

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Do completely unpredictable events exist? Classical physics excludes fundamental randomness. Although quantum theory makes probabilistic predictions, this does not imply that nature is random, as randomness should be certified without relying on the complete structure of the theory being used. Bell tests approach the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gallego R,Masanes L,De La Torre G,Dhara C,Aolita L,Acín A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that aneuploidy in human embryos is surprisingly frequent with 50-80% of cleavage-stage human embryos carrying an abnormal chromosome number. Here we combine non-invasive time-lapse imaging with karyotypic reconstruction of all blastomeres in four-cell human embryos to address the hy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chavez SL,Loewke KE,Han J,Moussavi F,Colls P,Munne S,Behr B,Reijo Pera RA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD) is a key enzyme that converts 6-phosphogluconate into ribulose-5-phosphate with NADP+ as cofactor in the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP). 6PGD is commonly upregulated and plays important roles in many human cancers, while the mechanism underlying such roles of 6PGD remains elusi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu R,Li W,Tao B,Wang X,Yang Z,Zhang Y,Wang C,Liu R,Gao H,Liang J,Yang W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diversity of self-propelled chemical motors, based on Marangoni propulsive forces, has been developed in recent years. However, most motors are non-functional due to poor performance, a lack of control, and the use of toxic materials. To overcome these limitations, we have developed multifunctional and biodegradable...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pena-Francesch A,Giltinan J,Sitti M

更新日期：2019-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 (ULK1) complex plays a central role in the initiation stage of autophagy. However, the function of ULK1 in the late stage of autophagy is unknown. Here, we report that ULK1, a central kinase of the ULK1 complex involved in autophagy initiation, promotes autophagosome-lysos...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang C,Wang H,Zhang D,Luo W,Liu R,Xu D,Diao L,Liao L,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00