A generalized non-local optical response theory for plasmonic nanostructures.

abstract：:Antibiotic resistance poses rapidly increasing global problems in combatting multidrug-resistant (MDR) infectious diseases like MDR tuberculosis, prompting for novel approaches including host-directed therapies (HDT). Intracellular pathogens like Salmonellae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) exploit host pathways t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Korbee CJ,Heemskerk MT,Kocev D,van Strijen E,Rabiee O,Franken KLMC,Wilson L,Savage NDL,Džeroski S,Haks MC,Ottenhoff THM

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of clinical studies have demonstrated associations between the human microbiome and disease, yet fundamental questions remain on how we can generalize this knowledge. Results from individual studies can be inconsistent, and comparing published data is further complicated by a lack of standard processing and a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Duvallet C,Gibbons SM,Gurry T,Irizarry RA,Alm EJ

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetized plasma interactions are ubiquitous in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. Various physical effects have been shown to be important within colliding plasma flows influenced by opposing magnetic fields, however, experimental verification of the mechanisms within the interaction region has remained elusive. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tubman ER,Joglekar AS,Bott AFA,Borghesi M,Coleman B,Cooper G,Danson CN,Durey P,Foster JM,Graham P,Gregori G,Gumbrell ET,Hill MP,Hodge T,Kar S,Kingham RJ,Read M,Ridgers CP,Skidmore J,Spindloe C,Thomas AGR,Treadwe

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival following a diagnosis of multiple myeloma (MM) varies between patients and some of these differences may be a consequence of inherited genetic variation. In this study, to identify genetic markers associated with MM overall survival (MM-OS), we conduct a meta-analysis of four patient series of European ancest...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Johnson DC,Weinhold N,Mitchell JS,Chen B,Kaiser M,Begum DB,Hillengass J,Bertsch U,Gregory WA,Cairns D,Jackson GH,Försti A,Nickel J,Hoffmann P,Nöethen MM,Stephens OW,Barlogie B,Davis FE,Hemminki K,Goldschmidt H,Hou

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Alike materials in the solid state, the phase diagram of type-II superconductors exhibit crystalline, amorphous, liquid and spatially inhomogeneous phases. The multitude of different phases of vortex matter has thence proven to act as almost ideal model system for the study of both the underlying properties of superco...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reimann T,Mühlbauer S,Schulz M,Betz B,Kaestner A,Pipich V,Böni P,Grünzweig C

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Zea mays is an important genetic model for elucidating transcriptional networks. Uncertainties about the complete structure of mRNA transcripts limit the progress of research in this system. Here, using single-molecule sequencing technology, we produce 111,151 transcripts from 6 tissues capturing ∼70% of the genes ann...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang B,Tseng E,Regulski M,Clark TA,Hon T,Jiao Y,Lu Z,Olson A,Stein JC,Ware D

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Secret communication over public channels is one of the central pillars of a modern information society. Using quantum key distribution this is achieved without relying on the hardness of mathematical problems, which might be compromised by improved algorithms or by future quantum computers. State-of-the-art quantum k...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gehring T,Händchen V,Duhme J,Furrer F,Franz T,Pacher C,Werner RF,Schnabel R

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapse formation is triggered through trans-synaptic interaction between pairs of pre- and postsynaptic adhesion molecules, the specificity of which depends on splice inserts known as 'splice-insert signaling codes'. Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase δ (PTPδ) can bidirectionally induce pre- and postsynaptic diffe...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamagata A,Yoshida T,Sato Y,Goto-Ito S,Uemura T,Maeda A,Shiroshima T,Iwasawa-Okamoto S,Mori H,Mishina M,Fukai S

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium metal batteries have been considerably limited by the problems of uncontrolled dendritic lithium formation and the highly reactive nature of lithium with electrolytes. Herein, we have developed functional porous bilayer composite separators by simply blade-coating polyacrylamide-grafted graphene oxide molecula...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li C,Liu S,Shi C,Liang G,Lu Z,Fu R,Wu D

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydride transfers play a crucial role in a multitude of biological redox reactions and are mediated by flavin, deazaflavin or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactors at standard redox potentials ranging from 0 to -340 mV. 2-Naphthoyl-CoA reductase, a key enzyme of oxygen-independent bacterial naphthalene degradati...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Willistein M,Bechtel DF,Müller CS,Demmer U,Heimann L,Kayastha K,Schünemann V,Pierik AJ,Ullmann GM,Ermler U,Boll M

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19868-6. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Heimbucher T,Hog J,Gupta P,Murphy CT

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymersomes are bilayer vesicles, self-assembled from amphiphilic block copolymers. They are versatile nanocapsules with adjustable properties, such as flexibility, permeability, size and functionality. However, so far no methodological approach to control their shape exists. Here we demonstrate a mechanistically ful...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rikken RS,Engelkamp H,Nolte RJ,Maan JC,van Hest JC,Wilson DA,Christianen PC

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vesicular photothermal therapy agents (PTAs) are highly desirable in photothermal therapy (PTT) for their excellent light-harvesting ability and versatile hollow compartments. However, up to now, the reported vesicular PTAs are generally self-assembled from small molecules like liposomes, and polymer vesicles have sel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Wang H,Li S,Chen C,Xu L,Huang P,Liu F,Su Y,Qi M,Yu C,Zhou Y

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Many porous materials are damaged by pressure exerted by salt crystals growing in their pores. This is a serious issue in conservation science, geomorphology, geotechnical engineering and concrete materials science. In all cases, a central question is whether crystallization pressure will cause damage. Here we present...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Flatt RJ,Caruso F,Sanchez AM,Scherer GW

更新日期：2014-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:For the large-scale sustainable implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in vehicles, high-performance electrocatalysts with low platinum consumption are desirable for use as cathode material during the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. Here we report a carbon black-supported cost-effective, ef...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu J,Jiao M,Lu L,Barkholtz HM,Li Y,Wang Y,Jiang L,Wu Z,Liu DJ,Zhuang L,Ma C,Zeng J,Zhang B,Su D,Song P,Xing W,Xu W,Wang Y,Jiang Z,Sun G

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:As an in-plane charge current flows in a heavy metal film with spin-orbit coupling, it produces a torque on and thereby switches the magnetization in a neighbouring ferromagnetic metal film. Such spin-orbit torque (SOT)-induced switching has been studied extensively in recent years and has shown higher efficiency than...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li P,Liu T,Chang H,Kalitsov A,Zhang W,Csaba G,Li W,Richardson D,DeMann A,Rimal G,Dey H,Jiang JS,Porod W,Field SB,Tang J,Marconi MC,Hoffmann A,Mryasov O,Wu M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dadaev T,Saunders EJ,Newcombe PJ,Anokian E,Leongamornlert DA,Brook MN,Cieza-Borrella C,Mijuskovic M,Wakerell S,Olama AAA,Schumacher FR,Berndt SI,Benlloch S,Ahmed M,Goh C,Sheng X,Zhang Z,Muir K,Govindasami K,Lophatan

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiencies of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are now reaching such consistently high levels that scalable manufacturing at low cost is becoming critical. However, this remains challenging due to the expensive hole-transporting materials usually employed, and difficulties associated with the scalable deposition of...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wu WQ,Wang Q,Fang Y,Shao Y,Tang S,Deng Y,Lu H,Liu Y,Li T,Yang Z,Gruverman A,Huang J

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In melanoma, therapies with inhibitors to oncogenic BRAFV600E are highly effective but responses are often short-lived due to the emergence of drug-resistant tumor subpopulations. We describe here a mechanism of acquired drug resistance through the tumor microenvironment, which is mediated by human tumor-associated B ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Somasundaram R,Zhang G,Fukunaga-Kalabis M,Perego M,Krepler C,Xu X,Wagner C,Hristova D,Zhang J,Tian T,Wei Z,Liu Q,Garg K,Griss J,Hards R,Maurer M,Hafner C,Mayerhöfer M,Karanikas G,Jalili A,Bauer-Pohl V,Weihsengru

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently rediscovered black phosphorus is a layered semiconductor with promising electronic and photonic properties. Dynamic control of its bandgap can allow for the exploration of new physical phenomena. However, theoretical investigations and photoemission spectroscopy experiments indicate that in its few-layer form...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Deng B,Tran V,Xie Y,Jiang H,Li C,Guo Q,Wang X,Tian H,Koester SJ,Wang H,Cha JJ,Xia Q,Yang L,Xia F

更新日期：2017-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystalline solids are generally known as excellent heat conductors, amorphous materials or glasses as thermal insulators. It has thus come as a surprise that certain crystal structures defy this paradigm. A prominent example are type-I clathrates and other materials with guest-host structures. They sustain low-energy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ikeda MS,Euchner H,Yan X,Tomeš P,Prokofiev A,Prochaska L,Lientschnig G,Svagera R,Hartmann S,Gati E,Lang M,Paschen S

更新日期：2019-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased somatic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutagenesis causes premature aging in mice, and mtDNA damage accumulates in the human brain with aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease (PD). Here, we study the complete spectrum of mtDNA changes, including deletions, copy-number variation and point ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dölle C,Flønes I,Nido GS,Miletic H,Osuagwu N,Kristoffersen S,Lilleng PK,Larsen JP,Tysnes OB,Haugarvoll K,Bindoff LA,Tzoulis C

更新日期：2016-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Migrating cells move across diverse assemblies of extracellular matrix (ECM) that can be separated by micron-scale gaps. For membranes to protrude and reattach across a gap, actin filaments, which are relatively weak as single filaments, must polymerize outward from adhesion sites to push membranes towards distant sit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Garbett D,Bisaria A,Yang C,McCarthy DG,Hayer A,Moerner WE,Svitkina TM,Meyer T

更新日期：2020-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Because the surface-to-volume ratio of quasi-two-dimensional materials is extremely high, understanding their surface characteristics is crucial for practically controlling their intrinsic properties and fabricating p-type and n-type layered semiconductors. Van der Waals crystals are expected to have an inert surface ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Siao MD,Shen WC,Chen RS,Chang ZW,Shih MC,Chiu YP,Cheng CM

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid and, in many cases, unprecedented Arctic climate changes are having far-reaching impacts on natural and human systems. Despite state-of-the-art climate models capturing the rapid nature of Arctic climate change, termed Arctic amplification, they significantly disagree on its magnitude. Using a regional, process-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Boeke RC,Taylor PC

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Knots are natural topologies of chains. Yet, little is known about spontaneous knot formation in a polypeptide chain-an event that can potentially impair its folding-and about the effect of a knot on the stability and folding kinetics of a protein. Here we used optical tweezers to show that the free energy cost to for...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bustamante A,Sotelo-Campos J,Guerra DG,Floor M,Wilson CAM,Bustamante C,Báez M

更新日期：2017-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive activation of Wnt/β-catenin inhibits oligodendrocyte myelination. Tcf7l2/Tcf4, a β-catenin transcriptional partner, is required for oligodendrocyte differentiation. How Tcf7l2 modifies β-catenin signalling and controls myelination remains elusive. Here we define a stage-specific Tcf7l2-regulated transcrip...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao C,Deng Y,Liu L,Yu K,Zhang L,Wang H,He X,Wang J,Lu C,Wu LN,Weng Q,Mao M,Li J,van Es JH,Xin M,Parry L,Goldman SA,Clevers H,Lu QR

更新日期：2016-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks coordinate mammalian behavior and physiology enabling organisms to anticipate 24-hour cycles. Transcription-translation feedback loops are thought to drive these clocks in most of mammalian cells. However, red blood cells (RBCs), which do not contain a nucleus, and cannot perform transcription or tran...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ch R,Rey G,Ray S,Jha PK,Driscoll PC,Dos Santos MS,Malik DM,Lach R,Weljie AM,MacRae JI,Valekunja UK,Reddy AB

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:EpCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule), a stem and carcinoma cell marker, is a cell surface protein involved in homotypic cell-cell adhesion via intercellular oligomerization and proliferative signalling via proteolytic cleavage. Despite its use as a diagnostic marker and being a drug target, structural details of ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pavšič M,Gunčar G,Djinović-Carugo K,Lenarčič B

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:MADS-domain transcription factors have been shown to act as key repressors or activators of the transition to flowering and as master regulators of reproductive organ identities. Despite their important roles in plant development, the origin of several MADS-box subfamilies has remained enigmatic so far. Here we demons...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ruelens P,de Maagd RA,Proost S,Theißen G,Geuten K,Kaufmann K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00