Modulating brain oscillations to drive brain function.

abstract：:It has been suggested that some cancer cells rely upon fatty acid oxidation (FAO) for energy. Here we show that when FAO was reduced approximately 90% by pharmacological inhibition of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT1) with low concentrations of etomoxir, the proliferation rate of various cancer cells was unaffec...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Yao CH,Liu GY,Wang R,Moon SH,Gross RW,Patti GJ

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Calorie restriction slows aging and increases life span in many organisms. In yeast, a mechanistic explanation has been proposed whereby calorie restriction slows aging by activating Sir2. Here we report the identification of a Sir2-independent pathway responsible for a majority of the longevity benefit associated wit...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Kaeberlein M,Kirkland KT,Fields S,Kennedy BK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002794.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Obleser J,Henry MJ,Lakatos P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of "Relatedness, Conflict, and the Evolution of Eusociality" respond to objections raised by Martin Nowak and Benjamin Allen. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Queller DC,Rong S,Liao X

更新日期：2015-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent cancer studies emphasize that genetic and heritable epigenetic changes drive the evolutionary rate of cancer progression and drug resistance. We discuss the ways in which nonheritable aspects of cellular variability may significantly increase evolutionary rate. Nonheritable variability arises by stochastic fluc...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Frank SA,Rosner MR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility and transparency in biomedical sciences have been called into question, and scientists have been found wanting as a result. Putting aside deliberate fraud, there is evidence that a major contributor to lack of reproducibility is insufficient quality assurance of reagents used in preclinical research. C...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Capes-Davis A,Neve RM

更新日期：2016-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain is a debilitating problem, and insights in the neurobiology of chronic pain are needed for the development of novel pain therapies. A genome-wide association study implicated the 5p15.2 region in chronic widespread pain. This region includes the coding region for FAM173B, a functionally uncharacterized pr...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Willemen HLDM,Kavelaars A,Prado J,Maas M,Versteeg S,Nellissen LJJ,Tromp J,Gonzalez Cano R,Zhou W,Jakobsson ME,Małecki J,Posthuma G,Habib AM,Heijnen CJ,Falnes PØ,Eijkelkamp N

更新日期：2018-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:How often do people visit the world's protected areas (PAs)? Despite PAs covering one-eighth of the land and being a major focus of nature-based recreation and tourism, we don't know. To address this, we compiled a globally-representative database of visits to PAs and built region-specific models predicting visit rate...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Balmford A,Green JM,Anderson M,Beresford J,Huang C,Naidoo R,Walpole M,Manica A

更新日期：2015-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological development of fungi and their combined production of secondary metabolites are both acting in defence and protection. These processes are mainly coordinated by velvet regulators, which contain a yet functionally and structurally uncharacterized velvet domain. Here we demonstrate that the velvet domain o...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Ahmed YL,Gerke J,Park HS,Bayram Ö,Neumann P,Ni M,Dickmanns A,Kim SC,Yu JH,Braus GH,Ficner R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) plays a key role in regulating the levels of plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Here, we demonstrate that the compound PF-06446846 inhibits translation of PCSK9 by inducing the ribosome to stall around codon 34, mediated by the sequence of the nasc...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Lintner NG,McClure KF,Petersen D,Londregan AT,Piotrowski DW,Wei L,Xiao J,Bolt M,Loria PM,Maguire B,Geoghegan KF,Huang A,Rolph T,Liras S,Doudna JA,Dullea RG,Cate JH

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern whole-organism genome analysis, in combination with biomass estimates, allows us to estimate a lower bound on the total information content in the biosphere: 5.3 × 1031 (±3.6 × 1031) megabases (Mb) of DNA. Given conservative estimates regarding DNA transcription rates, this information content suggests biospher...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Landenmark HK,Forgan DH,Cockell CS

更新日期：2015-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In their competition for hosts, parasites with antigens that are novel to the host immune system will be at a competitive advantage. The resulting frequency-dependent selection can structure parasite populations into strains of limited genetic overlap. For the causative agent of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, the hig...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Pilosof S,He Q,Tiedje KE,Ruybal-Pesántez S,Day KP,Pascual M

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference is triggered by double-stranded RNA that is processed into small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) by Dicer enzyme. Endogenously, RNA interference triggers are created from small noncoding RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs). RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISC) in human cells can be programmed by exogenously in...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Chu CY,Rana TM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian oocytes, three actin binding proteins, Formin 2 (Fmn2), Spire, and profilin, synergistically organize a dynamic cytoplasmic actin meshwork that mediates translocation of the spindle toward the cortex and is required for successful fertilization. Here we characterize Fmn2 and elucidate the molecular mechan...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Montaville P,Jégou A,Pernier J,Compper C,Guichard B,Mogessie B,Schuh M,Romet-Lemonne G,Carlier MF

更新日期：2014-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide immunogens provide an approach to focus antibody responses to specific neutralizing sites on the HIV envelope protein (Env) trimer or on other pathogens. However, the physical characteristics of peptide immunogens can limit their pharmacokinetic and immunological properties. Here, we have designed synthetic "s...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Francica JR,Laga R,Lynn GM,Mužíková G,Androvič L,Aussedat B,Walkowicz WE,Padhan K,Ramirez-Valdez RA,Parks R,Schmidt SD,Flynn BJ,Tsybovsky Y,Stewart-Jones GBE,Saunders KO,Baharom F,Petrovas C,Haynes BF,Seder RA

更新日期：2019-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to use stored information in a highly flexible manner is a defining feature of the declarative memory system. However, the neuronal mechanisms underlying this flexibility are poorly understood. To address this question, we recorded single-unit activity from the hippocampus of 2 nonhuman primates performing...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Yang C,Naya Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of organisms use sex pheromones to communicate with each other and to identify appropriate mating partners. While the evolution of chemical communication has been suggested to cause sexual isolation and speciation, the mechanisms that govern evolutionary transitions in sex pheromone production are poorly ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Shirangi TR,Dufour HD,Williams TM,Carroll SB

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instead of combating the acidification of the host cell vacuole, Salmonella acidifies its own cytoplasm in response to the low extracellular pH, helping it to secrete effector molecules. ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Richardson LA

更新日期：2015-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotaxis allows bacteria to colonize their environment more efficiently and to find optimal growth conditions, and is consequently under strong evolutionary selection. Theoretical and experimental analyses of bacterial chemotaxis suggested that the pathway has been evolutionarily optimized to produce robust output u...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Løvdok L,Bentele K,Vladimirov N,Müller A,Pop FS,Lebiedz D,Kollmann M,Sourjik V

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HAPLESS2 (HAP2) is a broadly conserved, gamete-expressed transmembrane protein that was shown recently to be structurally homologous to viral class II fusion proteins, which initiate fusion with host cells via insertion of fusion loops into the host membrane. However, the functional conformation of the HAP2 fusion loo...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Fedry J,Forcina J,Legrand P,Péhau-Arnaudet G,Haouz A,Johnson M,Rey FA,Krey T

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:While multiple studies have reported the accelerated evolution of brain gene expression in the human lineage, the mechanisms underlying such changes are unknown. Here, we address this issue from a developmental perspective, by analyzing mRNA and microRNA (miRNA) expression in two brain regions within macaques, chimpan...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Somel M,Liu X,Tang L,Yan Z,Hu H,Guo S,Jiang X,Zhang X,Xu G,Xie G,Li N,Hu Y,Chen W,Pääbo S,Khaitovich P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic flexibility of proteins allows them to undergo large conformational fluctuations in solution or upon interaction with other molecules. Proteins also commonly assemble into complexes with diverse quaternary structure arrangements. Here we investigate how the flexibility of individual protein chains influe...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Marsh JA,Teichmann SA

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Reward-related dopaminergic influences on learning and overt behaviour are well established, but any influence on sensory decision-making is largely unknown. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while participants judged electric somatosensory stimuli on one hand or other, before being reward...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Pleger B,Ruff CC,Blankenburg F,Klöppel S,Driver J,Dolan RJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptive evolution is generally assumed to progress through the accumulation of beneficial mutations. However, as deleterious mutations are common in natural populations, they generate a strong selection pressure to mitigate their detrimental effects through compensatory genetic changes. This process can potentially i...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Szamecz B,Boross G,Kalapis D,Kovács K,Fekete G,Farkas Z,Lázár V,Hrtyan M,Kemmeren P,Groot Koerkamp MJ,Rutkai E,Holstege FC,Papp B,Pál C

更新日期：2014-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades, researchers have characterized a set of "clock genes" that drive daily rhythms in physiology and behavior. This arduous work has yielded results with far-reaching consequences in metabolic, psychiatric, and neoplastic disorders. Recent attempts to expand our understanding of circadian regulation...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Anafi RC,Lee Y,Sato TK,Venkataraman A,Ramanathan C,Kavakli IH,Hughes ME,Baggs JE,Growe J,Liu AC,Kim J,Hogenesch JB

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell proliferation and programmed cell death are closely controlled during animal development. Proliferative stimuli generally also induce apoptosis, and anti-apoptotic factors are required to allow net cell proliferation. Genetic studies in Drosophila have led to identification of a number of genes that control both ...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Hipfner DR,Cohen SM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) catalyzes the reversible transfer of a phosphoryl group from 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate (1, 3-BPG) to ADP, producing 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PG) and ATP. PGK1 plays a key role in coordinating glycolytic energy production with one-carbon metabolism, serine biosynthesis, and cellular redox r...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Wang S,Jiang B,Zhang T,Liu L,Wang Y,Wang Y,Chen X,Lin H,Zhou L,Xia Y,Chen L,Yang C,Xiong Y,Ye D,Guan KL

更新日期：2015-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent United States measles epidemic has sparked another contentious national discussion about childhood vaccination. A growing number of parents are expressing concerns about the safety of vaccines, often fueled by misinformation from the internet, books, and other nonmedical sources. Many of these concerned par...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Glanz JM,Kraus CR,Daley MF

更新日期：2015-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:FtsZ is a tubulin-like GTPase that is the major cytoskeletal protein in bacterial cell division. It polymerizes into a ring, called the Z ring, at the division site and acts as a scaffold to recruit other division proteins to this site as well as providing a contractile force for cytokinesis. To understand how FtsZ pe...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Strauss MP,Liew AT,Turnbull L,Whitchurch CB,Monahan LG,Harry EJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necroptosis is a regulated, nonapoptotic form of cell death initiated by receptor-interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3) and mixed lineage kinase domain-like (MLKL) proteins. It is considered to be a form of regulated necrosis, and, by lacking the "find me" and "eat me" signals that are a feature of apoptosis, necroptos...

journal_title：PLoS biology

authors： Zargarian S,Shlomovitz I,Erlich Z,Hourizadeh A,Ofir-Birin Y,Croker BA,Regev-Rudzki N,Edry-Botzer L,Gerlic M

更新日期：2017-06-26 00:00:00