Interferon gamma-induced protein 10 is associated with insulin resistance and incident diabetes in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

abstract：:Oryza coarctata (KKLL; 2n = 4x = 48, 665 Mb) also known as Porteresia coarctata is an extreme halophyte species of genus Oryza. Using Illumina and Nanopore reads, we achieved the assembled genome size of 569.9 Mb, accounting 85.69% of the estimated genome size with N50 of 1.85 Mb and 19.89% repetitive region. We also ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mondal TK,Rawal HC,Chowrasia S,Varshney D,Panda AK,Mazumdar A,Kaur H,Gaikwad K,Sharma TR,Singh NK

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitellogenesis or maternal yolk formation is considered critical to the reproduction of egg-laying animals. In invertebrates, however, most of its regulatory genes are still unknown. Via a combined mapping and whole-genome sequencing strategy, we performed a forward genetic screen to isolate novel regulators of yolk p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Van Rompay L,Borghgraef C,Beets I,Caers J,Temmerman L

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Oryzanol (OZ), which has a lot of beneficial effects, is a mixture of ferulic acid esters of triterpene alcohols (i.e., triterpene alcohol type of OZ (TTA-OZ)) and ferulic acid esters of plant sterols (i.e., plant sterol type of OZ (PS-OZ)). Although it has been reported that OZ is found in several kinds of cereal t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ito J,Sawada K,Ogura Y,Xinyi F,Rahmania H,Mohri T,Kohyama N,Kwon E,Eitsuka T,Hashimoto H,Kuwahara S,Miyazawa T,Nakagawa K

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-cleaning property is usually connected to superhydrophobic surfaces (SHSs) where the dust particles can be easily removed by the rolling motion of droplets. It seems that superhydrophobicity (its durability is questionable nowadays) is a necessity. However here, it is disclosed that self-cleaning can also be ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Quan YY,Zhang LZ,Qi RH,Cai RR

更新日期：2016-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in nanofabrication is to pattern unconventional substrates that cannot be processed for a variety of reasons, such as incompatibility with spin coating, electron beam lithography, optical lithography, or wet chemical steps. Here, we present a versatile nanofabrication method based on re-usable silico...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li L,Bayn I,Lu M,Nam CY,Schröder T,Stein A,Harris NC,Englund D

更新日期：2015-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A suit-type wearable robot (STWR) is a new type of soft wearable robot (SWR) that can be worn easily anywhere and anytime to assist the muscular strength of wearers because it can be worn like normal clothes and is comfortable to wear even with no power supply. This paper proposes an STWR, in which a shape-memory-allo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park SJ,Park CH

更新日期：2019-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is an essential ingredient for stabilizing chiral spin configurations in spintronic applications. Here, via first-principles calculations, we reveal the influence of lattice strain on DMI in Co/Pt interface. We observed a considerable enhancement for a certain la...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Deger C

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:For one-dimensional (1d) nonlinear atomic lattices, the models with on-site nonlinearities such as the Frenkel-Kontorova (FK) and ϕ4 lattices have normal energy transport while the models with inter-site nonlinearities such as the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-β (FPU-β) lattice exhibit anomalous energy transport. The 1d Discrete N...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Li N

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Csf1r locus encodes the receptor for macrophage colony-stimulating factor, which controls the proliferation, differentiation and survival of macrophages. The 300 bp Fms intronic regulatory element (FIRE), within the second intron of Csf1r, is necessary and sufficient to direct macrophage-specific transcription. We...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hume DA,Wollscheid-Lengeling E,Rojo R,Pridans C

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that cellular metabolism plays an important role in regulating immune cell functions. In immune cell differentiation, both interleukin-17-producing T (Th17) cells and dendritic cells (DCs) exhibit increased glycolysis through the upregulation of glycolytic enzymes, such as hexokinase-2 (HK2)....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Okano T,Saegusa J,Nishimura K,Takahashi S,Sendo S,Ueda Y,Morinobu A

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to limited availability of pharmacological therapies, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the subtype with worst outcome. We hypothesised that 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG), a glucose analogue, may hold potential as a therapy for particularly aggressive TNBC. We investigated 2-DG's effects on TNBC cell line variant...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： O'Neill S,Porter RK,McNamee N,Martinez VG,O'Driscoll L

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a recognized characteristic of tumors that influences efficacy of radiotherapy (RT). Photoacoustic imaging (PAI) is a relatively new imaging technique that exploits the optical characteristics of hemoglobin to provide information on tissue oxygenation. In the present study, PAI based measures of tumor oxyge...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rich LJ,Seshadri M

更新日期：2016-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We presented the unusual result of photobleaching (PB) in Ge-deficient Ge16.8Se83.2 thin films with continuous irradiation with 560 nm laser for 12000 s, which is contradicted with the previous reports that the PB only occurs in GexSe100-x films with x > 30. Observation of the dynamics variations of the photo-induced ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang S,Chen Y,Wang R,Shen X,Dai S

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilized a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based molecular tension sensor and live cell imaging to evaluate the effect of osteocytes, a mechanosensitive bone cell, on the migratory behavior of tumor cells. Two cell lines derived from MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells were transfected with the vinculin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li F,Chen A,Reeser A,Wang Y,Fan Y,Liu S,Zhao X,Prakash R,Kota D,Li BY,Yokota H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue microenvironment is a major contributor to cellular functions, such as cell adhesion, migration and invasion. A critical physical parameter for determining the effect of the microenvironment on cellular functions is the average pore-size of filamentous scaffolds, such as 3D collagen fiber matrices, which ar...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fischer T,Hayn A,Mierke CT

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Subsolid pulmonary nodules are commonly encountered in lung cancer screening and clinical routine. Compared to other nodule types, subsolid nodules are associated with a higher malignancy probability for which the size and mass of the nodule and solid core are important indicators. However, reliably measuring these ch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Charbonnier JP,Chung K,Scholten ET,van Rikxoort EM,Jacobs C,Sverzellati N,Silva M,Pastorino U,van Ginneken B,Ciompi F

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The seven-helical bundle of rhodopsin and other G-protein coupled receptors undergoes structural rearrangements as the transmembrane receptor protein is activated. These structural changes are known to involve tilting and bending of various transmembrane helices. However, the cause and effect relationship among struct...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ren Z,Ren PX,Balusu R,Yang X

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput RNA sequencing is a powerful tool that allows us to perform gene prediction and analyze tissue-specific overexpression of genes, but also at species level comparisons can be performed, although in a more restricted manner. In the present study complete liver transcriptomes of five tropical bat species ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moreno-Santillán DD,Machain-Williams C,Hernández-Montes G,Ortega J

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The arthropod-transmitted chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes a flu-like disease that is characterized by incapacitating arthralgia. The re-emergence of CHIKV and the continual risk of new epidemics have reignited research in CHIKV pathogenesis. Virus-specific antibodies have been shown to control virus clearance, but an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lum FM,Couderc T,Chia BS,Ong RY,Her Z,Chow A,Leo YS,Kam YW,Rénia L,Lecuit M,Ng LFP

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Fresh produce vegetables are colonized by different bacterial species, some of which are antagonistic to microbes that cause postharvest losses. However, no comprehensive assessment of the diversity and composition of bacteria inhabiting surfaces of fresh pepper plants grown under different conditions has been conduct...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mamphogoro TP,Maboko MM,Babalola OO,Aiyegoro OA

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The work describes the development of a flexible, hydrogel embedded pH-sensor that can be integrated in inexpensive wearable and non-invasive devices at epidermal level for electrochemical quantification of H+ ions in sweat. Such a device can be useful for swift, real time diagnosis and for monitoring specific conditi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Diculescu VC,Beregoi M,Evanghelidis A,Negrea RF,Apostol NG,Enculescu I

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific genome modification (SSM) is an important tool for mosquito functional genomics and comparative gene expression studies, which contribute to a better understanding of mosquito biology and are thus a key to finding new strategies to eliminate vector-borne diseases. Moreover, it allows for the creation of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Häcker I,Harrell Ii RA,Eichner G,Pilitt KL,O'Brochta DA,Handler AM,Schetelig MF

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish reproductive success is linked to the ability of couples to mate and produce clutches that successfully hatch. Environmental stressors like high temperature and low pH can jeopardize this energetically costly process. In this study, exposure to high temperature and low pH was tested on a marine temperate species,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lopes AF,Faria AM,Dupont S

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of TLR4 by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine production in macrophages. Type 4 phosphodiesterases (PDE4) are key cAMP-hydrolyzing enzymes, and PDE4 inhibitors are considered as immunosuppressors to various inflammatory responses. We demonstrate here that P...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang JX,Hsieh KC,Chen YL,Lee CK,Conti M,Chuang TH,Wu CP,Jin SC

更新日期：2017-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive activation of inflammation and the accompanying lung vascular endothelial barrier disruption are primary pathogenic features of acute lung injury (ALI). Microtubule-associated protein 4 (MAP4), a tubulin assembly-promoting protein, is important for maintaining the microtubule (MT) cytoskeleton and cell-cell ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li L,Hu J,He T,Zhang Q,Yang X,Lan X,Zhang D,Mei H,Chen B,Huang Y

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetron sputtering techniques were used to prepare molecularly smooth titanium thin films possessing an average roughness between 0.18 nm and 0.52 nm over 5 μm × 5 μm AFM scanning areas. Films with an average roughness of 0.52 nm or lower were found to restrict the extent of P. aeruginosa cell attachment, with less ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ivanova EP,Truong VK,Webb HK,Baulin VA,Wang JY,Mohammodi N,Wang F,Fluke C,Crawford RJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fifty years since the postulation of Moore's Law, the increasing energy consumption in silicon electronics has motivated research into emerging devices. An attractive research direction is processing information via the phase of spin waves within magnonic-logic circuits, which function without charge transport ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kanazawa N,Goto T,Sekiguchi K,Granovsky AB,Ross CA,Takagi H,Nakamura Y,Uchida H,Inoue M

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil microorganisms play a crucial role in the biogeochemical cycling of nutrient elements and maintaining soil health. We aimed to investigate the response of bacteria communities to organic farming over different crops (rice, tea and vegetable) along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River of China. Compar...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang W,Wang H,Feng Y,Wang L,Xiao X,Xi Y,Luo X,Sun R,Ye X,Huang Y,Zhang Z,Cui Z

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon coated TiO2 (TiO2@C) is fabricated by a convenient and green one-pot solvothermal method, in which ethylene glycol serve as both the reaction medium and carbon source without the addition of any other carbon additives. During the solvothermal process, ethylene glycol polymerize and coordinate with Ti4+ to form ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tao H,Zhou M,Wang K,Cheng S,Jiang K

更新日期：2017-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel-titanium-oxide (Ni-Ti-O) nanotube arrays (NTAs) prepared on nearly equiatomic NiTi alloy shall have broad application potential such as for energy storage and biomedicine, but their precise structure control is a great challenge because of the high content of alloying element of Ni, a non-valve metal that canno...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hang R,Liu Y,Zhao L,Gao A,Bai L,Huang X,Zhang X,Tang B,Chu PK

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00