Postnatal β-cell maturation is associated with islet-specific microRNA changes induced by nutrient shifts at weaning.

abstract：:Glacier retreat is a worldwide phenomenon with important consequences for the hydrological cycle and downstream ecosystem structure and functioning. To determine the effects of glacier retreat on aquatic communities, we conducted a 4-year flow manipulation in a tropical glacier-fed stream. Compared with an adjacent re...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cauvy-Fraunié S,Andino P,Espinosa R,Calvez R,Jacobsen D,Dangles O

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) play critical roles in the central nervous system. Their heterotetrameric composition generates subtypes with distinct functional properties and spatio-temporal distribution in the brain, raising the possibility for subtype-specific targeting by pharmacological means for treatme...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang JX,Irvine MW,Burnell ES,Sapkota K,Thatcher RJ,Li M,Simorowski N,Volianskis A,Collingridge GL,Monaghan DT,Jane DE,Furukawa H

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocrystallization is a well-known strategy to dramatically tune the properties of materials; however, the grain-size effect of graphene at the nanometer scale remains unknown experimentally because of the lack of nanocrystalline samples. Here we report an ultrafast growth of graphene films within a few seconds by qu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao T,Xu C,Ma W,Liu Z,Zhou T,Liu Z,Feng S,Zhu M,Kang N,Sun DM,Cheng HM,Ren W

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The practices of synthetic biology are being integrated into 'multiscale' designs enabling two-way communication across organic and inorganic information substrates in biological, digital and cyber-physical system integrations. Novel applications of 'bio-informational' engineering will arise in environmental monitorin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dixon TA,Williams TC,Pretorius IS

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polaritons are widely investigated quasiparticles with fundamental and technological significance due to their unique properties. They have been studied most extensively in semiconductors when photons interact with various elementary excitations. However, other strongly coupled excitations demonstrate similar dynamics...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Berk C,Jaris M,Yang W,Dhuey S,Cabrini S,Schmidt H

更新日期：2019-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission through disordered samples can be controlled by illuminating a sample with waveforms corresponding to the eigenchannels of the transmission matrix (TM). But can the TM be exploited to selectively excite quasi-normal modes and so control the spatial profile and dwell time inside the medium? We show in micr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davy M,Genack AZ

更新日期：2018-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of β-barrel proteins into the bacterial outer membrane (OM) is catalysed by the β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM). The central BAM subunit (BamA) itself contains a β-barrel domain that is essential for OM protein biogenesis, but its mechanism of action is unknown. To elucidate its function, here we dev...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Doyle MT,Bernstein HD

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the many challenges in building a wireless network at terahertz frequencies, link discovery remains one of the most critical and least explored. In a network of mobile receivers using narrow directional beams, how do the nodes rapidly locate each other? This direction information is crucial for beam forming and ste...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ghasempour Y,Shrestha R,Charous A,Knightly E,Mittleman DM

更新日期：2020-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving and exceeding diversity of colloidal analogs of chemical elements and molecules as building blocks of matter has been the central goal and challenge of colloidal science ever since Einstein introduced the colloidal atom paradigm. Recent advances in colloids assembly have been achieved by exploiting the machi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Senyuk B,Aplinc J,Ravnik M,Smalyukh II

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Orai channels are required for store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) in multiple cell types. Septins are a class of GTP-binding proteins that function as diffusion barriers in cells. Here we show that Septin 7 acts as a 'molecular brake' on activation of Orai channels in Drosophila neurons. Lowering Septin 7 levels resul...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Deb BK,Pathak T,Hasan G

更新日期：2016-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The prerequisite to prevent childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) is to decipher its etiology. The current model suggests that infection triggers B-ALL development through induction of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID; also known as AICDA) in precursor B-cells. This evidence has been largely ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rodríguez-Hernández G,Opitz FV,Delgado P,Walter C,Álvarez-Prado ÁF,González-Herrero I,Auer F,Fischer U,Janssen S,Bartenhagen C,Raboso-Gallego J,Casado-García A,Orfao A,Blanco O,Alonso-López D,Rivas JL,Tena-Dávila SG,Müs

更新日期：2019-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrosomes are required for faithful chromosome segregation during mitosis. They are composed of a centriole pair that recruits and organizes the microtubule-nucleating pericentriolar material. Centriole duplication is tightly controlled in vivo and aberrations in this process are associated with several human diseas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu Y,Gupta GD,Barnabas DD,Agircan FG,Mehmood S,Wu D,Coyaud E,Johnson CM,McLaughlin SH,Andreeva A,Freund SMV,Robinson CV,Cheung SWT,Raught B,Pelletier L,van Breugel M

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Auditory cortex neurons nonlinearly integrate synaptic inputs from the thalamus and cortex, and generate spiking outputs for simple and complex sounds. Directly comparing synaptic and spiking activity can determine whether this input-output transformation is stimulus-dependent. We employ in vivo whole-cell recordings ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim KX,Atencio CA,Schreiner CE

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Trafficking of mitochondria into dendrites and axons plays an important role in the physiology and pathophysiology of neurons. Mitochondrial outer membrane protein Miro and adaptor proteins TRAKs/Milton link mitochondria to molecular motors. Here we show that metaxins MTX-1 and MTX-2 contribute to mitochondrial transp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhao Y,Song E,Wang W,Hsieh CH,Wang X,Feng W,Wang X,Shen K

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Shaping ceramics into complex and intricate geometries using cost-effective processes is desirable in many applications but still remains an open challenge. Inspired by plant seed dispersal units that self-fold on differential swelling, we demonstrate that self-shaping can be implemented in ceramics by programming the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bargardi FL,Le Ferrand H,Libanori R,Studart AR

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging is an important technique for identifying different types of tissues in a body or spatial information about composite materials. Because temperature is a fundamental parameter reflecting the biological status of the body and individual tissues, it would be helpful to have temperature maps su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hankiewicz JH,Celinski Z,Stupic KF,Anderson NR,Camley RE

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimuli-responsive hydrogel actuators have promising applications in various fields. However, the typical hydrogel actuation relies on the swelling and de-swelling process caused by osmotic-pressure changes, which is slow and normally requires the presence of water environment. Herein, we report a light-powered in-air...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li M,Wang X,Dong B,Sitti M

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The developing CA3 hippocampus is comprised by highly connected hub neurons that are particularly effective in achieving network synchronization. Functional hub neurons were shown to be exclusively GABAergic, suggesting that the contribution of glutamatergic neurons to physiological synchronization processes at early ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Marissal T,Bonifazi P,Picardo MA,Nardou R,Petit LF,Baude A,Fishell GJ,Ben-Ari Y,Cossart R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosol-cloud interactions constitute the largest source of uncertainty in global radiative forcing estimates, hampering our understanding of climate evolution. Recent empirical evidence suggests surface tension depression by organic aerosol to significantly influence the formation of cloud droplets, and hence cloud o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lowe SJ,Partridge DG,Davies JF,Wilson KR,Topping D,Riipinen I

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision-making is often accompanied by a degree of confidence on whether a choice is correct. Decision uncertainty, or lack in confidence, may lead to change-of-mind. Studies have identified the behavioural characteristics associated with decision confidence or change-of-mind, and their neural correlates. Although se...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Atiya NAA,Rañó I,Prasad G,Wong-Lin K

更新日期：2019-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexins are associated with drug relapse in rodents. Here, we show that acute restraint stress in mice activates lateral hypothalamic (LH) orexin neurons, increases levels of orexin A and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and reinstates extinguished cocaine-conditioned place preference...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tung LW,Lu GL,Lee YH,Yu L,Lee HJ,Leishman E,Bradshaw H,Hwang LL,Hung MS,Mackie K,Zimmer A,Chiou LC

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence indicates that osteoclasts direct osteoblastic bone formation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have a crucial role in regulating osteoclast and osteoblast function. However, whether miRNAs mediate osteoclast-directed osteoblastic bone formation is mostly unknown. Here, we show that increased osteoclastic miR-214-...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li D,Liu J,Guo B,Liang C,Dang L,Lu C,He X,Cheung HY,Xu L,Lu C,He B,Liu B,Shaikh AB,Li F,Wang L,Yang Z,Au DW,Peng S,Zhang Z,Zhang BT,Pan X,Qian A,Shang P,Xiao L,Jiang B,Wong CK,Xu J,Bian Z,Liang Z,

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Intricate biomineralization processes in molluscs engineer hierarchical structures with meso-, nano- and atomic architectures that give the final composite material exceptional mechanical strength and optical iridescence on the macroscale. This multiscale biological assembly inspires new synthetic routes to complex ma...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hovden R,Wolf SE,Holtz ME,Marin F,Muller DA,Estroff LA

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common malignant brain tumor in children and among the subtypes, Group 3 MB has the worst outcome. Here, we perform an in vivo, patient-specific screen leading to the identification of Otx2 and c-MYC as strong Group 3 MB inducers. We validated our findings in human cerebellar organoids...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ballabio C,Anderle M,Gianesello M,Lago C,Miele E,Cardano M,Aiello G,Piazza S,Caron D,Gianno F,Ciolfi A,Pedace L,Mastronuzzi A,Tartaglia M,Locatelli F,Ferretti E,Giangaspero F,Tiberi L

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Decoherence originates from the leakage of quantum information into external degrees of freedom. For a qubit, the two main decoherence channels are relaxation and dephasing. Here, we report an experiment on a superconducting qubit where we retrieve part of the lost information in both of these channels. We demonstrate...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ficheux Q,Jezouin S,Leghtas Z,Huard B

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep subsurface formations (for example, high-temperature oil reservoirs) are candidate sites for carbon capture and storage technology. However, very little is known about how the subsurface microbial community would respond to an increase in CO2 pressure resulting from carbon capture and storage. Here we construct m...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mayumi D,Dolfing J,Sakata S,Maeda H,Miyagawa Y,Ikarashi M,Tamaki H,Takeuchi M,Nakatsu CH,Kamagata Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 'phonon-glass electron-crystal' concept has triggered most of the progress that has been achieved in inorganic thermoelectrics in the past two decades. Organic thermoelectric materials, unlike their inorganic counterparts, exhibit molecular diversity, flexible mechanical properties and easy fabrication, and are mo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu J,van der Zee B,Alessandri R,Sami S,Dong J,Nugraha MI,Barker AJ,Rousseva S,Qiu L,Qiu X,Klasen N,Chiechi RC,Baran D,Caironi M,Anthopoulos TD,Portale G,Havenith RWA,Marrink SJ,Hummelen JC,Koster LJA

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Emitted from the oceans, iodine-bearing molecules are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and a source of new atmospheric aerosol particles of potentially global significance. However, its inclusion in atmospheric models is hindered by a lack of understanding of the first steps of the photochemical gas-to-particle conversion...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gómez Martín JC,Lewis TR,Blitz MA,Plane JMC,Kumar M,Francisco JS,Saiz-Lopez A

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquisition of pluripotency by somatic cells is a striking process that enables multicellular organisms to regenerate organs. This process includes silencing of genes to erase original tissue memory and priming of additional cell type specification genes, which are then poised for activation by external signal inputs....

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ishihara H,Sugimoto K,Tarr PT,Temman H,Kadokura S,Inui Y,Sakamoto T,Sasaki T,Aida M,Suzuki T,Inagaki S,Morohashi K,Seki M,Kakutani T,Meyerowitz EM,Matsunaga S

更新日期：2019-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are used in stroke rehabilitation to translate brain signals into intended movements of the paralyzed limb. However, the efficacy and mechanisms of BCI-based therapies remain unclear. Here we show that BCI coupled to functional electrical stimulation (FES) elicits significant, clinicall...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Biasiucci A,Leeb R,Iturrate I,Perdikis S,Al-Khodairy A,Corbet T,Schnider A,Schmidlin T,Zhang H,Bassolino M,Viceic D,Vuadens P,Guggisberg AG,Millán JDR

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00