Identifying causal gateways and mediators in complex spatio-temporal systems.

abstract：:Peptide-major histocompatibility complex class II (pMHCII)-based nanomedicines displaying tissue-specific autoantigenic epitopes can blunt specific autoimmune conditions by re-programming cognate antigen-experienced CD4+ T-cells into disease-suppressing T-regulatory type 1 (TR1) cells. Here, we show that single pMHCII...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Umeshappa CS,Singha S,Blanco J,Shao K,Nanjundappa RH,Yamanouchi J,Parés A,Serra P,Yang Y,Santamaria P

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Winter Eurasian cooling after the mid-1990s has been verified by numerous studies, although in recent decades, the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere have been rapidly warming globally. Because the cooling is not uniform at different spatial and temporal scales, over time, this change may not truly reflect the n...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li B,Li Y,Chen Y,Zhang B,Shi X

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling the transmission of electrical current using a quantum point contact constriction paved a way to a large variety of experiments in mesoscopic physics. The increasing interest in heat transfer in such systems fosters questions about possible manipulations of quantum heat modes that do not carry net charge (...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rosenblatt A,Lafont F,Levkivskyi I,Sabo R,Gurman I,Banitt D,Heiblum M,Umansky V

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued development of novel drugs, proteins, and advanced materials strongly rely on our ability to self-assemble molecules in solids with the most suitable structure (polymorph) in order to exhibit desired functionalities. The search for new polymorphs remains a scientific challenge, that is at the core of cry...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Potticary J,Terry LR,Bell C,Papanikolopoulos AN,Christianen PC,Engelkamp H,Collins AM,Fontanesi C,Kociok-Köhn G,Crampin S,Da Como E,Hall SR

更新日期：2016-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rechargeable magnesium batteries are one of the most promising candidates for next-generation battery technologies. Despite recent significant progress in the development of efficient electrolytes, an on-going challenge for realization of rechargeable magnesium batteries remains to overcome the sluggish kinetics cause...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li Z,Mu X,Zhao-Karger Z,Diemant T,Behm RJ,Kübel C,Fichtner M

更新日期：2018-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromothripsis is a recently identified mutational phenomenon, by which a presumably single catastrophic event generates extensive genomic rearrangements of one or a few chromosome(s). Considered as an early event in tumour development, this form of genome instability plays a prominent role in tumour onset. Chromothri...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Voronina N,Wong JKL,Hübschmann D,Hlevnjak M,Uhrig S,Heilig CE,Horak P,Kreutzfeldt S,Mock A,Stenzinger A,Hutter B,Fröhlich M,Brors B,Jahn A,Klink B,Gieldon L,Sieverling L,Feuerbach L,Chudasama P,Beck K,Kroiss M,H

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The precise molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of early B cell lymphopoiesis is unclear. The PLCγ signaling pathway is critical for antigen receptor-mediated lymphocyte activation, but its function in cytokine signaling is unknown. Here we show that PLCγ1/PLCγ2 double deficiency in mice blocks early B cell ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu M,Chen Y,Zeng H,Zheng Y,Fu G,Zhu W,Broeckel U,Aggarwal P,Turner A,Neale G,Guy C,Zhu N,Chi H,Wen R,Wang D

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Trace elements diffuse negligible distances through the pristine crystal lattice in minerals: this is a fundamental assumption when using them to decipher geological processes. For example, the reliable use of the mineral zircon (ZrSiO4) as a U-Th-Pb geochronometer and trace element monitor requires minimal radiogenic...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Piazolo S,La Fontaine A,Trimby P,Harley S,Yang L,Armstrong R,Cairney JM

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalbuminuria is an important clinical marker of several cardiovascular, metabolic, and other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and cancer. The accurate detection of microalbuminuria relies on albumin quantification in the urine, usually via an immunoturbidity assay; however, like many antib...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Budhathoki-Uprety J,Shah J,Korsen JA,Wayne AE,Galassi TV,Cohen JR,Harvey JD,Jena PV,Ramanathan LV,Jaimes EA,Heller DA

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Global-scale nitrogen budgets developed to quantify anthropogenic impacts on the nitrogen cycle do not explicitly consider nitrate stored in the vadose zone. Here we show that the vadose zone is an important store of nitrate that should be considered in future budgets for effective policymaking. Using estimates of gro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ascott MJ,Gooddy DC,Wang L,Stuart ME,Lewis MA,Ward RS,Binley AM

更新日期：2017-11-10 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：:The dynamic incorporation of histone variants influences chromatin structure and many biological processes. In Arabidopsis, the canonical variant H3.1 differs from H3.3 in four residues, one of which (H3.1Phe41) is unique and conserved in plants. However, its evolutionary significance remains unclear. Here, we show th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lu L,Chen X,Qian S,Zhong X

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Although chemically very simple, Fe2O3 is known to undergo a series of enigmatic structural, electronic and magnetic transformations at high pressures and high temperatures. So far, these transformations have neither been correctly described nor understood because of the lack of structural data. Here we report a syste...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bykova E,Dubrovinsky L,Dubrovinskaia N,Bykov M,McCammon C,Ovsyannikov SV,Liermann HP,Kupenko I,Chumakov AI,Rüffer R,Hanfland M,Prakapenka V

更新日期：2016-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioactive element astatine exists only in trace amounts in nature. Its properties can therefore only be explored by study of the minute quantities of artificially produced isotopes or by performing theoretical calculations. One of the most important properties influencing the chemical behaviour is the energy req...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rothe S,Andreyev AN,Antalic S,Borschevsky A,Capponi L,Cocolios TE,De Witte H,Eliav E,Fedorov DV,Fedosseev VN,Fink DA,Fritzsche S,Ghys L,Huyse M,Imai N,Kaldor U,Kudryavtsev Y,Köster U,Lane JF,Lassen J,Liberati V,

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gluconeogenesis is a fundamental metabolic process that allows organisms to make sugars from non-carbohydrate stores such as lipids and protein. In eukaryotes only one gluconeogenic route has been described from organic acid intermediates and this relies on the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PCK). Here we s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Eastmond PJ,Astley HM,Parsley K,Aubry S,Williams BP,Menard GN,Craddock CP,Nunes-Nesi A,Fernie AR,Hibberd JM

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes have been shown to be essential in vertebrate neural circuit formation and their depletion has resulted in homeotic transformations with neuron loss and miswiring. Here we quantifiy four eye movements in the zebrafish mutant valentino and hox3 knockdowns, and find that contrary to the classical model, oculom...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ma LH,Grove CL,Baker R

更新日期：2014-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma and tumor caveolin-1 (Cav-1) are linked with disease progression in prostate cancer. Here we report that metabolomic profiling of longitudinal plasmas from a prospective cohort of 491 active surveillance (AS) participants indicates prominent elevations in plasma sphingolipids in AS progressors that, together wi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vykoukal J,Fahrmann JF,Gregg JR,Tang Z,Basourakos S,Irajizad E,Park S,Yang G,Creighton CJ,Fleury A,Mayo J,Paulucci-Holthauzen A,Dennison JB,Murage E,Peterson CB,Davis JW,Kim J,Hanash S,Thompson TC

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on surface plasmon resonance coupling of metallic nanostructures is an important area in the field of plasmonics because distinctive collective optical properties can be realized that are different from the individual constituents. Here we report the localized surface plasmon resonance of hybrid metal-organic...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jung I,Kim M,Kwak M,Kim G,Jang M,Kim SM,Park DJ,Park S

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPases (PMCAs) are key regulators of global Ca2+ homeostasis and local intracellular Ca2+ dynamics. Recently, Neuroplastin (NPTN) and basigin were identified as previously unrecognized obligatory subunits of PMCAs that dramatically increase the efficiency of PMCA-mediated Ca2+ clearance. Here, we...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gong D,Chi X,Ren K,Huang G,Zhou G,Yan N,Lei J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroelectric domain walls constitute a completely new class of sheet-like functional material. Moreover, since domain walls are generally writable, erasable and mobile, they could be useful in functionally agile devices: for example, creating and moving conducting walls could make or break electrical connections in n...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： McQuaid RGP,Campbell MP,Whatmore RW,Kumar A,Gregg JM

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms tumor gene on the X chromosome (WTX) is a putative tumor suppressor gene in Wilms tumor, but its expression and functions in other tumors are unclear. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women and the second leading cause in men in the United States. We demonstrated tha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu GF,Xu YW,Li J,Niu HL,Ma WX,Xu J,Zhou PR,Liu X,Ye DL,Liu XR,Yan T,Zhai WK,Xu ZJ,Liu C,Wang L,Wang H,Luo JM,Liu L,Li XQ,Guo S,Jiang HP,Shen P,Lin HK,Yu DH,Ding YQ,Zhang QL

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct reciprocity is a mechanism for cooperation among humans. Many of our daily interactions are repeated. We interact repeatedly with our family, friends, colleagues, members of the local and even global community. In the theory of repeated games, it is a tacit assumption that the various games that a person plays ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reiter JG,Hilbe C,Rand DG,Chatterjee K,Nowak MA

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial nanoparticles accumulate a protein corona layer in biological fluids, which significantly influences their bioactivity. As nanosized obligate intracellular parasites, viruses share many biophysical properties with artificial nanoparticles in extracellular environments and here we show that respiratory syncy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ezzat K,Pernemalm M,Pålsson S,Roberts TC,Järver P,Dondalska A,Bestas B,Sobkowiak MJ,Levänen B,Sköld M,Thompson EA,Saher O,Kari OK,Lajunen T,Sverremark Ekström E,Nilsson C,Ishchenko Y,Malm T,Wood MJA,Power UF,Masic

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioside GM3, a host-derived glycosphingolipid incorporated in the membrane of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) viral particles, mediates interactions between HIV-1 and Siglec1/CD169, a protein expressed on dendritic cells (DCs). Such interactions, which seem to be independent of viral envelope glycoprotein g...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu X,Feizpour A,Ramirez NG,Wu L,Akiyama H,Xu F,Gummuluru S,Reinhard BM

更新日期：2014-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of fuel cells is currently limited by the lack of efficient and cost-effective catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction. Iron-based non-precious metal catalysts exhibit promising activity and stability, as an alternative to state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. However, the identity of the active ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Varnell JA,Tse EC,Schulz CE,Fister TT,Haasch RT,Timoshenko J,Frenkel AI,Gewirth AA

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:High-field magnets of up to tens of teslas in strength advance applications in physics, chemistry and the life sciences. However, progress in generating such high fields has not been matched by corresponding advances in magnetic field measurement. Based mostly on nuclear magnetic resonance, dynamic high-field magnetom...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gross S,Barmet C,Dietrich BE,Brunner DO,Schmid T,Pruessmann KP

更新日期：2016-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The hormone calcitonin (CT) is primarily known for its pharmacologic action as an inhibitor of bone resorption, yet CT-deficient mice display increased bone formation. These findings raised the question about the underlying cellular and molecular mechanism of CT action. Here we show that either ubiquitous or osteoclas...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Keller J,Catala-Lehnen P,Huebner AK,Jeschke A,Heckt T,Lueth A,Krause M,Koehne T,Albers J,Schulze J,Schilling S,Haberland M,Denninger H,Neven M,Hermans-Borgmeyer I,Streichert T,Breer S,Barvencik F,Levkau B,Rathkolb B

更新日期：2014-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of transcription factors (TFs) is an important driver of tumorigenesis, but non-invasive assays for assessing transcription factor activity are lacking. Here we develop and validate a minimally invasive method for assessing TF activity based on cell-free DNA sequencing and nucleosome footprint analysis. W...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ulz P,Perakis S,Zhou Q,Moser T,Belic J,Lazzeri I,Wölfler A,Zebisch A,Gerger A,Pristauz G,Petru E,White B,Roberts CES,John JS,Schimek MG,Geigl JB,Bauernhofer T,Sill H,Bock C,Heitzer E,Speicher MR

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The cycling of iron and organic matter (OM) is thought to have been a major biogeochemical cycle in the early ferruginous oceans which contributed to the deposition of banded iron formations (BIF). However, BIF are deficient in OM, which is postulated to be the result of near-complete oxidation of OM during iron reduc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dodd MS,Papineau D,Pirajno F,Wan Y,Karhu JA

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles hosted in conductive matrices are ubiquitous in electrochemical energy storage, catalysis and energetic devices. However, agglomeration and surface oxidation remain as two major challenges towards their ultimate utility, especially for highly reactive materials. Here we report uniformly distributed nanop...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen Y,Egan GC,Wan J,Zhu S,Jacob RJ,Zhou W,Dai J,Wang Y,Danner VA,Yao Y,Fu K,Wang Y,Bao W,Li T,Zachariah MR,Hu L

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00