Sequence variants in the PTCH1 gene associate with spine bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures.

abstract：:In the original version of this Article, the affiliation details for Antoine Aze, Michalis Fragkos, Stéphane Bocquet, Julien Cau and Marcel Méchali incorrectly omitted 'CNRS and the University of Montpellier'. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Aze A,Fragkos M,Bocquet S,Cau J,Méchali M

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Male pattern baldness (MPB) is a sex-limited, age-related, complex trait. We study MPB genetics in 205,327 European males from the UK Biobank. Here we show that MPB is strongly heritable and polygenic, with pedigree-heritability of 0.62 (SE = 0.03) estimated from close relatives, and SNP-heritability of 0.39 (SE = 0.0...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yap CX,Sidorenko J,Wu Y,Kemper KE,Yang J,Wray NR,Robinson MR,Visscher PM

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain boundaries have a major effect on the physical properties of two-dimensional layered materials. Therefore, it is important to develop simple, fast and sensitive characterization methods to visualize grain boundaries. Conventional Raman and photoluminescence methods have been used for detecting grain boundaries; ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Karvonen L,Säynätjoki A,Huttunen MJ,Autere A,Amirsolaimani B,Li S,Norwood RA,Peyghambarian N,Lipsanen H,Eda G,Kieu K,Sun Z

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution structural information on RNA and its functionally important complexes with proteins is dramatically underrepresented compared with proteins but is urgently needed for understanding cellular processes at the molecular and atomic level. Here we present an EPR-based protocol to help solving large RNA and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Duss O,Yulikov M,Jeschke G,Allain FH

更新日期：2014-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pompe disease, a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of the lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA), is characterized by glycogen accumulation, triggering severe secondary cellular damage and resulting in progressive motor handicap and premature death. Numerous disease-causing mutations in the gaa gene have...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Roig-Zamboni V,Cobucci-Ponzano B,Iacono R,Ferrara MC,Germany S,Bourne Y,Parenti G,Moracci M,Sulzenbacher G

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a common paediatric musculoskeletal disease that displays a strong female bias. By performing a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 3,102 individuals, we identify significant associations with 20p11.22 SNPs for females (P=6.89 × 10(-9)) but not males (P=0.71). This association with IS ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sharma S,Londono D,Eckalbar WL,Gao X,Zhang D,Mauldin K,Kou I,Takahashi A,Matsumoto M,Kamiya N,Murphy KK,Cornelia R,TSRHC Scoliosis Clinical Group.,Japan Scoliosis Clinical Research Group.,Herring JA,Burns D,Ahituv N,Ike

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing resolution, forcing on the mean circulation by resolved waves in general circulation models is not yet converging. Parameterization of the forcing remains a major source of model uncertainty. This study examines the scale invariance of zonal spectra of momentum flux and wave forcing, and shows t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu HL

更新日期：2019-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14454. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bengtsson NE,Hall JK,Odom GL,Phelps MP,Andrus CR,Hawkins RD,Hauschka SD,Chamberlain JR,Chamberlain JS

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Oceanic mesoscale eddies contribute important horizontal heat and salt transports on a global scale. Here we show that eddy transports are mainly due to individual eddy movements. Theoretical and observational analyses indicate that cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies move westwards, and they also move polewards and equa...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dong C,McWilliams JC,Liu Y,Chen D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiration by soil bacteria and fungi is one of the largest fluxes of carbon (C) from the land surface. Although this flux is a direct product of microbial metabolism, controls over metabolism and their responses to global change are a major uncertainty in the global C cycle. Here, we explore an in silico approach to...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Saifuddin M,Bhatnagar JM,Segrè D,Finzi AC

更新日期：2019-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fundamental importance of efficient and selective synthesis of widely useful alkylarenes, the direct catalytic C(sp2)-H alkylation of unactivated arenes with a readily available alkyl halide remains elusive. Here, we report the catalytic C(sp2)-H alkylation reactions of unactivated arenes with alkyl bromid...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim D,Lee GS,Kim D,Hong SH

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Oscillatory synchrony among neurons occurs in many species and brain areas, and has been proposed to help neural circuits process information. One hypothesis states that oscillatory input creates cyclic integration windows: specific times in each oscillatory cycle when postsynaptic neurons become especially responsive...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gupta N,Singh SS,Stopfer M

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition-metal dissolution from cathode materials, manganese in particular, has been held responsible for severe capacity fading in lithium-ion batteries, with the deposition of the transition-metal cations on anode surface, in elemental form or as chelated-complexes, as the main contributor for such degradations. I...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang C,Xing L,Vatamanu J,Chen Z,Lan G,Li W,Xu K

更新日期：2019-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Triacylglycerols are among the most attractive alternative raw materials for biofuel development. Current oil plant-based technologies are limited in terms of triacylglycerol production capacity and rate. These limitations may be circumvented by biotransformation of carbohydrates into lipids; however, our understandin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu Z,Zhang S,Liu H,Shen H,Lin X,Yang F,Zhou YJ,Jin G,Ye M,Zou H,Zhao ZK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive efforts have been expended in developing hybrid quantum systems to overcome the short coherence time of superconducting circuits by introducing the naturally long-lived spin degree of freedom. Among all the possible materials, single-crystal yttrium iron garnet has shown up recently as a promising candidate ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang X,Zou CL,Zhu N,Marquardt F,Jiang L,Tang HX

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human Ebp1 is a member of the proliferation-associated 2G4 (PA2G4) family and plays an important role in cancer regulation. Ebp1 shares the methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP) fold and binds to mature 80S ribosomes for translational control. Here, we present a cryo-EM single particle analysis reconstruction of Ebp1 boun...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wild K,Aleksić M,Lapouge K,Juaire KD,Flemming D,Pfeffer S,Sinning I

更新日期：2020-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult stem cells commonly give rise to transit-amplifying progenitors, whose progeny differentiate into distinct cell types. It is unclear if stem cell niche signals coordinate fate decisions within the progenitor pool. Here we use quantitative analysis of Wnt, Hh, and Notch signalling reporters and the cell fate mark...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dai W,Peterson A,Kenney T,Burrous H,Montell DJ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addressing the intrinsic charge transport limitation of metal oxides has been of significance for pursuing viable PEC water splitting photoelectrodes. Growing a photoelectrode with conductive nanoobjects embedded in the matrix is promising for enhanced charge transport but remains a challenge technically. We herein sh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jian J,Xu Y,Yang X,Liu W,Fu M,Yu H,Xu F,Feng F,Jia L,Friedrich D,van de Krol R,Wang H

更新日期：2019-06-13 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：:Although networks are extensively used to visualize information flow in biological, social and technological systems, translating topology into dynamic flow continues to challenge us, as similar networks exhibit fundamentally different flow patterns, driven by different interaction mechanisms. To uncover a network's a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Harush U,Barzel B

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:River capture is a dramatic natural process of internal competition through which mountainous landscapes evolve and respond to perturbations in tectonics and climate. River capture may occur when one river network grows at the expense of another, resulting in a victor that steals the neighboring headwaters. While rive...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fan N,Chu Z,Jiang L,Hassan MA,Lamb MP,Liu X

更新日期：2018-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt identification of acute coronary syndrome is a challenge in clinical practice. The 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is readily available during initial patient evaluation, but current rule-based interpretation approaches lack sufficient accuracy. Here we report machine learning-based methods for the prediction o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Al-Zaiti S,Besomi L,Bouzid Z,Faramand Z,Frisch S,Martin-Gill C,Gregg R,Saba S,Callaway C,Sejdić E

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The integration of nanophotonics and atomic physics has been a long-sought goal that would open new frontiers for optical physics, including novel quantum transport and many-body phenomena with photon-mediated atomic interactions. Reaching this goal requires surmounting diverse challenges in nanofabrication and atomic...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Goban A,Hung CL,Yu SP,Hood JD,Muniz JA,Lee JH,Martin MJ,McClung AC,Choi KS,Chang DE,Painter O,Kimble HJ

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurochemical changes underlying human emotions and social behaviour are largely unknown. Here we report on the changes in the levels of two hypothalamic neuropeptides, hypocretin-1 and melanin-concentrating hormone, measured in the human amygdala. We show that hypocretin-1 levels are maximal during positive emoti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Blouin AM,Fried I,Wilson CL,Staba RJ,Behnke EJ,Lam HA,Maidment NT,Karlsson KÆ,Lapierre JL,Siegel JM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many animals have evolved intrinsic transparency for the purpose of concealment, the development of dynamic, that is, controllable and reversible, transparency for living human cells and tissues has remained elusive to date. Here, by drawing inspiration from the structures and functionalities of adaptive ceph...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chatterjee A,Cerna Sanchez JA,Yamauchi T,Taupin V,Couvrette J,Gorodetsky AA

更新日期：2020-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term depression (LTD) underlies learning and memory in various brain regions. Although postsynaptic AMPA receptor trafficking mediates LTD, its underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unclear. Here we show that stargazin, a transmembrane AMPA receptor regulatory protein, forms a ternary complex with adapto...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsuda S,Kakegawa W,Budisantoso T,Nomura T,Kohda K,Yuzaki M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of the folic acid biosynthesis pathway as a target for the development of antibiotics has been clinically validated. However, many pathogens have developed resistance to these antibiotics, prompting a re-evaluation of potential drug targets within the pathway. The ydaH gene of Alcanivorax borkumensis enc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bolla JR,Su CC,Delmar JA,Radhakrishnan A,Kumar N,Chou TH,Long F,Rajashankar KR,Yu EW

更新日期：2015-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:At the initial stage of carcinogenesis single mutated cells appear within an epithelium. Mammalian in vitro experiments show that potentially cancerous cells undergo live apical extrusion from normal monolayers. However, the mechanism underlying this process in vivo remains poorly understood. Mosaic expression of the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Anton KA,Kajita M,Narumi R,Fujita Y,Tada M

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional nanomaterials such as MoS2 are of great interest both because of their novel physical properties and their applications potential. Liquid exfoliation, an important production method, is limited by our inability to quickly and easily measure nanosheet size, thickness or concentration. Here we demonstrat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Backes C,Smith RJ,McEvoy N,Berner NC,McCloskey D,Nerl HC,O'Neill A,King PJ,Higgins T,Hanlon D,Scheuschner N,Maultzsch J,Houben L,Duesberg GS,Donegan JF,Nicolosi V,Coleman JN

更新日期：2014-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesopelagic (200-1000 m) separates the productive upper ocean from the deep ocean, yet little is known of its long-term dynamics despite recent research that suggests fishes of this zone likely dominate global fish biomass and contribute to the downward flux of carbon. Here we show that mesopelagic fishes dominate...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jones WA,Checkley DM Jr

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00