Experimental demonstration of plasmon enhanced energy transfer rate in NaYF4:Yb(3+),Er(3+) upconversion nanoparticles.

abstract：:Artificial photosynthesis, specifically H2O dissociation for CO2 reduction with solar energy, is regarded as one of the most promising methods for sustainable energy and utilisation of environmental resources. However, a highly efficient conversion still remains extremely challenging. The hydrogenation of CO2 is regar...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jin F,Zeng X,Liu J,Jin Y,Wang L,Zhong H,Yao G,Huo Z

更新日期：2014-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinases are involved in numerous critical cell signaling processes, and dysregulation in kinase signaling is implicated in many types of human cancers. In this study, we applied a parallel-reaction monitoring (PRM)-based targeted proteomic method to assess kinome reprogramming during melanoma metastasis in three pairs...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miao W,Li L,Liu X,Qi TF,Guo L,Huang M,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:As whales recover from commercial exploitation, they are increasing in abundance in habitats that they have been absent from for decades. However, studying the recovery and habitat use patterns of whales, particularly in remote and inaccessible regions, frequently poses logistical and economic challenges. Here we tria...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bamford CCG,Kelly N,Dalla Rosa L,Cade DE,Fretwell PT,Trathan PN,Cubaynes HC,Mesquita AFC,Gerrish L,Friedlaender AS,Jackson JA

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immunity has been extended to respond environmental pathogen other than microbial components. Here we explore a novel pollen/TLR4 innate immunity in allergic inflammation. In experimental allergic conjunctivitis induced by short ragweed (SRW) pollen, typical allergic signs, stimulated IL-33/ST2 signaling and ov...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Zhang L,Chen X,Chen D,Hua X,Bian F,Deng R,Lu F,Li Z,Pflugfelder SC,Li DQ

更新日期：2016-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Divalent metal-ion transporter 1 (DMT1) has been found to play an important role in the iron metabolism and hemogenesis. However, little is known about the potential role of DMT1 in the pathogenesis of anemia from patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Herein, we investigated expression of DMT1 in the intesti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu W,Song Y,He C,Liu C,Wu R,Fang L,Cong Y,Miao Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantifying multi-molecular complex assembly in specific cytoplasmic compartments is crucial to understand how cells use assembly/disassembly of these complexes to control function. Currently, biophysical methods like Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy provide quantitative...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vedula P,Cruz LA,Gutierrez N,Davis J,Ayee B,Abramczyk R,Rodriguez AJ

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding of lipid oxidation mechanisms (e.g., auto-oxidation and photo-oxidation) in foods and cosmetics is deemed essential to maintain the quality of such products. In this study, the oxidation mechanisms in foods and cosmetics were evaluated through analysis of linoleic acid hydroperoxide (LAOOH) and linoleic ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ito J,Komuro M,Parida IS,Shimizu N,Kato S,Meguro Y,Ogura Y,Kuwahara S,Miyazawa T,Nakagawa K

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of host genetic variation in pneumonia development and outcome is poorly understood. We studied common polymorphisms in the genes of proinflammatory cytokines (IL6 rs1800795, IL8 rs4073, IL1B rs16944), anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL10 rs1800896, IL4 rs2243250, IL13 rs20541) and toll-like receptors (TLR2 rs57...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Smelaya TV,Belopolskaya OB,Smirnova SV,Kuzovlev AN,Moroz VV,Golubev AM,Pabalan NA,Salnikova LE

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis and septic shock are life-threatening conditions, with Gram-negative organisms responsible for most sepsis mortality. Systemic administration of compounds that block the action of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a constituent of the Gram-negative outer cell membrane, is hampered by their hydrophobicity and cat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cho EJ,Doh KO,Park J,Hyun H,Wilson EM,Snyder PW,Tsifansky MD,Yeo Y

更新日期：2016-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As an AAA-ATPase, Vps4 is important for function of multivesicular bodies (MVB) sorting pathway, which involves in cellular phenomena ranging from receptor down-regulation to viral budding to cytokinesis. The activity of Vps4 is stimulated by the interactions between Vta1 N-terminus (named as Vta1NTD) and Did2 fragmen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shen J,Yang Z,Wang J,Zhao B,Lan W,Wang C,Zhang X,Wild CJ,Liu M,Xu Z,Cao C

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study reports a natural infection of emus, Dromaius novaehollandiae, by the nematode Procyrnea uncinipenis. Five adult emus from a scientific breeding farm at North Fluminense State University located in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil were necropsied, and their gastrointest...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ederli NB,Gallo SSM,de Oliveira FCR

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We are presenting a compact radar range system with a scale factor of 105. Replacing the radio frequency (RF) by optical wavelength (300 THz), the system easily fit on a tabletop. We used interferometric time-of-flight to reproduce radar ranging measurements. Sub-micron range accuracy was achieved with a 100 fs laser ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blanche PA,Neifeld M,Tuo M,Xin H,Peyghambarian N

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding drought-tolerance mechanisms and identifying genetic dominance are important for crop improvement. Setaria italica, which is extremely drought-tolerant, has been regarded as a model plant for studying stress biology. Moreover, different genotypes of S. italica have evolved various drought-tolerance/avoid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tang S,Li L,Wang Y,Chen Q,Zhang W,Jia G,Zhi H,Zhao B,Diao X

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs can promote translation of specific mRNAs in quiescent (G0) mammalian cells and immature Xenopus laevis oocytes. We report that microRNA-mediated upregulation of target mRNAs in oocytes is dependent on nuclear entry of the microRNA; cytoplasmically-injected microRNA repress target mRNAs. Components of the ac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Truesdell SS,Mortensen RD,Seo M,Schroeder JC,Lee JH,LeTonqueze O,Vasudevan S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial activation is associated with glaucoma. In the model of unilateral laser-induced ocular hypertension (OHT), the time point at which the inflammatory process peaks remains unknown. Different time points (1, 3, 5, 8, and 15 d) were compared to analyze signs of microglial activation both in OHT and contralater...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ramírez AI,de Hoz R,Fernández-Albarral JA,Salobrar-Garcia E,Rojas B,Valiente-Soriano FJ,Avilés-Trigueros M,Villegas-Pérez MP,Vidal-Sanz M,Triviño A,Ramírez JM,Salazar JJ

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment is associated with a high morbidity which may result in a reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The pre-operative measurement of handgrip strength (HGS) might be a tool to predict the patient's outcome after CRC surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： van Heinsbergen M,Konsten JL,Bours MJL,Bouvy ND,Weijenberg MP,Janssen-Heijnen ML

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Central to intrinsic apoptosis signaling is the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, which depends on the pro-apoptotic effector proteins Bax, Bak or Bok. These pore-forming effector proteins share four Bcl-2 homology (BH) domains, a functionally essential and conserved sequence of hydrophobic amino acids in the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stehle D,Grimm M,Einsele-Scholz S,Ladwig F,Johänning J,Fischer G,Gillissen B,Schulze-Osthoff K,Essmann F

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of reproductive failure were detected in some Spanish sow farms in the Spring of 2010. Regular returns to estrus and variable reductions in litter size were observed. The problem started suddenly and did not appear to be related to the quality of the ejaculates, disease, alterations of body condition or an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nerin C,Ubeda JL,Alfaro P,Dahmani Y,Aznar M,Canellas E,Ausejo R

更新日期：2014-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nedd4-2 (NEDD4L in humans) is a ubiquitin protein ligase best known for its role in regulating ion channel internalization and turnover. Nedd4-2 deletion in mice causes perinatal lethality associated with increased epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) expression in lung and kidney. Abundant data suggest that Nedd4-2 plays...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yanpallewar S,Wang T,Koh DC,Quarta E,Fulgenzi G,Tessarollo L

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:CD40 ligand (CD40L), a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily, binds to CD40, leading to many effects depending on target cell type. Platelets express CD40L and are a major source of soluble CD40L. CD40L has been shown to potentiate platelet activation and thrombus formation, involving both CD40-depende...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang R,Zhang G,Xiang B,Chen X,Tang L,Shi S,Liu Y,Ai X,Xie P,Li Z

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement of the critical current density (Jc) of superconducting wires/tapes is one of the key issues in the field of superconductivity applications. Here we report the fabrication of a silver-sheathed Ba1-xNaxFe2As2 (BaNa-122) superconducting tape by using a powder-in-tube technique and its superconducting propert...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Imai S,Itou S,Ishida S,Tsuchiya Y,Iyo A,Eisaki H,Matsuzaki K,Nishio T,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) belongs to G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and plays an important role in treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection since HIV uses CCR5 protein as a co-receptor. Recently, the crystal structure of CCR5-bound complex with an approved anti-retroviral drug (maroviroc) was r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Salmas RE,Yurtsever M,Durdagi S

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Jagged1 activates Notch signaling and subsequently promotes osteogenic differentiation in human periodontal ligament cells (hPDLs). The present study investigated the participation of the Notch receptor, NOTCH2, in the Jagged1-induced osteogenic differentiation in hPDLs. NOTCH2 and NOTCH4 mRNA expression levels increa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Manokawinchoke J,Sumrejkanchanakij P,Boonprakong L,Pavasant P,Egusa H,Osathanon T

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify a vegetation configuration pattern with a high-efficiency purification ability for total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), total phosphorous (TP), available phosphorous (AP), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) based on comprehensive assessment results, a water discharge experiment was performed in the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hou G,Bi H,Yu X,Jia G,Wang D,Zhang Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A dual-specificity, paralogue-free Cdc14 phosphatase was located in the nuclei of Beauveria bassiana (filamentous entomopathogen) and functionally characterized. Inactivation of cdc14 caused defective cytokinesis due to multinucleate cells formed in Δcdc14 and 89% decrease of blastospore production, followed by slower...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Liu J,Hu Y,Ying SH,Feng MG

更新日期：2013-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge to routine non-invasive, nanoscale magnetic imaging is the development of Hall sensors that are stable under ambient conditions and retain low minimum detectable fields down to nanoscale dimensions. To address these issues we have fabricated and characterised chemical vapour deposition (CVD) graphene...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Collomb D,Li P,Bending SJ

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene and its analogs in combination with metal nanopowders are among the most promising catalysts for various industry valuable processes. The newly obtained solution combustion synthesized graphene-Cu and graphene-CuNi nanocomposites were examined in heterogeneous catalysis of thermal activated CO oxidation and p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Khort A,Romanovski V,Leybo D,Moskovskikh D

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle shape plays a crucial role in determining packing characteristics. Real particles in nature usually have rounded corners. In this work, we systematically investigate the rounded corner effect on the dense packings of spherotetrahedral particles. The evolution of dense packing structure as the particle shape c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jin W,Lu P,Li S

更新日期：2015-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a study of noise in room-temperature THz radiometers that use THz-to-optical upconversion followed by optical detection of thermal radiation. Despite some undesired upconverted thermal noise, no noise is intrinsically introduced by efficient electro-optic modulation via a sum-frequency-generation p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santamaría-Botello G,Popovic Z,Abdalmalak KA,Segovia-Vargas D,Brown ER,García Muñoz LE

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Riverine and atmospheric inputs are often considered as the main terrestrial sources of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN), phosphorus (DIP), and silicon (DSi) in the ocean. However, the fluxes of nutrients via submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) often exceed riverine inputs in different local and regional scale set...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cho HM,Kim G,Kwon EY,Moosdorf N,Garcia-Orellana J,Santos IR

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00