A unique self-organization of bacterial sub-communities creates iridescence in Cellulophaga lytica colony biofilms.

abstract：:Voltage gated sodium channels are key players in aberrant pain signaling and sensitization of nociceptors after peripheral nerve injury. The extent to which sodium channel activity after injury contributes to synaptic transmission at the first pain synapse however remains unclear. To investigate the effect of axotomy ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vysokov N,McMahon SB,Raouf R

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Caterpillars have long been used as models for studying animal defence. Their impressive armour, including flamboyant warning colours, poisonous spines, irritating sprays, and mimicry of plant parts, snakes and bird droppings, has been extensively documented. But research has mainly focused on visual and chemical disp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bura VL,Kawahara AY,Yack JE

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Strenuous exercise increases circulating cell free DNA (cfDNA) and stimulates blood phagocytes to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) which may induce DNA strand breaks. We tested whether: (A) elevated cfDNA in response to three repeated bouts of exhaustive exercise has decreased integrity; (B) each bout of exercis...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stawski R,Walczak K,Perdas E,Wlodarczyk A,Sarniak A,Kosielski P,Meissner P,Budlewski T,Padula G,Nowak D

更新日期：2019-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial metabolites, produced in the intestine, have significant effects on inflammatory diseases throughout the body. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) have protective effects on experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) responses but the detailed roles of SCFAs and their receptors in regulating autoimmune CNS infla...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park J,Wang Q,Wu Q,Mao-Draayer Y,Kim CH

更新日期：2019-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase-1 (UCHL1) is a deubiquitinating enzyme, which plays a key role in Parkinson's disease (PD). It is one of the most important proteins, which constitute Lewy body in PD patient. However, how this well folded highly soluble protein presents in this proteinaceous aggregate is still unclear. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kumar R,Jangir DK,Verma G,Shekhar S,Hanpude P,Kumar S,Kumari R,Singh N,Sarovar Bhavesh N,Ranjan Jana N,Kanti Maiti T

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na+;HCO3- co-transporter NBCn1 (SLC4A7) is a major regulator of intracellular pH yet its trafficking and turnover are essentially unstudied. Here, we used MDCK-II and MCF-7 cells to investigate these processes in epithelial cells. GFP-NBCn1 membrane localization was abolished by truncation of the full NBCn1 C-term...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Olesen CW,Vogensen J,Axholm I,Severin M,Schnipper J,Pedersen IS,von Stemann JH,Schrøder JM,Christensen DP,Pedersen SF

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Grading of essential hypertension according to blood pressure (BP) level may not adequately reflect clinical heterogeneity of hypertensive patients. This study was carried out to explore clinical phenotypes in essential hypertensive patients using cluster analysis. This study recruited 513 hypertensive patients and ev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo Q,Lu X,Gao Y,Zhang J,Yan B,Su D,Song A,Zhao X,Wang G

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:During bacterial infections, damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) and pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) activate immune cells. Here, we investigated whether plasma and sputum levels of High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1), a prototypic DAMP, are associated with disease severity and aetiology in commu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Alpkvist H,Athlin S,Mölling P,Norrby-Teglund A,Strålin K

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamic structure of proteins is essential for their functions and may include large conformational transitions which can be studied by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. However, details of these transitions are difficult to automatically track. To facilitate their analysis, we developed two scores of correlati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Taddese B,Garnier A,Abdi H,Henrion D,Chabbert M

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifunctional materials with more than two good properties are widely required in modern industries. However, some properties are often trade-off with each other by single microstructural designation. For example, nanostructured materials have high strength, but low ductility and thermal stability. Here by means of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang YS,Zhao YH,Zhang W,Lu JW,Hu JJ,Huo WT,Zhang PX

更新日期：2017-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrochar (PC) is always with high pH value, and improper application might increase rice paddy ammonia volatilization (PAV), which is the main nitrogen loss through air during rice production. Differently, hydrochar (HC) takes the advantages of high productive rate and always with lower pH value compared with PC. Howe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu X,Cheng Y,Liu Y,Chen D,Chen Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological adaptations to seasonal changes are often observed in the phenotypic traits of plants and animals, and these adaptations are usually expressed through the production of different biochemical end products. In this study, ecological adaptations are observed in a biochemical pathway without alteration of the e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hirata H,Ohnishi T,Tomida K,Ishida H,Kanda M,Sakai M,Yoshimura J,Suzuki H,Ishikawa T,Dohra H,Watanabe N

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence risk stratification of patients undergoing primary surgical resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an area of active investigation, and several staging systems have been proposed to optimize treatment strategies. However, as many as 70% of patients still experience tumor recurrence at 5 years post-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamashita R,Long J,Saleem A,Rubin DL,Shen J

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectral distribution of light emitted from a scanning tunnelling microscope junction not only bears its intrinsic plasmonic signature but is also imprinted with the characteristics of optical frequency fluc- tuations of the tunnel current. Experimental spectra from gold-gold tunnel junctions are presented that sh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kalathingal V,Dawson P,Mitra J

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a solvothermal-induced self-assembly approach to construct three dimensional (3D) macroscopic Fe2O3 nanocubes/nitrogen-doped graphene (Fe2O3-NC/GN) aerogel as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). The Fe2O3 nanocubes with length of ~50 nm are homogeneously anchored on 3D GN frameworks and as s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang R,Xu C,Sun J,Gao L

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluated the effects of exposing liquid-stored boar semen to different red light LED regimens on sperm quality and reproductive performance. Of all of the tested photo-stimulation procedures, the best pattern consisted of 10 min light, 10 min rest and 10 min of further light (10-10-10 pattern). This...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yeste M,Codony F,Estrada E,Lleonart M,Balasch S,Peña A,Bonet S,Rodríguez-Gil JE

更新日期：2016-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise temporal coding is necessary for proper acoustic analysis. However, at cortical level, forward suppression appears to limit the ability of neurons to extract temporal information from natural sound sequences. Here we studied how temporal processing can be maintained in the bats' cortex in the presence of suppr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Beetz MJ,Hechavarría JC,Kössl M

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Activated coke (AC) has great potential in the field of low-temperature NO removal (DeNOx), especially the branch prepared by blending modification. In this study, the AC-based pyrolusite and/or titanium ore blended catalysts were prepared and applied for DeNOx. The results show blending pyrolusite and titanium ore pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang L,Yao L,Lai Y,Jiang X,Jiang W

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly efficient and specific biomolecular recognition requires both affinity and specificity. Previous quantitative descriptions of biomolecular recognition were mostly driven by improving the affinity prediction, but lack of quantification of specificity. We developed a novel method SPA (SPecificity and Affinity) ba...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yan Z,Wang J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of artificial cell is a route for searching the origin of protocell. Here, we create a novel cell model of graphene capsules with selective ion channels, indicating that graphene might be an embryo of protocell membrane. Firstly, we found that the highly oxidized graphene and phospholipid-graphene oxide ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Z,Wang C,Tian L,Bai J,Yao H,Zhao Y,Zhang X,Cao S,Qi W,Wang S,Shi K,Xu Y,Mingliang Z,Liu B,Qiu H,Liu J,Wu W,Wang X,Wenzhen A

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fuelled by a desire for greater connectivity, networked systems now pervade our society at an unprecedented level that will affect it in ways we do not yet understand. In contrast, nature has already developed efficient networks that can instigate rapid response and consensus when key elements are stimulated. We prese...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Clark R,Punzo G,Macdonald M

更新日期：2019-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial and mesenchymal stromal cells (ECs/MSCs) are crucial components of hematopoietic bone marrow stem cell niches. Both cell types appear to be required to support the maintenance and expansion of multipotent hematopoietic cells, i.e. hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and multipotent progenitors (MPPs). With the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Radtke S,Görgens A,da Conceição Castro SV,Kordelas L,Köninger A,Dürig J,Möllmann M,Horn PA,Giebel B

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are protective against inflammatory diseases. Free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2), is a target of SCFAs however, their selectivity for FFA2 over other FFA receptors is limited. This study aimed to functionally characterise 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methyl-N-(thiazole-2-yl)butanamide (4CMTB) an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Schofield ZV,Croker D,Robertson AAB,Massey NL,Donovan C,Tee E,Edwards D,Woodruff TM,Halai R,Hansbro PM,Cooper MA

更新日期：2018-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are the main immune suppressors with subpopulation of inflamed-tissue related memory Tregs (mTregs) and non-related resting Treg (rTregs). Previously, Treg was proposed to be the cause of chronicity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection but with controversies. We then investigated ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu CC,Jeng WJ,Chen YC,Fang JH,Huang CH,Teng W,Hsieh YC,Lin YC,Chien RN,Sheen IS,Lin CY

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The probability of mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT) pore opening is inversely related to the magnitude of the proton electrochemical gradient. The module conferring sensitivity of the pore to this gradient has not been identified. We investigated mPT's voltage-sensing properties elicited by calcimycin or H2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doczi J,Torocsik B,Echaniz-Laguna A,Mousson de Camaret B,Starkov A,Starkova N,Gál A,Molnár MJ,Kawamata H,Manfredi G,Adam-Vizi V,Chinopoulos C

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Habitat filtering models predict ecologically similar plant species to jointly colonize sites due to comparable environmental characteristics leading to an aggregated pattern of species spatial occurrence. Models focused on interspecific competition expect species with similar ecological requirements to be spatially s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ulrich W,Sewerniak P,Puchałka R,Piwczyński M

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:L-R (left and right) symmetry breaking during embryogenesis and the establishment of asymmetric body plan are key issues in developmental biology, but the onset including the handedness-determining gene locus still remains unknown. Using pure dextral (DD) and sinistral (dd) strains of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuroda R,Fujikura K,Abe M,Hosoiri Y,Asakawa S,Shimizu M,Umeda S,Ichikawa F,Takahashi H

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A classical model for social-influence-driven opinion change is the threshold model. Here we study cascades of opinion change driven by threshold model dynamics in the case where multiple initiators trigger the cascade, and where all nodes possess the same adoption threshold ϕ. Specifically, using empirical and styliz...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Singh P,Sreenivasan S,Szymanski BK,Korniss G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted a lot of attention recently for energy-efficient tunneling-field-effect transistor (TFET) applications due to their excellent gate control resulting from their atomically thin dimensions. However, most TMDs have bandgaps (Eg) and effective masses (m(*)) outside...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ameen TA,Ilatikhameneh H,Klimeck G,Rahman R

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) have attracted increasing research interest in recent years. Herein, the generation of EPFRs during the hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge (SS) was studied. First, the surface morphology, functional groups, constituent elements and free radicals were characteri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu Y,Wei J,Liu Y,Liu X,Li J,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-11-19 00:00:00