Gene set of chemosensory receptors in the polyembryonic endoparasitoid Macrocentrus cingulum.

abstract：:Hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) pathway is associated with many vascular diseases, including atherosclerosis, arterial aneurysms, pulmonary hypertension and chronic venous diseases. Significant HIF-1α expression could be found at the rupture edge at human abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) tissues. While our initial...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsai SH,Huang PH,Hsu YJ,Peng YJ,Lee CH,Wang JC,Chen JW,Lin SJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overlapping idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) and immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is rare. This study aims to investigate the unique prognostic, clinical, and renal histopathological characteristics of IMN+IgAN. This retrospective observational study included 73 consecutive cases of IMN+IgAN and 425 cases of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen X,Chen Y,Shi K,Lv Y,Tong H,Zhao G,Chen C,Chen B,Li D,Lu Z

更新日期：2017-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Outdoor air pollution is a growing public health concern, particularly in urban settings. However, there are limited epidemiological data on outdoor air pollution in rural areas with substantial levels of air pollution attributed to solid fuel burning for household cooking and heating. Xuanwei and Fuyuan are rural cou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu W,Downward G,Wong JYY,Reiss B,Rothman N,Portengen L,Li J,Jones RR,Huang Y,Yang K,Chen Y,Xu J,He J,Bassig B,Seow WJ,Hosgood HD,Zhang L,Wu G,Wei F,Vermeulen R,Lan Q

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-enzymatic browning, namely Maillard reaction is commonly invoked to account for abiotic chemical transformations of organic matter. Here we report a new reaction pathway via the Maillard reaction to systematically synthesize a series of nitrogen-doped carbon dots (C-dots) with superhigh quantum yield (QY) and ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei W,Xu C,Wu L,Wang J,Ren J,Qu X

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are proposed as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of numerous diseases. Here, we performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the utility of faecal miRNAs as a non-invasive tool in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. A systematic literature search, according to predetermined criteria, in five databases...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yau TO,Tang CM,Harriss EK,Dickins B,Polytarchou C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of biomaterials in cancer therapy has been limited to drug delivery systems and markers in radiation therapy. In this article, we introduce the concept of phase-functionalization of silicon to preferentially select cancer cell populations for survival in a catalyst and additive free approach. Silicon is p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Premnath P,Venkatakrishnan K,Tan B

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a commensal bacterium in humans and other animals that can cause serious infections. The aim of this research was to estimate the frequency of S. lugdunensis in pet cats and to characterize the S. lugdunensis isolates obtained. The prevalence of S. lugdunensis was 0.77% (4/523) in healthy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bierowiec K

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomodels made of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) are demanded because they can represent the geometries and mechanical properties of human tissues realistically. Injecting and molding, commonly used in three-dimensional (3D) modeling, help to represent the blood vessels accurately. However, these techniques sometimes requi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shimizu Y,Tanabe T,Yoshida H,Kasuya M,Matsunaga T,Haga Y,Kurihara K,Ohta M

更新日期：2018-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined treatment with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and X-rays improves tumor suppression in vivo. This is because the accumulated protoporphyrin IX from 5-ALA enhances the generation of ROS by the X-ray irradiation. In the present study, a high-energy medical linear accelerator was used instead of a non-medical low...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takahashi J,Murakami M,Mori T,Iwahashi H

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The coal fires, a global catastrophe for hundreds of years, have been proved extremely difficult to control, and hit almost every coal-bearing area globally. Meanwhile, underground coal fires contain tremendous reservoir of geothermal energy. Approximately one billion tons of coal burns underground annually in the wor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi B,Su H,Li J,Qi H,Zhou F,Torero JL,Chen Z

更新日期：2017-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Miscarriage affects ~20% of pregnancies and maternal infections account for ~15% of early miscarriages. Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) has been associated with miscarriage but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Successful implantation requires endometrial stromal cell (ESC) decidualisation. Maintenance of pregnancy re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Giakoumelou S,Wheelhouse N,Brown J,Wade J,Simitsidellis I,Gibson D,Saunders PTK,Horner P,Entrican G,Howie SEM,Horne AW

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed and successfully demonstrated a novel approach to direct conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy using microfluidics. The method combines previously demonstrated reverse electrowetting on dielectric (REWOD) phenomenon with the fast self-oscillating process of bubble growth and collapse....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hsu TH,Manakasettharn S,Taylor JA,Krupenkin T

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial genomes exhibit diverse features among eukaryotes in the aspect of gene content, genome structure, and the mobile genetic elements such as introns and plasmids. Although the number of published mitochondrial genomes is increasing at tremendous speed, those of several lineages remain unexplored. Here, we ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nishimura Y,Shiratori T,Ishida KI,Hashimoto T,Ohkuma M,Inagaki Y

更新日期：2019-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal gene products deposited in the egg regulate early embryogenesis before activation of the embryonic genome in animals. While in higher plants, it is believed that genes of parental origin contribute to early embryogenesis. However, little is known regarding the particular processes in which genes of parental o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Luo A,Zhao P,Zhang LY,Sun MX

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess alcohol use is known to promote development of aggressive tumors in various tissues in human patients, but the cause of alcohol promotion of tumor aggressiveness is not clearly understood. We used an animals model of fetal alcohol exposure that is known to promote tumor development and determined if alcohol pro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jabbar S,Reuhl K,Sarkar DK

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Reprogramming of somatic cells has become a versatile tool for biomedical research and for regenerative medicine. In the current study, we show that manipulating alternative splicing (AS) is a highly potent strategy to produce cells for therapeutic applications. We demonstrate that silencing of hTAF4-TAFH activity of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kazantseva J,Sadam H,Neuman T,Palm K

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue dysfunction is considered an important contributor to systemic insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes (T2D). Recently, a novel family of endogenous lipids, palmitic acid hydroxy stearic acids (PAHSAs), was discovered. These have anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects in mice and are reduced in seru...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hammarstedt A,Syed I,Vijayakumar A,Eliasson B,Gogg S,Kahn BB,Smith U

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria-generated reactive oxygen species (mROS) are frequently associated with DNA damage and cell cycle arrest, but physiological increases in mROS serve to regulate specific cell functions. T3 is a major regulator of mROS, including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Here we show that exogenous thyroid hormone (T3) adm...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan L,Bogush N,Naib H,Perry J,Calvert JW,Martin DIK,Graham RM,Naqvi N,Husain A

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Mid-infrared spectroscopy is of great importance in many areas and its integration with thin-film technology can economically enrich the functionalities of many existing devices. In this paper we propose a graphene-based ultra-compact spectrometer (several micrometers in size) that is compatible with complementary met...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang X,Chen C,Pan L,Wang J

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormones and placental factors are thought to underlie the maternal immunological changes during pregnancy. However, as several intestinal microbiota are linked to immune modulations, we hypothesized that the intestinal microbiota are altered during pregnancy in favor of species associated with pregnancy associated im...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Elderman M,Hugenholtz F,Belzer C,Boekschoten M,de Haan B,de Vos P,Faas M

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Five selected carbazole derivatives, namely carbazole, 3,6-dibromocarbazole, 2-hydroxycarbazole, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocarbazole and 9-(2-ethylhexyl)carbazole-3,6-dicarboxaldehyde were investigated for their inhibitive effects on Desulfovibrio vulgaris (D. vulgaris) induced corrosion of mild steel and in 1 M HCl medium us...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nwankwo HU,Olasunkanmi LO,Ebenso EE

更新日期：2017-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the application value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) for assessing paradoxical puborectalis syndrome (PPS) in patients with obstructive defecation syndrome (ODS). The medical records of 72 ODS patients who underwent magnetic resonance (MR)-DWI and MR-defecography were retrospectively ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu G,Cui Z,Dai Y,Yao Q,Xu J,Wu G

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic Retinopathy, the main cause of visual loss and blindness among working population, is a complication of Diabetes mellitus (DM), which has been described as a major public health challenge, so it is important to identify biomarkers to predict and to stratify patient´s possibility for developing DR. MicroRNAs (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Prado MSG,de Goes TC,de Jesus ML,Mendonça LSO,Nascimento JS,Kaneto CM

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:From mid-May to August 2011, extreme runoff in the Columbia River ranged from 14,000 to over 17,000 m(3)/s, more than two standard deviations above the mean for this period. The extreme runoff was the direct result of both melting of anomalously high snowpack and rainfall associated with the 2010-2011 La Niña. The eff...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mazzini PL,Risien CM,Barth JA,Pierce SD,Erofeev A,Dever EP,Kosro PM,Levine MD,Shearman RK,Vardaro MF

更新日期：2015-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf flattening influences plant photosynthesis, thereby affecting product yield and quality. Here, we obtained a stably inherited leaf crinkled mutant (lcm), derived from the Chinese cabbage doubled haploid (DH) 'FT' line using EMS mutagenesis combined with isolated microspore culture. The crinkled phenotype was cont...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang M,Huang S,Gao Y,Fu W,Qu G,Zhao Y,Shi F,Liu Z,Feng H

更新日期：2020-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel tools in humane animal research should benefit the animal as well as the experimentally obtained data. Imaging technologies have proven to be versatile and also in accordance with the demands of the 3 R principle. However, most imaging technologies are either limited by the target organs, number of repetitive im...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bahlmann J,Madrahimov N,Daniel F,Theidel D,DeTemple DE,Buettner M,Bleich A,Haverich A,Heisterkamp A,Kalies S

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice breeding has achieved great productivity improvements by semi-dwarf varieties and hybrid vigour. Due to poor understanding of genetic basis of elite backbone varieties, the continuous increasing in rice yield still faces great challenges. Here, 52 elite rice varieties from three historical representative pedigree...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng X,Li L,Liang F,Tan C,Tang S,Yu S,Diao Y,Li S,Hu Z

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Support from human genetics increases the probability of success in drug development. However, few examples exist of successful genomically-driven drug repositioning. Given that a Mendelian form of severe enterocolitis is due to up-regulation of the interleukin-18 (IL18) signaling pathway, and pharmacologic inhibition...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mokry LE,Zhou S,Guo C,Scott RA,Devey L,Langenberg C,Wareham N,Waterworth D,Cardon L,Sanseau P,Davey Smith G,Richards JB

更新日期：2019-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging and histopathological studies have demonstrated that structural changes of the retina affect subjects with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The aim of this study was to quantitatively investigate the retinal vessels in these disorders, using dynamic vessel analyzer (DVA) and optical...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Querques G,Borrelli E,Sacconi R,De Vitis L,Leocani L,Santangelo R,Magnani G,Comi G,Bandello F

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, ITS, ITS2, matK, rbcL and psbA-trnH in Rehmannia were successfully amplified and sequenced, but some ITS sequences need to be proofread according to ITS2 sequences. Compared with rbcL, matK and psbA-trnH, ITS and ITS2 had higher mutation rate and more information sites, and ITS2 had higher interspecific...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duan H,Wang W,Zeng Y,Guo M,Zhou Y

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00