Autonomous oscillation/separation of cell density artificially induced by optical interlink feedback as designed interaction between two isolated microalgae chips.

abstract：:Accumulating evidence indicates the absence of paternally derived miRNAs, piwiRNAs, and proteins may be one important factor contributing to developmental failure in somatic cell cloned embryos. In the present study, we found microRNA-449b (miR-449b) was highly expressed in sperm. Target gene predictions and experimen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang M,Gao Y,Qu P,Qing S,Qiao F,Zhang Y,Mager J,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for transmission of Dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses. Previously it was shown that Dengue virus infection of the mosquito led to an in increased expression of the odorant binding protein 22 (AeOBP22) within the mosquito salivary gland and that siRNA mediated knockdown of AeOBP22...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Murphy EJ,Nix JC,Jones DNM

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSCs) are a promising substitute for conventional silicon solar cells. A scattering layer of submicrometer pores or particles has been widely introduced to achieve a high light-harvesting efficiency. However, many such fabrication processes require high temperatures and multiple steps to pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ha SJ,Moon JH

更新日期：2014-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:OVGP1 is the major non-serum glycoprotein in the oviduct fluid at the time of fertilization and early embryo development. Its activity differs among species. Here, we show that the C-terminal region of recombinant OVGP1 regulates its binding to the extracellular zona pellucida and affects its activity during fertiliza...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Algarra B,Han L,Soriano-Úbeda C,Avilés M,Coy P,Jovine L,Jiménez-Movilla M

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current study is to assess whether total bile acid (TBA) level in first trimester pregnancy is associated with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Biochemical parameters including serum TBA of 742 pregnant women were collected within 12 weeks of gestation and compared. At 24-28th weeks of gestation, 75...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hou W,Meng X,Zhao W,Pan J,Tang J,Huang Y,Tao M,Liu F,Jia W

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensorimotor transformation is indispensable to the accurate motion of the human body in daily life. For instance, when we grasp an object, the distance from our hands to an object needs to be calculated by integrating multisensory inputs, and our motor system needs to appropriately activate the arm and hand muscles t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Takiyama K

更新日期：2015-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT1 is one of seven mammalian homologs of Sir2 that catalyzes NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylation. The aim of the present study is to explore the effect of SIRT1 small molecule activator on the anticancer activity and the underlying mechanism. We examined the anticancer activity of a novel oral agent, curcumin, w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu A,Huang JJ,Li RL,Lu ZY,Duan JL,Xu WH,Chen XP,Fan JP

更新日期：2015-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:For accurate micro-scale quantification of a specific protein in biological fluids, immunoaffinity chromatography (IAC) and isoelectric focusing (IEF) were combined in a single fused-silica capillary. The inner wall of the capillary was coated with an anti-E-tag antibody at the inlet side to form an IAC column, and po...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shimura K,Nagai T

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Macro- and micro-environmental factors modulate parasite loads in fish, determining parasitic abundances, diversity, and interaction dynamics. In this study, seasonal variations in larval ectoparasites on fish larvae in the northern Humboldt Current System (HCS) were evaluated using a delta-gamma generalized linear mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Paredes LD,Landaeta MF,Molinet C,González MT

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:While TLR-activated pathways are key regulators of B cell responses in mammals, their impact on teleost B cells are scarcely addressed. Here, the potential of Atlantic salmon B cells to respond to TLR ligands was shown by demonstrating a constitutive expression of nucleic-acid sensing TLRs in magnetic sorted IgM+ cell...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jenberie S,Thim HL,Sunyer JO,Skjødt K,Jensen I,Jørgensen JB

更新日期：2018-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Canadian Indigenous peoples (First Nations and Inuit) exhibit a high burden of infectious diseases including tuberculosis influenced by societal factors, and biological determinants. Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated innate immune responses are the first line of defence against infections. We examined the production o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Semple C,Choi KG,Kroeker A,Denechezhe L,Orr P,Mookherjee N,Larcombe L

更新日期：2019-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa form a protective barrier against antibiotics and the immune system. These barriers, known as biofilms, are associated with several infectious diseases. One of the main components of these biofilms is alginate, a homo- and hetero-polysaccharide that consists of β-D-mannuronate (M) ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blanco-Cabra N,Paetzold B,Ferrar T,Mazzolini R,Torrents E,Serrano L,LLuch-Senar M

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Association of a high-serum ferritin with poor outcome showed that iron might play a detrimental role in the brain after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Here, we investigated changes in serum iron, ferritin, transferrin (Tf) and ceruloplasmin (CP) in patients with ICH (n = 100) at day 1 (admission), 3, 7, 14 and 21 an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang G,Hu R,Zhang C,Qian C,Luo QQ,Yung WH,Ke Y,Feng H,Qian ZM

更新日期：2016-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory receptors (ORs) mediate olfactory chemo-sensation in OR neurons. Herein, we have demonstrated that the OR chemo-sensing machinery functions in pancreatic β-cells and modulates insulin secretion. First, we found several OR isoforms, including OLFR15 and OLFR821, to be expressed in pancreatic islets and a β-ce...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Munakata Y,Yamada T,Imai J,Takahashi K,Tsukita S,Shirai Y,Kodama S,Asai Y,Sugisawa T,Chiba Y,Kaneko K,Uno K,Sawada S,Hatakeyama H,Kanzaki M,Miyazaki JI,Oka Y,Katagiri H

更新日期：2018-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine trials and cohort studies in Plasmodium falciparum endemic areas indicate that naturally-acquired and vaccine-induced antibodies to merozoite surface protein 2 (MSP2) are associated with resistance to malaria. These data indicate that PfMSP2 has significant potential as a component of a multi-antigen malaria v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eacret JS,Gonzales DM,Franks RG,Burns JM Jr

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrolyte concentration in sweat depends on environmental context and physical condition but also on the pathophysiological status. Sweat analyzers may be therefore the future way for biological survey although how sweat electrolyte composition can reflect plasma composition remains unclear. We recruited 10 healthy ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vairo D,Bruzzese L,Marlinge M,Fuster L,Adjriou N,Kipson N,Brunet P,Cautela J,Jammes Y,Mottola G,Burtey S,Ruf J,Guieu R,Fenouillet E

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathological skin phenotype caused by hyperglycemia is an important indicator for the progress of diabetes mellitus. An early detection of diabetes assures an early intervention to regulate the carbohydrate metabolism. In this publication a non-invasive detection principle based on the measurement of complex scatt...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dornuf F,Martín-Mateos P,Duarte B,Hils B,Bonilla-Manrique OE,Larcher F,Acedo P,Krozer V

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:IgG is an indispensable biological experimental tool as well as a widely-used therapeutic protein. However, cell culture-based expression of monoclonal IgG is costly and time-consuming, making this process difficult to use for high-throughput screening in early-stage evaluation of biologics. With the goal of establish...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Murakami S,Matsumoto R,Kanamori T

更新日期：2019-01-24 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：:With the increasing amount of research work in surface studies, a more effective method of producing patterned microstructures is highly desired due to the geometric limitations and complex fabricating process of current techniques. This paper presents an efficient and cost-effective method to generate customizable mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He R,Wang S,Andrews G,Shi W,Liu Y

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilapias (family Cichlidae) are of importance in aquaculture and fisheries. Hybridisation and introgression are common within tilapia genera but are difficult to analyse due to limited numbers of species-specific genetic markers. We tested the potential of double digested restriction-site associated DNA (ddRAD) sequen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Syaifudin M,Bekaert M,Taggart JB,Bartie KL,Wehner S,Palaiokostas C,Khan MGQ,Selly SC,Hulata G,D'Cotta H,Baroiller JF,McAndrew BJ,Penman DJ

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate whether the collapse of the quantum state of a single photon split between two space-like separated places takes a nonvanishing time. We realize this by using a source of heralded single photons, then splitting the resulting single photon state and letting it propagate over distances much larger than th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garrisi F,Massara MP,Zambianchi A,Galli M,Bajoni D,Rimini A,Nicrosini O

更新日期：2019-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the three domains of life, vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is primarily used in methyltransferase and isomerase reactions. The methyltransferase complex MtrA-H of methanogenic archaea has a key function in energy conservation by catalysing the methyl transfer from methyl-tetrahydromethanopterin to coenzyme M and its coupli...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wagner T,Ermler U,Shima S

更新日期：2016-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene expression regulation is a complex and highly organized process involving a variety of genomic factors. It is widely accepted that differences in gene expression can contribute to the phenotypic variability between species, and that their interpretation can aid in the understanding of the physiologic variability....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dweep H,Kubikova N,Gretz N,Voskarides K,Felekkis K

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen is known to be present as an impurity in amorphous oxide semiconductors at the 0.1% level. Using amorphous ZnO as a simplified model system, we show that the hydrogens pair up at oxygen vacancies in the amorphous network, where they form metal-H-metal bridge bonds. These bonds are shown to create filled defec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li H,Guo Y,Robertson J

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:There are three sex ratio strategies (SRS) in nature-male-biased sex ratio, female-biased sex ratio and, equal sex ratio. It was R. A. Fisher who first explained why most species in nature display a sex ratio of ½. Consequent SRS theories such as Hamilton's local mate competition (LMC) and Clark's local resource compe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Y,Wang R,Li Y,Sam Ma Z

更新日期：2016-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a homomorphic search protocol based on quantum homomorphic encryption, in which a client Alice with limited quantum ability can give her encrypted data to a powerful but untrusted quantum server and let the server search for her without decryption. By outsourcing the interactive key-update process to a trus...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou Q,Lu S,Cui Y,Li L,Sun J

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial genome almost exclusively encodes a handful of transmembrane constituents of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. Coordinated expression of these genes ensures the correct stoichiometry of the system's components. Translation initiation in mitochondria is assisted by two general initiation ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuzmenko A,Derbikova K,Salvatori R,Tankov S,Atkinson GC,Tenson T,Ott M,Kamenski P,Hauryliuk V

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the efficacy and safety of triple therapy combining intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor, trabeculectomy, and pan-retinal photocoagulation via binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, with that of transscleral cyclophotocoagulation (TCP) to treat neovascular glaucoma in the angle-clos...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hong Y,Hu Y,Dou H,Wang C,Zhang C,Ma Z

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Procalcitonin (PCT) is a useful marker for the diagnosis of systemic inflammatory response syndrome. In addition, PCT is affected by renal function. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between PCT and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI). Hence, we investigated whether serum PCT levels at t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chun K,Chung W,Kim AJ,Kim H,Ro H,Chang JH,Lee HH,Jung JY

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00