Cryo-EM structure of aerolysin variants reveals a novel protein fold and the pore-formation process.

abstract：:Biological tissues exhibit complex spatial heterogeneity that directs the functions of multicellular organisms. Quantifying protein expression is essential for elucidating processes within complex biological assemblies. Imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) is a powerful emerging tool for mapping the spatial distribution of...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Piehowski PD,Zhu Y,Bramer LM,Stratton KG,Zhao R,Orton DJ,Moore RJ,Yuan J,Mitchell HD,Gao Y,Webb-Robertson BM,Dey SK,Kelly RT,Burnum-Johnson KE

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is a frequent and significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Here we explore the biological basis of this aggressive tumour, and identify two cell-cell adhesion genes as recurrently mutated in this malignancy. We first perform exome sequencing of four laryngeal carcinomas and their...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fanjul-Fernández M,Quesada V,Cabanillas R,Cadiñanos J,Fontanil T,Obaya A,Ramsay AJ,Llorente JL,Astudillo A,Cal S,López-Otín C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Botulinum neurotoxins are known to have seven serotypes (BoNT/A-G). Here we report a new BoNT serotype, tentatively named BoNT/X, which has the lowest sequence identity with other BoNTs and is not recognized by antisera against known BoNTs. Similar to BoNT/B/D/F/G, BoNT/X cleaves vesicle-associated membrane proteins (...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang S,Masuyer G,Zhang J,Shen Y,Lundin D,Henriksson L,Miyashita SI,Martínez-Carranza M,Dong M,Stenmark P

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Electric fields at interfaces exhibit useful phenomena, such as switching functions in transistors, through electron accumulations and/or electric dipole inductions. We find one potentially unique situation in a metal-dielectric interface in which the electric field is atomically inhomogeneous because of the strong el...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miwa S,Suzuki M,Tsujikawa M,Matsuda K,Nozaki T,Tanaka K,Tsukahara T,Nawaoka K,Goto M,Kotani Y,Ohkubo T,Bonell F,Tamura E,Hono K,Nakamura T,Shirai M,Yuasa S,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading global cause of death and disability. Here we demonstrate in an experimental mouse model of TBI that mild forms of brain trauma cause severe deficits in meningeal lymphatic drainage that begin within hours and last out to at least one month post-injury. To investigate a mechan...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bolte AC,Dutta AB,Hurt ME,Smirnov I,Kovacs MA,McKee CA,Ennerfelt HE,Shapiro D,Nguyen BH,Frost EL,Lammert CR,Kipnis J,Lukens JR

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The fracture toughness of glassy materials remains poorly understood. In large part, this is due to the disordered, intrinsically non-equilibrium nature of the glass structure, which challenges its theoretical description and experimental determination. We show that the notch fracture toughness of metallic glasses exh...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ketkaew J,Chen W,Wang H,Datye A,Fan M,Pereira G,Schwarz UD,Liu Z,Yamada R,Dmowski W,Shattuck MD,O'Hern CS,Egami T,Bouchbinder E,Schroers J

更新日期：2018-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) conjugated to a trivalent N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) ligand are being evaluated in investigational clinical studies for a variety of indications. The typical development candidate selection process includes evaluation of the most active compounds for toxicity in rats at pharmacologi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Janas MM,Schlegel MK,Harbison CE,Yilmaz VO,Jiang Y,Parmar R,Zlatev I,Castoreno A,Xu H,Shulga-Morskaya S,Rajeev KG,Manoharan M,Keirstead ND,Maier MA,Jadhav V

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of large-domain single crystalline graphene with the controllable number of layers is of central importance for large-scale integration of graphene devices. Here we report a new pathway to greatly reduce the graphene nucleation density from ~10(6) to 4 nuclei cm(-2), enabling the growth of giant single crys...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou H,Yu WJ,Liu L,Cheng R,Chen Y,Huang X,Liu Y,Wang Y,Huang Y,Duan X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stem cell pluripotency factor Oct4 serves a critical protective role during atherosclerotic plaque development by promoting smooth muscle cell (SMC) investment. Here, we show using Myh11-CreERT2 lineage-tracing with inducible SMC and pericyte (SMC-P) knockout of Oct4 that Oct4 regulates perivascular cell migration...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hess DL,Kelly-Goss MR,Cherepanova OA,Nguyen AT,Baylis RA,Tkachenko S,Annex BH,Peirce SM,Owens GK

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNAs (circRNA) are a class of covalently closed single-stranded RNAs that have been implicated in cancer progression. Here we identify circNDUFB2 to be downregulated in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues, and to negatively correlate with NSCLC malignant features. Elevated circNDUFB2 inhibits growth an...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li B,Zhu L,Lu C,Wang C,Wang H,Jin H,Ma X,Cheng Z,Yu C,Wang S,Zuo Q,Zhou Y,Wang J,Yang C,Lv Y,Jiang L,Qin W

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkenes are fundamental functionalities in nature and highly useful intermediates in organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry and material sciences. Transition-metal-catalyzed Heck couplings with organic halides as electrophiles have been established as a powerful protocol for the synthesis of this valuable building blo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lv L,Zhu D,Li CJ

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithium metal is an ideal battery anode. However, dendrite growth and limited Coulombic efficiency during cycling have prevented its practical application in rechargeable batteries. Herein, we report that the use of highly concentrated electrolytes composed of ether solvents and the lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide sa...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Qian J,Henderson WA,Xu W,Bhattacharya P,Engelhard M,Borodin O,Zhang JG

更新日期：2015-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationships of passerines (such as the well-studied zebra finch) with non-passerine birds is one of the great enigmas of avian phylogenetic research, because decades of extensive morphological and molecular studies yielded highly inconsistent results between and within data sets. Here we show the first applicati...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Suh A,Paus M,Kiefmann M,Churakov G,Franke FA,Brosius J,Kriegs JO,Schmitz J

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Roughly a third (~30 ppm) of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that entered the ocean during ice ages is attributed to biological mechanisms. A leading hypothesis for the biological drawdown of CO2 is iron (Fe) fertilisation of the high latitudes, but modelling efforts attribute at most 10 ppm to this mechanism, leaving ~20 pp...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Buchanan PJ,Chase Z,Matear RJ,Phipps SJ,Bindoff NL

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An essential issue in the development of materials presenting an accurately functionalized surface is to achieve control of layer structuring. Whereas the very popular method based on the spontaneous adsorption of alkanethiols on metal faces stability problems, the reductive electrografting of aryldiazonium salts yiel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mattiuzzi A,Jabin I,Mangeney C,Roux C,Reinaud O,Santos L,Bergamini JF,Hapiot P,Lagrost C

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of a member of the PRACTICAL Consortium, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, which was incorrectly given as Manuela Gago Dominguez. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. Furthermore, in the original HTML version of this...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Went M,Sud A,Försti A,Halvarsson BM,Weinhold N,Kimber S,van Duin M,Thorleifsson G,Holroyd A,Johnson DC,Li N,Orlando G,Law PJ,Ali M,Chen B,Mitchell JS,Gudbjartsson DF,Kuiper R,Stephens OW,Bertsch U,Broderick P,Ca

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrogen fixation by cyanobacteria supplies critical bioavailable nitrogen to marine ecosystems worldwide; however, field and lab data have demonstrated it to be limited by iron, phosphorus and/or CO2. To address unknown future interactions among these factors, we grew the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Walworth NG,Fu FX,Webb EA,Saito MA,Moran D,Mcllvin MR,Lee MD,Hutchins DA

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:An egg must be fertilized by a single sperm only. To prevent polyspermy, the zona pellucida, a structure that surrounds mammalian eggs, becomes impermeable upon fertilization, preventing the entry of further sperm. The structural changes in the zona upon fertilization are driven by the exocytosis of cortical granules....

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cheeseman LP,Boulanger J,Bond LM,Schuh M

更新日期：2016-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalently locking interacting proteins in situ is an attractive strategy for addressing the challenge of identifying weak and transient protein interactions, yet it is demanding to execute chemical reactions in live systems in a biocompatible, specific, and autonomous manner. Harnessing proximity-enabled reactivity o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang B,Tang S,Ma C,Li ST,Shao GC,Dang B,DeGrado WF,Dong MQ,Wang PG,Ding S,Wang L

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological clocks have evolved as an adaptation to life on a rhythmic planet, synchronising physiological processes to the environmental light-dark cycle. Here we examine circadian clock function in Mexican blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus and its surface counterpart. In the lab, adult surface fish show robust circad...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Beale A,Guibal C,Tamai TK,Klotz L,Cowen S,Peyric E,Reynoso VH,Yamamoto Y,Whitmore D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in magnetized plasma where magnetic energy is converted to plasma energy. Despite huge differences in the physical size of the reconnection layer, remarkably similar characteristics are observed in both laboratory and magnetosphere plasmas. Here we present the comparative...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamada M,Chen LJ,Yoo J,Wang S,Fox W,Jara-Almonte J,Ji H,Daughton W,Le A,Burch J,Giles B,Hesse M,Moore T,Torbert R

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Dense ceramic materials can form in nature under mild temperatures in water. By contrast, man-made ceramics often require sintering temperatures in excess of 1,400 °C for densification. Chemical strategies inspired by biomineralization processes have been demonstrated but remain limited to the fabrication of thin film...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bouville F,Studart AR

更新日期：2017-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:CD11b(+)Gr-1(+) myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) expand in the spleen during cancer and promote progression through suppression of cytotoxic T cells. An anti-inflammatory reflex arc involving the vagus nerve and memory T cells is necessary for resolution of acute inflammation. Failure of this neural circuit co...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dubeykovskaya Z,Si Y,Chen X,Worthley DL,Renz BW,Urbanska AM,Hayakawa Y,Xu T,Westphalen CB,Dubeykovskiy A,Chen D,Friedman RA,Asfaha S,Nagar K,Tailor Y,Muthupalani S,Fox JG,Kitajewski J,Wang TC

更新日期：2016-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) causes early brain development impairment by affecting neural progenitor cells (NPCs). Here, we analyze NPCs from three pairs of dizygotic twins discordant for CZS. We compare by RNA-Seq the NPCs derived from CZS-affected and CZS-unaffected twins. Prior to Zika virus (ZIKV) infection the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Caires-Júnior LC,Goulart E,Melo US,Araujo BHS,Alvizi L,Soares-Schanoski A,de Oliveira DF,Kobayashi GS,Griesi-Oliveira K,Musso CM,Amaral MS,daSilva LF,Astray RM,Suárez-Patiño SF,Ventini DC,Gomes da Silva S,Yamamoto GL,Ez

更新日期：2018-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nacre-mimetics hold great promise as mechanical high-performance and functional materials. Here we demonstrate large progress of mechanical and functional properties of self-assembled polymer/nanoclay nacre-mimetics by using synthetic nanoclays with aspect ratios covering three orders in magnitude (25-3,500). We estab...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Das P,Malho JM,Rahimi K,Schacher FH,Wang B,Demco DE,Walther A

更新日期：2015-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological insulators are a new class of materials that exhibit robust and scatter-free transport along their edges - independently of the fine details of the system and of the edge - due to topological protection. To classify the topological character of two-dimensional systems without additional symmetries, one com...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Maczewsky LJ,Zeuner JM,Nolte S,Szameit A

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) interaction plays a crucial role in tumor-associated immune escape. Here, we verify that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has higher PD-L1 expression than other subtypes. We then discover that nucleophosmin (NPM1) binds to PD-L1 promoter...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Qin G,Wang X,Ye S,Li Y,Chen M,Wang S,Qin T,Zhang C,Li Y,Long Q,Hu H,Shi D,Li J,Zhang K,Zhai Q,Tang Y,Kang T,Lan P,Xie F,Lu J,Deng W

更新日期：2020-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterozygous germline mutations in BRCA2 predispose to breast and ovarian cancer. Contrary to non-cancerous cells, where BRCA2 deletion causes cell cycle arrest or cell death, tumors carrying BRCA2 inactivation continue to proliferate. Here we set out to investigate adaptation to loss of BRCA2 focusing on genome-wide ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Reisländer T,Lombardi EP,Groelly FJ,Miar A,Porru M,Di Vito S,Wright B,Lockstone H,Biroccio A,Harris A,Londoño-Vallejo A,Tarsounas M

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerosol-cloud interactions constitute the largest source of uncertainty in global radiative forcing estimates, hampering our understanding of climate evolution. Recent empirical evidence suggests surface tension depression by organic aerosol to significantly influence the formation of cloud droplets, and hence cloud o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lowe SJ,Partridge DG,Davies JF,Wilson KR,Topping D,Riipinen I

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cleavage of transfer (t)RNA and ribosomal (r)RNA are critical and conserved steps of translational control for cells to overcome varied environmental stresses. However, enzymes that are responsible for this event have not been fully identified in high eukaryotes. Here, we report a mammalian tRNA/rRNA-targeting endorib...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang JY,Deng XY,Li YS,Ma XC,Feng JX,Yu B,Chen Y,Luo YL,Wang X,Chen ML,Fang ZX,Zheng FX,Li YP,Zhong Q,Kang TB,Song LB,Xu RH,Zeng MS,Chen W,Zhang H,Xie W,Gao S

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00