Genome-wide association study for acute otitis media in children identifies FNDC1 as disease contributing gene.

abstract：:The extent and importance of endogenous viral elements have been extensively described in animals but are much less well understood in plants. Here we describe a new genus of Caulimoviridae called 'Florendovirus', members of which have colonized the genomes of a large diversity of flowering plants, sometimes at very h...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Geering AD,Maumus F,Copetti D,Choisne N,Zwickl DJ,Zytnicki M,McTaggart AR,Scalabrin S,Vezzulli S,Wing RA,Quesneville H,Teycheney PY

更新日期：2014-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To cause food-borne botulism, botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the gastrointestinal lumen must traverse the intestinal epithelial barrier. However, the mechanism by which BoNT crosses the intestinal epithelial barrier remains unclear. BoNTs are produced along with one or more non-toxic components, with which they form p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsumura T,Sugawara Y,Yutani M,Amatsu S,Yagita H,Kohda T,Fukuoka S,Nakamura Y,Fukuda S,Hase K,Ohno H,Fujinaga Y

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination of ciliary beating is essential to ensure mucus clearance in the airway tract. The orientation and synchronization of ciliary motion responds in part to the organization of the underlying cytoskeletal networks. Using electron tomography on mouse trachea, we show that basal bodies are collectively hooked a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Clare DK,Magescas J,Piolot T,Dumoux M,Vesque C,Pichard E,Dang T,Duvauchelle B,Poirier F,Delacour D

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Generation of coherent light with desirable amplitude and phase profiles throughout the optical spectrum is a key issue in optical technologies. Nonlinear wavefront shaping offers an exceptional way to achieve this goal by converting an incident light beam into the beam (or beams) of different frequency with spatially...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu S,Switkowski K,Xu C,Tian J,Wang B,Lu P,Krolikowski W,Sheng Y

更新日期：2019-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of people or even robots often face problems they need to solve together. Examples include collectively searching for resources, choosing when and where to invest time and effort, and many more. Although a hierarchical ordering of the relevance of the group members' inputs during collective decision making is a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zafeiris A,Vicsek T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) is a selective mechanism for the degradation of soluble proteins in lysosomes. CMA contributes to cellular quality control and is activated as part of the cellular response to different stressors. Defective CMA has been identified in ageing and different age-related diseases. Until n...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Koga H,Martinez-Vicente M,Macian F,Verkhusha VV,Cuervo AM

更新日期：2011-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic instability pathways in colorectal cancer (CRC) have been extensively studied, but the role of retrotransposition in colorectal carcinogenesis remains poorly understood. Although retrotransposons are usually repressed, they become active in several human cancers, in particular those of the gastrointestinal tra...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cajuso T,Sulo P,Tanskanen T,Katainen R,Taira A,Hänninen UA,Kondelin J,Forsström L,Välimäki N,Aavikko M,Kaasinen E,Ristimäki A,Koskensalo S,Lepistö A,Renkonen-Sinisalo L,Seppälä T,Kuopio T,Böhm J,Mecklin JP,Kilpivaar

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of atomically dispersed metal catalysts (ADMCs) remains a great challenge owing to the thermodynamically driven atom aggregation. Here we report a surface-limited electrodeposition technique that uses site-specific substrates for the rapid and room-temperature synthesis of ADMCs. We obtained ADMCs by the un...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shi Y,Huang WM,Li J,Zhou Y,Li ZQ,Yin YC,Xia XH

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interface between LaAlO(3) and SrTiO(3) possesses a range of intriguing properties, notably a proposed connection between the surface state of the LaAlO(3) and the conductivity buried in the SrTiO(3). Here we study the effect of the surface adsorption of a variety of common laboratory solvents on the conductivity ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xie Y,Hikita Y,Bell C,Hwang HY

更新日期：2011-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is implicated in more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Under pathological conditions, Tau dissociates from axonal microtubules and missorts to pre- and postsynaptic terminals. Patients suffer from early synaptic dysfunction prior to Tau aggregate formation, but the underlying mech...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou L,McInnes J,Wierda K,Holt M,Herrmann AG,Jackson RJ,Wang YC,Swerts J,Beyens J,Miskiewicz K,Vilain S,Dewachter I,Moechars D,De Strooper B,Spires-Jones TL,De Wit J,Verstreken P

更新日期：2017-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals promote their survival by avoiding rapidly approaching objects that indicate threats. In mice, looming-evoked defensive responses are triggered by the superior colliculus (SC) which receives direct retinal inputs. However, the specific neural circuits that begin in the retina and mediate this important behavio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang L,Yuan T,Tan M,Xi Y,Hu Y,Tao Q,Zhao Z,Zheng J,Han Y,Xu F,Luo M,Sollars PJ,Pu M,Pickard GE,So KF,Ren C

更新日期：2017-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:An invisibility cloak should completely hide an object from an observer, ideally across the visible spectrum and for all angles of incidence and polarizations of light, in three dimensions. However, until now, all such devices have been limited to either small bandwidths or have disregarded the phase of the impinging ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tsakmakidis KL,Reshef O,Almpanis E,Zouros GP,Mohammadi E,Saadat D,Sohrabi F,Fahimi-Kashani N,Etezadi D,Boyd RW,Altug H

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinel transition metal oxides (TMOs) have emerged as promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. It has been shown that reducing their particle size to nanoscale dimensions benefits overall electrochemical performance. Here, we use in situ transmission electron microscopy to probe the lithiation behavior of ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li J,Meng Q,Zhang Y,Peng L,Yu G,Marschilok AC,Wu L,Su D,Takeuchi KJ,Takeuchi ES,Zhu Y,Stach EA

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Explaining trait differences between individuals is a core and challenging aim of life sciences. Here, we introduce a powerful framework for complete decomposition of trait variation into its underlying genetic causes in diploid model organisms. We sequence and systematically pair the recombinant gametes of two interc...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hallin J,Märtens K,Young AI,Zackrisson M,Salinas F,Parts L,Warringer J,Liti G

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria and peroxisomes proliferate by division. During division, a part of their membrane is pinched off by constriction of the ring-shaped mitochondrial division (MD) and peroxisome-dividing (POD) machinery. This constriction is mediated by a dynamin-like GTPase Dnm1 that requires a large amount of GTP as an en...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Imoto Y,Abe Y,Honsho M,Okumoto K,Ohnuma M,Kuroiwa H,Kuroiwa T,Fujiki Y

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Warming in the Arctic accelerates thawing of permafrost-affected soils, which leads to a release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. We do not know whether permafrost thaw also releases non-methane volatile organic compounds that can contribute to both negative and positive radiative forcing on climate. Here we sho...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kramshøj M,Albers CN,Holst T,Holzinger R,Elberling B,Rinnan R

更新日期：2018-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the structural biology of the insulin receptor and how it signals is of key importance in the development of insulin analogs to treat diabetes. We report here a cryo-electron microscopy structure of a single insulin bound to a physiologically relevant, high-affinity version of the receptor ectodomain, th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Weis F,Menting JG,Margetts MB,Chan SJ,Xu Y,Tennagels N,Wohlfart P,Langer T,Müller CW,Dreyer MK,Lawrence MC

更新日期：2018-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The expansion of the white adipose tissue (WAT) in obesity goes along with increased mechanical, metabolic and inflammatory stress. How adipocytes resist this stress is still poorly understood. Both in human and mouse adipocytes, the transcriptional co-activators YAP/TAZ and YAP/TAZ target genes become activated durin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang L,Wang S,Shi Y,Li R,Günther S,Ong YT,Potente M,Yuan Z,Liu E,Offermanns S

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigating the susceptibility of oestrogen receptor-positive (ER(pos)) normal human breast epithelial cells (HBECs) for clinical purposes or basic research awaits a proficient cell-based assay. Here we set out to identify markers for isolating ER(pos) cells and to expand what appear to be post-mitotic primary cells...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fridriksdottir AJ,Kim J,Villadsen R,Klitgaard MC,Hopkinson BM,Petersen OW,Rønnov-Jessen L

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Inner hair cells (IHCs) are the primary receptors for hearing. They are housed in the cochlea and convey sound information to the brain via synapses with the auditory nerve. IHCs have been thought to be electrically and metabolically independent from each other. We report that, upon developmental maturation, in mice 3...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Jean P,Anttonen T,Michanski S,de Diego AMG,Steyer AM,Neef A,Oestreicher D,Kroll J,Nardis C,Pangršič T,Möbius W,Ashmore J,Wichmann C,Moser T

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance imaging is an important technique for identifying different types of tissues in a body or spatial information about composite materials. Because temperature is a fundamental parameter reflecting the biological status of the body and individual tissues, it would be helpful to have temperature maps su...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hankiewicz JH,Celinski Z,Stupic KF,Anderson NR,Camley RE

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferromagnetism is usually deemed incompatible with superconductivity. Consequently, the coexistence of superconductivity and ferromagnetism is usually observed only in elegantly designed multi-ingredient structures in which the two competing electronic states originate from separate structural components. Here we repo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu X,Guo Y,Cheng H,Dai J,An X,Zhao J,Tian K,Wei S,Cheng Zeng X,Wu C,Xie Y

更新日期：2016-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The cycling of carbon between Earth's surface and interior governs the long-term habitability of the planet. But how carbon migrates in the deep Earth is not well understood. In particular, the potential role of hydrocarbon fluids in the deep carbon cycle has long been controversial. Here we show that immiscible isobu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang F,Daniel I,Cardon H,Montagnac G,Sverjensky DA

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging mosquito borne flavivirus and a major public health concern causing severe disease. Due to the presence of a lipid membrane and structural heterogeneity, attaining an atomic resolution structure is challenging, but important to understand virus assembly and life cycle mechanisms that o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： DiNunno NM,Goetschius DJ,Narayanan A,Majowicz SA,Moustafa I,Bator CM,Hafenstein SL,Jose J

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:As academic careers become more competitive, junior scientists need to understand the value that mentorship brings to their success in academia. Previous research has found that, unsurprisingly, successful mentors tend to train successful students. But what characteristics of this relationship predict success, and how...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liénard JF,Achakulvisut T,Acuna DE,David SV

更新日期：2018-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesive wear process remains one of the least understood areas of mechanics. While it has long been established that adhesive wear is a direct result of contacting surface asperities, an agreed upon understanding of how contacting asperities lead to wear debris particle has remained elusive. This has restricted a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Aghababaei R,Warner DH,Molinari JF

更新日期：2016-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyelectrolyte gel diodes that are double layers of two oppositely charged polyelectrolyte gels, sandwiched by two symmetric electrodes, are emergent ionic devices. These diodes are designed to rectify ion currents with a physical mechanism that is analogous to conventional semiconductor diodes-the asymmetry in the p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yamamoto T,Doi M

更新日期：2014-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported that chromosome synteny in Lepidoptera has been well conserved, yet the number of haploid chromosomes varies widely from 5 to 223. Here we report the genome (393 Mb) of the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia; Nymphalidae), a widely recognized model species in metapopulation ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ahola V,Lehtonen R,Somervuo P,Salmela L,Koskinen P,Rastas P,Välimäki N,Paulin L,Kvist J,Wahlberg N,Tanskanen J,Hornett EA,Ferguson LC,Luo S,Cao Z,de Jong MA,Duplouy A,Smolander OP,Vogel H,McCoy RC,Qian K,Chong W

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged cell survival occurs through the expression of specific protein isoforms generated by alternate splicing of mRNA precursors in cancer cells. How alternate splicing regulates tumor development and resistance to targeted therapies in cancer remain poorly understood. Here we show that RNF113A, whose loss-of-fun...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shostak K,Jiang Z,Charloteaux B,Mayer A,Habraken Y,Tharun L,Klein S,Xu X,Duong HQ,Vislovukh A,Close P,Florin A,Rambow F,Marine JC,Büttner R,Chariot A

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Maury MM,Bracq-Dieye H,Huang L,Vales G,Lavina M,Thouvenot P,Disson O,Leclercq A,Brisse S,Lecuit M

更新日期：2019-08-06 00:00:00