A fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from early Eocene Indian amber with a complex pheromone evaporator.

abstract：:The capacity of marine organisms to adapt and/or acclimate to climate change might differ among distinct populations, depending on their local environmental history and phenotypic plasticity. Kelp forests create some of the most productive habitats in the world, but globally, many populations have been negatively impa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fernández PA,Navarro JM,Camus C,Torres R,Buschmann AH

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ring-opening graft polymerization (ROGP) of L-Lactide (L-LA) is a practical method of altering the physical and chemical properties of lignocellulose. Previous studies have mainly investigated cellulose and tin-based catalysts, particularly of tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate (Sn(oct)2), at high temperatures and reported low ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang X,Wang H,Liu C,Zhang A,Ren J

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The state of preservation of wood in two samples from the Hanson Logboat, currently on display in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, was analysed using elemental analysis (EA), pyrolysis-gas chromatography/flame ionisation detection (Py-GC/FID), pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) and scanning electro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pinder AP,Panter I,Abbott GD,Keely BJ

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, lamellar MnFe2O4 was successfully planted on a wood surface through the association of hydrogen bonds via the one-pot hydrothermal method. Simultaneously, the fluoroalkylsilane (FAS-17) on the surface of the MnFe2O4 layer formed long-chain or network macromolecules through a poly-condensation process and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang H,Yao Q,Wang C,Fan B,Sun Q,Jin C,Xiong Y,Chen Y

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepadnaviruses, including human hepatitis B virus (HBV), replicate their tiny DNA genomes by protein-primed reverse transcription of a pregenomic (pg) RNA. Replication initiation as well as pgRNA encapsidation depend on the interaction of the viral polymerase, P protein, with the ε RNA element, featuring a lower and a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gajer M,Dörnbrack K,Rösler C,Schmid B,Beck J,Nassal M

更新日期：2017-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Although blood-based liquid biopsies have emerged as a promising non-invasive method to detect biomarkers in various cancers, limited progress has been made for brain tumors. One major obstacle is the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which hinders efficient passage of tumor biomarkers into the peripheral circulation. The ob...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu L,Cheng G,Ye D,Nazeri A,Yue Y,Liu W,Wang X,Dunn GP,Petti AA,Leuthardt EC,Chen H

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensory neurons in the olfactory epithelium (OSNs) are equipped with a large repertoire of olfactory receptors and the associated signal transduction machinery. In addition to the canonical OSNs, which express odorant receptors (ORs), the epithelium contains specialized subpopulations of sensory neurons that can d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xavier AM,Ludwig RG,Nagai MH,de Almeida TJ,Watanabe HM,Hirata MY,Rosenstock TR,Papes F,Malnic B,Glezer I

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified Drosophila REPTOR and REPTOR-BP as transcription factors downstream of mTORC1 that play an important role in regulating organismal metabolism. We study here the mammalian ortholog of REPTOR-BP, Crebl2. We find that Crebl2 mediates part of the transcriptional induction caused by mTORC1 inhibiti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tiebe M,Lutz M,Senyilmaz Tiebe D,Teleman AA

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological investigation have suggested that there is a significantly inverse association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and the risk for developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in humans. However, little is known about the role of vitamin D binding protein (VDBP) in colorectal carcinogenesis. Blood...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ying HQ,Sun HL,He BS,Pan YQ,Wang F,Deng QW,Chen J,Liu X,Wang SK

更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An impairment of cardiac function is a key feature of the cardiovascular failure associated with sepsis. Although there is some evidence that suppression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATP-ase (SERCA2) contributes to septic cardiomyopathy, it is not known whether prevention of the down-regulation of SERCA2 improves ou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Martin L,Horst K,Chiazza F,Oggero S,Collino M,Brandenburg K,Hildebrand F,Marx G,Thiemermann C,Schuerholz T

更新日期：2016-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes brain edema that induces increased intracranial pressure and decreased cerebral perfusion. Decompressive craniectomy has been recommended as a surgical procedure for the management of swollen brain and intracranial hypertension. Proper location and size of a decompressive craniectom...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lambride C,Christodoulou N,Michail A,Vavourakis V,Stylianopoulos T

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of cluster radioactivity (CR) of the neutron-deficient nuclei in the trans-tin region is explored by using the effective liquid drop model (ELDM), generalized liquid drop model (GLDM), and several sets of analytic formulas. It is found that the minimal half-lives are at Nd = 50 (Nd is the neutron numbe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao Y,Cui J,Wang Y,Gu J

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence supports the involvement of pro-inflammatory pathways and the gut microbiome in major depressive disorder (MDD). Pre-clinical and clinical studies suggest that decreasing pro-inflammatory signaling may provide clinical benefit in MDD. In this study, we used the chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) pa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Inserra A,Choo JM,Lewis MD,Rogers GB,Wong ML,Licinio J

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:During skin healing, periostin facilitates myofibroblast differentiation through a β1 integrin/FAK dependent mechanism and continued expression is associated with scarring. In contrast to skin, gingival tissue does not typically scar upon injury, but the role of periostin in gingival healing has never been investigate...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim SS,Nikoloudaki GE,Michelsons S,Creber K,Hamilton DW

更新日期：2019-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) could be an alternative neuroprotective approach for ischemic stroke because preclinical studies have demonstrated their effects on the mechanisms underlying ischemic damage. The purpose of this open-label, one arm, dose-escalation, exploratory study is to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Capone F,Liberti M,Apollonio F,Camera F,Setti S,Cadossi R,Quattrocchi CC,Di Lazzaro V

更新日期：2017-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaze-following behaviour is considered crucial for social interactions which are influenced by social similarity. We investigated whether the degree of similarity, as indicated by the perceived age of another person, can modulate gaze following. Participants of three different age-groups (18-25; 35-45; over 65) perfor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ciardo F,Marino BF,Actis-Grosso R,Rossetti A,Ricciardelli P

更新日期：2014-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we demonstrate an innovative approach, combing a novel active screen plasma (ASP) technique with green chemical synthesis, for a direct fabrication of uniform Pt nanowire arrays on large-area supports. The ASP treatment enables in-situ N-doping and surface modification to the support surface, significant...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Du S,Lin K,Malladi SK,Lu Y,Sun S,Xu Q,Steinberger-Wilckens R,Dong H

更新日期：2014-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Intuition and insight can be deployed on the same continuum. Intuition is the unconscious ability to create links between information; insight is a process by which a sudden comprehension and resolution of a situation arises (i.e. euréka). In the present study, real and virtual environments were used to trigger intuit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eskinazi M,Giannopulu I

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of the choroid in the eye is crucial for our understanding of a range of ocular diseases and physiological processes. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging provides the ability to capture highly detailed cross-sectional images of the choroid yet only a very limited number of commercial OCT instrument...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kugelman J,Alonso-Caneiro D,Read SA,Hamwood J,Vincent SJ,Chen FK,Collins MJ

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of macroalgal biomass is critical to the health of coral reef ecosystems. Previous studies on relatively intact reefs with diverse and abundant fish communities have quantified rapid removal of macroalgae by herbivorous fishes, yet how these findings relate to degraded reef systems where fish diversity and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bauman AG,Hoey AS,Dunshea G,Feary DA,Low J,Todd PA

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-mucin1 (MUC1) antibodies have long been used clinically in cancer diagnosis and therapy and specific bindings of some of them are known to be dependent on the differential glycosylation of MUC1. However, a systematic comparison of the binding specificities of anti-MUC1 antibodies was not previously conducted. Her...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yoshimura Y,Denda-Nagai K,Takahashi Y,Nagashima I,Shimizu H,Kishimoto T,Noji M,Shichino S,Chiba Y,Irimura T

更新日期：2019-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Crosslinking is an effective way to fabricate high-selective CO2 separation membranes because of its unique crosslinking framework. Thus, it is essentially significant to study the influence of crosslinking degree on the permeation selectivities of CO2. Herein, we report a successful and facile synthesis of a series o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Chen Z,Umar A,Liu Y,Shang Y,Zhang X,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of local injection of autologous platelet rich plasma (A-PRP) as a treatment for women suffering from stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In a prospective intervention study, twenty consecutive women suffering from SUI were treated with A-PRP injection at anterior vaginal wa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Long CY,Lin KL,Shen CR,Ker CR,Liu YY,Loo ZX,Hsiao HH,Lee YC

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tarim Basin is regarded as one of the most highly erodible areas in China. Desert comprises 64% of the land use in the Basin, but the desert-oasis ecotone plays a prominent role in maintaining oasis ecological security and stability. Yet, little is known concerning the magnitude of windblown sediment transport in ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pi H,Sharratt B,Lei J

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Morris Water Maze is a widely used task in studies of spatial learning with rodents. Classical performance measures of animals in the Morris Water Maze include the escape latency, and the cumulative distance to the platform. Other methods focus on classifying trajectory patterns to stereotypical classes representi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gehring TV,Luksys G,Sandi C,Vasilaki E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2) potentiate immune responses, however, their role in mediating adaptive immunity in cancer has not been assessed. Here, we report that mice genetically lacking ILC2s have significantly increased tumour growth rates and conspicuously higher frequency of circulating tumour cells (CTCs)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saranchova I,Han J,Zaman R,Arora H,Huang H,Fenninger F,Choi KB,Munro L,Pfeifer CG,Welch I,Takei F,Jefferies WA

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:As an emerging sterilization technology, cold atmospheric plasma offers a dry, non-thermal, rapid process that is minimally damaging to a majority of substrates. However, the mechanisms by which plasma interacts with living cells are poorly understood and the plasma generation apparatuses are complex and resource-inte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pai K,Timmons C,Roehm KD,Ngo A,Narayanan SS,Ramachandran A,Jacob JD,Ma LM,Madihally SV

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to investigate the frequencies of T-helper (Th)22, Th17 and Th1 cells and the levels of related cytokines in subchondral bone marrow in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples were collected from RA, osteoarthritis (OA) patients and healthy controls. The frequenc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li S,Yin H,Zhang K,Wang T,Yang Y,Liu X,Chang X,Zhang M,Yan X,Ren Y,Pan W,Zhang L

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using time-gated fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, significantly more signals from 3,6-bis(1-methyl-2-vinyl-pyridinium) carbazole diiodide (o-BMVC) foci, characterized by the longer fluorescent decay time of o-BMVC, were detected in six types of cancer cells than in three types of normal cells. Accumulating ev...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tseng TY,Chen WW,Chu IT,Wang CL,Chang CC,Lin MC,Lou PJ,Chang TC

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to ER stress, activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) traffics from ER to Golgi apparatus where it is activated by cleavage before being translocated as transcription factor to the cell nucleus. In this work we describe ATF6α as a newly target of the aspirin metabolite sodium salicylate (NaSal). NaSal tre...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mügge FLB,Silva AM

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00