Associations of blood lead levels with reproductive hormone levels in men and postmenopausal women: Results from the SPECT-China Study.

abstract：:We report command electro-optical switching on photolithographically-patterned graphene into a high-density electrode pattern for a high-transmission in-plane-switching (IPS) liquid crystal device. A highly-effective liquid crystal photoalignment method is used to maximize the field-driven optical contrast of a protot...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Varanytsia A,Chien LC

更新日期：2017-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue damage induces rapid recruitment of leukocytes and changes in the transcriptional landscape that influence wound healing. However, the cell-type specific transcriptional changes that influence leukocyte function and tissue repair have not been well characterized. Here, we employed translating ribosome affinity ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Houseright RA,Rosowski EE,Lam PY,Tauzin SJM,Mulvaney O,Dewey CN,Huttenlocher A

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is emerging as one of the serious public health issues in both developed and developing counties. Here, we surveyed the worldwide population differentiation in T2D-associated variants and assessed the genetic burden of the disease in an ongoing Tehran Cardio-Metabolic Genetic Study (TCGS) cohort ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moazzam-Jazi M,Najd Hassan Bonab L,Zahedi AS,Daneshpour MS

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Several mosquito species have been described as vectors for the Zika virus (ZIKV), such as those in the Aedes, Anopheles, Mansonia and Culex genera. Our previous survey studies were found the ZIKV RNA positive in both male, female and larvae of Culex quinquefasciatus Say and Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquitoes collected fro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Phumee A,Chompoosri J,Intayot P,Boonserm R,Boonyasuppayakorn S,Buathong R,Thavara U,Tawatsin A,Joyjinda Y,Wacharapluesadee S,Siriyasatien P

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between active element Zr and W damages the W fibers and the interface and decreases the mechanical properties, especially the tensile strength of the W fibers reinforced Zr-based bulk metallic glass composites (BMGCs). From the viewpoint of atomic interaction, the W-Zr interaction can be restrained by...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li ZK,Fu HM,Sha PF,Zhu ZW,Wang AM,Li H,Zhang HW,Zhang HF,Hu ZQ

更新日期：2015-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to their multipotentiality and immunomodulation, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are widely studied for the treatment of degenerative and inflammatory diseases. Transplantation of hMSCs to damaged tissue is a promising approach for tissue regeneration. However, the physiological mechanisms and regulatory proc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim SH,Das A,Chai JC,Binas B,Choi MR,Park KS,Lee YS,Jung KH,Chai YG

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, flying occurs soon after the last imaginal molt and precedes the mating behavior in natural conditions. Here, we tested the hypothesis that flying may improve subsequent behavioral performance in a novel environment in female crickets. We developed a behavioral set-up to test female...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mezheritskiy M,Vorontsov D,Lapshin D,Dyakonova V

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the observation of a large linear magnetoresistance in the ohmic regime in commonplace commercial n-type silicon wafer with a P dopant density of (1.4±0.1) ×10(15) cm(-3), and report measurements of it in the temperature range 30-200 K. It arises from the deformation of current paths, which causes a part of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Porter NA,Marrows CH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD), predominantly occurs among infants and children. Previous studies have shown that suitable, stable temperatures favor HFMD virus reproduction; however, temperature fluctuations also affect virus transmission, and there are, so far, no studies concerning the association between suc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu C,Zhang X,Wang L,Zhou Y,Xiao G,Liao J

更新日期：2020-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the association between the shoulder tenderness and the inflammatory changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the rheumatoid shoulder. Forty-one shoulders of 41 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined. We evaluated synovitis, erosion and bone marrow edema, by cou...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shinagawa S,Okamura K,Yonemoto Y,Shitara H,Suto T,Sakane H,Dam TT,Tajika T,Tsushima Y,Takagishi K,Chikuda H

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin-induced and proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR1)-mediated signaling increases ROS production, activates ERK, and promotes inflammation and fibroblast proliferation in bleomycin-induced lung injury. Stanniocalcin-1 (STC1) activates anti-oxidant pathways, inhibits inflammation and provides cytoprotection; hen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang L,Zhang L,Ju H,Li Q,Pan JS,Al-Lawati Z,Sheikh-Hamad D

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropogenic inputs into coastal ecosystems are causing more frequent environmental fluctuations and reducing seawater pH. One such ecosystem is Florida Bay, an important nursery for the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Although adult crustaceans are often resilient to reduced seawater pH, earlier ontogeneti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gravinese PM,Page HN,Butler CB,Spadaro AJ,Hewett C,Considine M,Lankes D,Fisher S

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of tobacco use in people with schizophrenia is much higher than in general population, which indicates a close relationship between nicotine addiction and schizophrenia. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the high comorbidity of tobacco smoking and schizophrenia remains largely unclear. In this...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu Y,Fang Z,Yang Y,Rohlsen-Neal D,Cheng F,Wang J

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Animals living at high altitudes have evolved distinct phenotypic and genotypic adaptations against stressful environments. We studied the adaptive patterns of altitudinal stresses on transcriptome turnover in subterranean plateau zokors (Myospalax baileyi) in the high-altitude Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Transcriptomes ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cai Z,Wang L,Song X,Tagore S,Li X,Wang H,Chen J,Li K,Frenkel Z,Gao D,Frenkel-Morgenstern M,Zhang T,Nevo E

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Pro-inflammatory and amyloidogenic S100A9 protein is an important contributor to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is viewed as a precursor state for AD. Here we have shown that S100A9-driven amyloid-neuroinflammatory cascade was initiated in TBI and may serve as a mechanistic link betwe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang C,Iashchishyn IA,Pansieri J,Nyström S,Klementieva O,Kara J,Horvath I,Moskalenko R,Rofougaran R,Gouras G,Kovacs GG,Shankar SK,Morozova-Roche LA

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The reduced micromorphic model (RMM) is used to study the effect of the applied force on a hemisphere made of phononic crystals that belongs to the metamaterials group. The strain tensor, the micro-strain tensor and the coupling between them are the kinematic relations used to measure the deformation and micro-deforma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： El Dhaba AR

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau is a microtubule-associated protein whose C-terminal domain consisting of four repeat regions R1, R2, R3 and R4 binds to microtubules to stabilize them. In several neurodegenerative diseases, tau detaches from microtubules to form insoluble aggregates leading to tauopathy. Microtubules are made up of αβ tubulin su...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bhandare VV,Kumbhar BV,Kunwar A

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are bidirectional biocatalysts catalyzing the glycosylation of diverse molecules. However, the extensive applications of GTs in glycosides formation are limited due to their requirements of expensive nucleotide diphosphate (NDP)-sugars or NDP as the substrates. Here, in an effort to characte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yuan S,Yin S,Liu M,Kong JQ

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals differ in their level of general anxiety as well as in their level of anxiety towards specific activities, such as mathematics and spatial tasks. Both specific anxieties correlate moderately with general anxiety, but the aetiology of their association remains unexplored. Moreover, the factor structure of s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Malanchini M,Rimfeld K,Shakeshaft NG,Rodic M,Schofield K,Selzam S,Dale PS,Petrill SA,Kovas Y

更新日期：2017-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death in women. Adipokines, and other inflammation molecules linked to adiposity, are suspected to be involved in breast carcinogenesis, however prospective findings are inconclusive. In a prospective nested case-control study within the EPIC-Varese cohort, we used con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Agnoli C,Grioni S,Pala V,Allione A,Matullo G,Gaetano CD,Tagliabue G,Sieri S,Krogh V

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, slow earthquakes (slow EQ) have received much attention relative to understanding the mechanisms underlying large earthquakes and to detecting their precursors. Low-frequency earthquakes (LFE) are a specific type of slow EQ. In the present paper, we reveal the relevance of LFEs to the 11 March 2011 Great Toh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tokuda T,Shimada H

更新日期：2019-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine factors associated with delayed discharge of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This retrospective cohort study included 47 patients with COVID-19 admitted to three hospitals in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China, between January 21, 2020 and March 6, 2020. Univariate and multiv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin P,Chen W,Huang H,Lin Y,Cai M,Lin D,Cai H,Su Z,Zhuang X,Yu X

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel characterization technique using both in situ reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) transmission mode and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) has been developed to investigate the growth behaviour of semiconductor nanostructures. RHEED employed in transmission mode enables the acquisition of s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jo J,Tchoe Y,Yi GC,Kim M

更新日期：2018-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are α/β heterodimeric transmembrane adhesion receptors. Evidence exists that their transmembrane domain (TMD) separates upon activation. Subunit-specific differences in activation sensitivity of integrins were reported. However, whether sequence variations in the TMD lead to differential TMD association has ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pagani G,Gohlke H

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is an ophthalmic emergency, which usually requires prompt surgery to prevent further detachment and restore sensory function. Although several individual factors have been suggested, a systems level understanding of molecular pathomechanisms underlying this severe eye disorder i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Öhman T,Gawriyski L,Miettinen S,Varjosalo M,Loukovaara S

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cylindrical silk gland (CY) spigots distinguish a large clade of modern spiders, the CY spigot clade, which includes all entelegyne spiders and their closest relatives. Following a widespread paradigm, CYs and their spigots are only known to occur in female spiders and they produce silk used in the construction of egg...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Townley MA,Harms D

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated social defeat stress (R-SDS) induces multiple behavioral changes in mice. However, the relationships between these behavioral changes were not fully understood. In the first experiment, to examine how the social avoidance is related to R-SDS-impaired behavioral flexibility, 10-week-old male C57BL/6N mice rece...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Higashida S,Nagai H,Nakayama K,Shinohara R,Taniguchi M,Nagai M,Hikida T,Yawata S,Ago Y,Kitaoka S,Narumiya S,Furuyashiki T

更新日期：2018-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides a pore-scale investigation of two-phase flow dynamics during primary drainage in a realistic heterogeneous rock sample. Using the lattice Boltzmann (LB) method, a series of three-dimensional (3D) immiscible displacement simulations are conducted and three typical flow patterns are identified and ma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bakhshian S,Hosseini SA,Shokri N

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive non-native species have pervasive impacts on native biodiversity, including population extirpations and species extinctions. Identifying reasons why a population of a native species is extirpated following an invasion often relies on literature-based results of anecdotal observations. The well-established sch...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Haubrock PJ,Balzani P,Britton JR,Haase P

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary Parkinson's disease is commonly caused by mutations in the protein kinase PINK1 or the E3 ubiquitin ligase Parkin, which function together to eliminate damaged mitochondria. PINK1 phosphorylates both Parkin and ubiquitin to stimulate ubiquitination of dozens of proteins on the surface of the outer mitochond...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Klosowiak JL,Park S,Smith KP,French ME,Focia PJ,Freymann DM,Rice SE

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00