OsBT1 encodes an ADP-glucose transporter involved in starch synthesis and compound granule formation in rice endosperm.

abstract：:2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted a lot of attention recently for energy-efficient tunneling-field-effect transistor (TFET) applications due to their excellent gate control resulting from their atomically thin dimensions. However, most TMDs have bandgaps (Eg) and effective masses (m(*)) outside...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ameen TA,Ilatikhameneh H,Klimeck G,Rahman R

更新日期：2016-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Camouflage has been a textbook example of natural selection and adaptation since the time of the earliest evolutionists. However, aside from correlational evidence and studies using artificial dummy prey, experiments directly showing that better camouflaged prey to predator vision are at reduced risk of attack are lac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duarte RC,Stevens M,Flores AAV

更新日期：2018-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although habitat transformation is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss, there are many examples of species successfully occupying and even proliferating in highly human-modified habitats such are the cities. Thus, there is an increasing interest in understanding the drivers favoring urban life for some species...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rebolo-Ifrán N,Tella JL,Carrete M

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-human animals sometimes show marked intraspecific variation in their cognitive abilities that may reflect variation in external inputs and experience during the developmental period. We examined variation in exploration and cognitive performance on a problem-solving task in a large sample of captive orang-utans (P...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Damerius LA,Forss SI,Kosonen ZK,Willems EP,Burkart JM,Call J,Galdikas BM,Liebal K,Haun DB,van Schaik CP

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the hallmarks of cancers is their ability to develop resistance against therapeutic agents. Therefore, developing effective in vitro strategies to identify drug resistance remains of paramount importance for successful treatment. One of the ways cancer cells achieve drug resistance is through the expression of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Azharuddin M,Roberg K,Dhara AK,Jain MV,Darcy P,Hinkula J,Slater NKH,Patra HK

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we demonstrated that topical D-beta-hydroxybutyrate ameliorates corneal epithelial erosion and superficial punctate keratopathy in a rat model of dry eye disease. In the current investigation, we performed a prospective, randomized, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kawakita T,Uchino M,Fukagawa K,Yoshino K,Shimazaki S,Toda I,Tanaka M,Arai H,Sakatani K,Hata S,Okano T,Tsubota K

更新日期：2016-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T cells (Tregs) expand in peripheral lymphoid organs and can produce immunosuppressive cytokines to support tumor growth. IL-10 abrogation efficiently induces Treg formation but dampens tumoral neuropilin-1 (Nrp-1) Treg signaling, which simultaneously augments Th1 and Th17 immunity. These effects are associ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang S,Gao X,Shen G,Wang W,Li J,Zhao J,Wei YQ,Edwards CK

更新日期：2016-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Enamel proteins form a scaffold for growing hydroxyapatite crystals during enamel formation. They are then almost completely degraded during enamel maturation, resulting in a protein content of only 1% (w/v) in mature enamel. Nevertheless, this small amount of remaining proteins has important effects on the mechanical...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Baumann T,Carvalho TS,Lussi A

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) is suggested as an independent risk factor for stroke. We aimed to investigate the association of Hcy concentration with intracranial atherosclerosis (ICAS) and extracranial AS (ECAS) in hypertensive patients without stroke in Chinese population and to explore modified effect of meth...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Y,Zhang J,Qian Y,Tang X,Ling H,Chen K,Li Y,Gao P,Zhu D

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), has been recently considered as a tumor suppressor in HCC. IL-6/Janus kinase 2 (Jak-2)/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) pathway has been implicated as a key player in many cancer types. This study aimed at investigating the potential effect of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Attia YM,Tawfiq RA,Ali AA,Elmazar MM

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of random start protocols to shorten the time needed to store oocytes in women with malignancies has represented an important improvement in the field of fertility preservation. However, Randomized Controlled Trials are difficult to implement in this area and available evidence that supports this approach r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Filippi F,Somigliana E,Busnelli A,Guarneri C,Noli S,Restelli L,Vercellini P

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Perilla frutescens (L.) is an important medicinal and edible plant in China with nutritional and medical uses. The extract from leaves of Perilla frutescens contains flavonoids and volatile oils, which are mainly used in traditional Chinese medicine. In this study, we analyzed the transcriptomic and metabolomic data o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang T,Guo K,Liu L,Tian W,Xie X,Wen S,Wen C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-infectious anterior uveitis (AU) is a potentially sight threatening inflammatory condition. The current gold standard for treatment is topical steroids, but low ocular bioavailability and compliance issues with the intensive dosing regimen limit the efficacy of this treatment. Liposomes as a drug delivery system m...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wong CW,Czarny B,Metselaar JM,Ho C,Ng SR,Barathi AV,Storm G,Wong TT

更新日期：2018-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Known susceptibility loci together can only explain about 6-8% of the disease heritability of IgA nephropathy (IgAN), suggesting that there are still a large number of genetic variants remained to be discovered. We previously identified IgAN and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)/lupus nephritis (LN) shared many loci ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhou XJ,Nath SK,Qi YY,Sun C,Hou P,Zhang YM,Lv JC,Shi SF,Liu LJ,Chen R,Yang W,He KZ,Li Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a method for the preparation of negative-index fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) using 800 nm femtosecond laser overexposure and thermal regeneration. A positive-index type I-IR FBG was first inscribed in H2-free single-mode fibre using a femtosecond laser directed through a phase mask, and then a highly pola...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He J,Wang Y,Liao C,Wang C,Liu S,Yang K,Wang Y,Yuan X,Wang GP,Zhang W

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest vergence and saccade abnormalities in dyslexic adolescents. However, these studies are mainly clinically based and do not provide objective measurements of eye movements, but rather subjectively evaluate vergence using haplosopic conditions in which the two eyes are dissociated (via polarizers...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ward LM,Kapoula Z

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulating the polarization states of electromagnetic (EM) waves, a fundamental issue in optics, attracted intensive attention recently. However, most of the devices realized so far are either too bulky in size, and/or are passive with only specific functionalities. Here we combine theory and experiment to demonstra...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu HX,Sun S,Tang S,Ma S,He Q,Wang GM,Cai T,Li HP,Zhou L

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:NanoRNAs are RNA fragments 2 to 5 nucleotides in length that are generated as byproducts of RNA degradation and abortive transcription initiation. Cells have specialized enzymes to degrade nanoRNAs, such as the DHH phosphoesterase family member NanoRNase A (NrnA). This enzyme was originally identified as a 3' → 5' exo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Schmier BJ,Nelersa CM,Malhotra A

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulative effects of hepatic injury due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections and aflatoxin-B1 (AFB1) exposure are the major risk factors of HCC. Understanding early metabolic changes involving these risk factors in an animal model closely resembling human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is critical for biomarker ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yaligar J,Teoh WW,Othman R,Verma SK,Phang BH,Lee SS,Wang WW,Toh HC,Gopalan V,Sabapathy K,Velan SS

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:State-of-art quantum key distribution (QKD) systems are performed with several GHz pulse rates, meanwhile privacy amplification (PA) with large scale inputs has to be performed to generate the final secure keys with quantified security. In this paper, we propose a fast Fourier transform (FFT) enhanced high-speed and l...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tang BY,Liu B,Zhai YP,Wu CQ,Yu WR

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of women who experience a depressive state after delivery differs between primiparas and multiparas, so it is important to clarify the different factors related to depression between the two groups. In this study, we confirmed the differences in depressive states, the perinatal period, and social suppor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakamura Y,Okada T,Morikawa M,Yamauchi A,Sato M,Ando M,Ozaki N

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Various nanostructures found in biological organisms are often complex and they exhibit unique optical functions. This study surprisingly found that typical random lasing occurs in cancerous human tissues embedded with the nanotextured organic dye 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-tert-butyl-6-(1,1,7,7- tetramethyljulolidyl-9-en...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Y,Duan Z,Qiu Z,Zhang P,Wu J,Zhang D,Xiang T

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroascorbate reductase (DHAR) is a key enzyme involved in the recycling of ascorbate, which catalyses the glutathione (GSH)-dependent reduction of oxidized ascorbate (dehydroascorbate, DHA). As a result, DHAR regenerates a pool of reduced ascorbate and detoxifies reactive oxygen species (ROS). In previous experime...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Do H,Kim IS,Jeon BW,Lee CW,Park AK,Wi AR,Shin SC,Park H,Kim YS,Yoon HS,Kim HW,Lee JH

更新日期：2016-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:SeviL is a recently isolated lectin found to bind to the linear saccharides of the ganglioside GM1b (Neu5Ac[Formula: see text](2-3)Gal[Formula: see text](1-3)GalNAc[Formula: see text](1-4)Gal[Formula: see text](1-4)Glc) and its precursor, asialo-GM1 (Gal[Formula: see text](1-3)GalNAc[Formula: see text](1-4)Gal[Formula...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kamata K,Mizutani K,Takahashi K,Marchetti R,Silipo A,Addy C,Park SY,Fujii Y,Fujita H,Konuma T,Ikegami T,Ozeki Y,Tame JRH

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is experiencing crisis of antibiotic resistance not only in pathogenic but also in commensal bacteria. We determine the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in commensal Escherichia coli in young children in rural setting of central India and search for its correlations with demographic and behavioral factors...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Purohit MR,Lindahl LF,Diwan V,Marrone G,Lundborg CS

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper (Cu), an essential nutrient, promotes wound healing, however, target of Cu action and underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Cu chaperone Antioxidant-1 (Atox1) in the cytosol supplies Cu to the secretory enzymes such as lysyl oxidase (LOX), while Atox1 in the nucleus functions as a Cu-dependent transcription fac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Das A,Sudhahar V,Chen GF,Kim HW,Youn SW,Finney L,Vogt S,Yang J,Kweon J,Surenkhuu B,Ushio-Fukai M,Fukai T

更新日期：2016-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tcf/Lef family of transcription factors mediates the Wnt/β-catenin pathway that is involved in a wide range of biological processes, including vertebrate embryogenesis and diverse pathogenesis. Post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation, sumoylation and acetylation, are known to be important for t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han W,Lee H,Han JK

更新日期：2017-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to explore the differentially expressed lncRNAs, which may have potential biological function and diagnostic value in colorectal cancer (CRC). Through integrated data mining, we finally identified nine differentially expressed lncRNAs and their potential mRNA targets. After a series of bioinfo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dai M,Chen X,Mo S,Li J,Huang Z,Huang S,Xu J,He B,Zou Y,Chen J,Dai S

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome editing tools have revolutionized the generation of genetically modified animals including livestock. In particular, the domestic pig is a proven model of human physiology and an agriculturally important species. In this study, we utilized the CRISPR/Cas9 system to edit the NANOS2 gene in pig embryos to generat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park KE,Kaucher AV,Powell A,Waqas MS,Sandmaier SE,Oatley MJ,Park CH,Tibary A,Donovan DM,Blomberg LA,Lillico SG,Whitelaw CB,Mileham A,Telugu BP,Oatley JM

更新日期：2017-01-10 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：Scientific reports

authors： Ayaz G,Razizadeh N,Yaşar P,Kars G,Kahraman DC,Saatci Ö,Şahin Ö,Çetin-Atalay R,Muyan M

更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00