Morphological, physiological and anatomical traits of plant functional types in temperate grasslands along a large-scale aridity gradient in northeastern China.

abstract：:In this retrospective study, we investigated the impact of diabetes mellitus (DM) on patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). We analyzed the demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment tolerance, and toxicities of patients with HNC undergoing primary or adjuvant...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuo HC,Chang PH,Wang CH

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The Paraná delta, growing at a rate of c. 2 km(2) yr(-1) since 6,000 yrs, is one of the most complete records of the Late Holocene in southern South America. The evolution of this 17,400 km(2) delta enclosed in Plata estuary, can be tracked by a series of 343 successive coastal-ridges showing a c.11 years period, in c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Milana JP,Kröhling D

更新日期：2015-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lactoferrin (hLF) is a valuable protein for pharmaceutical products and functional foods, and worldwide demand for this protein has steadily increased. However, large-scale recombinant human lactoferrin (rhLF) production using current animal bioreactor techniques is limited by the low expression of foreign prote...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang M,Sun Z,Yu T,Ding F,Li L,Wang X,Fu M,Wang H,Huang J,Li N,Dai Y

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We have systematically investigated the influence of oxygen vacancy defects on the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3 (x = 1/3) film by means of ab initio calculations using bare GGA as well as GGA+U formalism, in the latter of which, the on-site Coulombic repulsion parameter U for Mn 3...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants experience a highly variable light environment over the course of the day. To reveal the molecular mechanisms of their photosynthetic response to fluctuating light, we examined the role of two cyclic electron flows around photosystem I (CEF-PSI)--one depending on PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 (PGR5) and one on N...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamori W,Makino A,Shikanai T

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system is known to regulate blood pressure as well as water- and electrolyte balance. An activated RAS is involved in the development of hypertension and hypertension-related organ damage. Thus, inhibitors of the RAS are protective and markedly increasing the life span of patients. In contrast, r...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wanka H,Lutze P,Staar D,Bracke K,Golchert J,Peters J

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) is one of the most utilized surgeries in the management of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). We conducted a large-series study of SSLF in a tertiary center by an experienced urogynecologic team. The 453 women with POP who underwent SSLF at National Taiwan University Hospital in the per...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu CJ,Chang WC,Huang KJ,Hsieh YC,Wei LH,Sheu BC

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-traumatic osteonecrosis (ON) of the femoral head is a common disease affecting a young population as the peak age of diagnosis is in the 40 s. The natural history of non-traumatic ON leads to a collapse of the femoral head requiring prosthetic replacement in a 60% of cases. Although trabecular bone involvement in ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pascart T,Falgayrac G,Migaud H,Quinchon JF,Norberciak L,Budzik JF,Paccou J,Cotten A,Penel G,Cortet B

更新日期：2017-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Trophic variation in food web structure occurs among and within ecosystems. The magnitude of variation, however, differs from system to system. In ephemeral pond ecosystems, temporal dynamics are relatively more important than in many systems given that hydroperiod is the ultimate factor determining the presence of an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dalu T,Wasserman RJ,Froneman PW,Weyl OLF

更新日期：2017-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An initial study of processing bioresorbable polycaprolactone (PCL) through material jetting was conducted using a Fujifilm Dimatix DMP-2830 material printer. The aim of this work was to investigate a potential solvent based method of jetting polycaprolactone. Several solvents were used to prepare a PCL solvent based ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He Y,Wildman RD,Tuck CJ,Christie SD,Edmondson S

更新日期：2016-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:It well-known that mental training improves skill performance. Here, we evaluated skill acquisition and consolidation after physical or motor imagery practice, by means of an arm pointing task requiring speed-accuracy trade-off. In the main experiment, we showed a significant enhancement of skill after both practices ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ruffino C,Truong C,Dupont W,Bouguila F,Michel C,Lebon F,Papaxanthis C

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid oxidation and subsequent ketogenesis is one of the major mechanisms to maintain hepatic lipid homeostasis under fasting conditions. Fasting hormone glucagon has been shown to stimulate ketone body production through activation of PPARα; however, the signal pathway linking glucagon to PPARα is largely undisc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang ZN,Gong L,Lv S,Li J,Tai X,Cao W,Peng B,Qu S,Li W,Zhang C,Luan B

更新日期：2016-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) are desirable for diabetes, especially in patients with overweight/obesity. We aimed to determine whether GLP-1RAs exhibit different glucose-lowering efficacies between Asian type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with and without overweight/obesity. Randomized controlled t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang F,Tang L,Zhang Y,Lü Q,Tong N

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruthenium(II) complexes with 6-methyl-2-thiouracil cis-[Ru(6m2tu)2(PPh3)2] (1) and [Ru(6m2tu)2(dppb)] (2) (where PPh3 = triphenylphosphine; dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane; and 6m2tu = 6-methyl-2-thiouracil) are potent cytotoxic agents and able to bind DNA. The aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro cellul...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bomfim LM,de Araujo FA,Dias RB,Sales CBS,Rocha CAG,Correa RS,Soares MBP,Batista AA,Bezerra DP

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the phenomenon of magnetoresistance (MR) have produced intriguing and application-oriented outcomes for decades-colossal MR, giant MR and recently discovered extremely large MR of millions of percents in semimetals can be taken as examples. We report here the discovery of novel multiple sign changes versus ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pandey A,Mazumdar C,Ranganathan R,Johnston DC

更新日期：2017-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a scheme of designing polygonal rotator with homogenous materials by using linear coordinate transformation. Our strategy is available for both time-harmonic electromagnetic field case and static field case. In particular, we found that only one anisotropic material is needed in static field case, and the d...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao W,Wang H,Yu F

更新日期：2019-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most common bone tumor characterized with a high risk of amputation and malignant morbidity among teenagers and adolescents. However, relevant pathogenic/biological mechanisms underlying OS-genesis remains to be ambiguous. The aim of this study was to elucidate functional relationship about mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang H,Tang M,Ou L,Hou M,Feng T,Huang YE,Jin Y,Zhang H,Zuo G

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial proteins exported to the cell surface play key cellular functions. However, despite the interest to study the localisation of surface proteins such as adhesins, transporters or hydrolases, monitoring their dynamics in live imaging remains challenging, due to the limited availability of fluorescent probes rem...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chekli Y,Peron-Cane C,Dell'Arciprete D,Allemand JF,Li C,Ghigo JM,Gautier A,Lebreton A,Desprat N,Beloin C

更新日期：2020-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injury leads to various injury-induced responses in sensory neurons including physiological pain, neuronal cell death, and nerve regeneration. In this study, we performed single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of mouse nonpeptidergic nociceptors (NP), peptidergic nociceptors (PEP), and large ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu G,Huang K,Hu Y,Du G,Xue Z,Zhu X,Fan G

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a single glass of champagne about a million bubbles nucleate on the wall and rise towards the surface. When these bubbles reach the surface and rupture, they project a multitude of tiny droplets in the form of a particular aerosol holding a concentrate of wine aromas. Based on the model experiment of a single bubbl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ghabache E,Liger-Belair G,Antkowiak A,Séon T

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria act as a platform for antiviral innate immunity, and the immune system depends on activation of the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors (RLR) signaling pathway via an adaptor molecule, mitochondrial antiviral signaling. We report that RLR-mediated antiviral innate immunity requires oxida...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yoshizumi T,Imamura H,Taku T,Kuroki T,Kawaguchi A,Ishikawa K,Nakada K,Koshiba T

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Accounting for about 1.5 million deaths annually, lung cancer is the prevailing cause of cancer deaths worldwide, mostly associated with long-term smoking effects. Numerous small-animal studies are performed currently in order to better understand the pathogenesis of the disease and to develop treatment strategies. Wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Scherer K,Yaroshenko A,Bölükbas DA,Gromann LB,Hellbach K,Meinel FG,Braunagel M,Berg JV,Eickelberg O,Reiser MF,Pfeiffer F,Meiners S,Herzen J

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:STRs, scattered throughout the genome with higher mutation rate, are attractive to genetic application like forensic, anthropological and population genetics studies. STR profiling has now been applied in various aspects of human identification in forensic investigations. This work described the developmental validati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Z,Zhou D,Jia Z,Li L,Wu W,Li C,Hou Y

更新日期：2016-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:When and where animals breed can shape the genetic structure and diversity of animal populations. The importance of drivers of genetic diversity is amplified in island populations that tend to have more delineated gene pools compared to continental populations. Studies of relatedness as a function of the spatial distr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garrett LJH,Myatt JP,Sadler JP,Dawson DA,Hipperson H,Colbourne JK,Dickey RC,Weber SB,Reynolds SJ

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of effective central nervous system (CNS) drugs has been hampered by the lack of robust strategies to mimic the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and cerebrovascular impairments in vitro. Recent technological advancements in BBB modeling using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allowed to overcome some of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Roux GL,Jarray R,Guyot AC,Pavoni S,Costa N,Théodoro F,Nassor F,Pruvost A,Tournier N,Kiyan Y,Langer O,Yates F,Deslys JP,Mabondzo A

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains challenging to date. Characteristic metabolic deregulations of HCC may enable novel biomarkers discovery for early diagnosis. A capillary electrophoresis-time of flight mass spectrometry (CE-TOF/MS)-based metabolomics approach was performed to discover and vali...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zeng J,Huang X,Zhou L,Tan Y,Hu C,Wang X,Niu J,Wang H,Lin X,Yin P

更新日期：2015-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipidised analgesic peptide prodrugs self-assemble into peptide nanofibers; with the nanofiber morphology protecting the peptide from plasma degradation and improving therapeutic efficacy. Extending this learning, we hypothesised that a self-assembling lipidized peptide arginine vasopressin (AVP) receptor agonist, tha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Patel S,Volpe AB,Awwad S,Schätzlein AG,Haider S,Liu B,Uchegbu IF

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics alternation of non-genetic variation and genome-wide association study proven allelic variants may associate with insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes (T2D) development. We analyzed promoter DNA methylation array to evaluate the associated with increased susceptibility to T2D (30 cases, 10 controls) and fo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen YT,Lin WD,Liao WL,Tsai YC,Liao JW,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Age and sleep both affect emotional functioning. Since sleep patterns change over the lifespan, we investigated the effects of short sleep and age on empathic responses. In a randomized cross-over experimental design, healthy young and older volunteers (n = 47 aged 20-30 years and n = 39 aged 65-75 years) underwent fu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tamm S,Nilsonne G,Schwarz J,Lamm C,Kecklund G,Petrovic P,Fischer H,Åkerstedt T,Lekander M

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue hyperplasia with increased number of adipocytes is implicated in a protective rather than deleterious effect on obesity-associated metabolic disorder. It is poorly understood how the adipose tissue cellularity is regulated. Tc1 is a gene of vertebrates that regulates diverse downstream genes. Young Tc1-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jang H,Kim M,Lee S,Kim J,Woo DC,Kim KW,Song K,Lee I

更新日期：2016-10-24 00:00:00