Protective and therapeutic effect of felodipine against bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice.

abstract：:Climatic changes can induce geographic expansion and altitudinal shifts in the distribution of invasive species by offering more thermally suitable habitats. At the remote sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Islands, the predatory insect Merizodus soledadinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), introduced in 1913, rapidly invaded coastal ha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ouisse T,Day E,Laville L,Hendrickx F,Convey P,Renault D

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding source-sink dynamics is important for conservation management, particularly when climatic events alter species' distributions. Following a 2011 'marine heatwave' in Western Australia, we observed high recruitment of the endemic fisheries target species Choerodon rubescens, towards the cooler (southern) e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cure K,Thomas L,Hobbs JA,Fairclough DV,Kennington WJ

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergent phases in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) formed at the interface between two insulating oxides have attracted great attention in the past decade. We present ab-initio electronic structure calculations for the interface between a Mott insulator GdTiO3 (GTO) and a band insulator SrTiO3 (STO) and compar...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Banerjee H,Banerjee S,Randeria M,Saha-Dasgupta T

更新日期：2015-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-glucans are a heterologous group of fibrous glucose polymers that are a major constituent of cell walls in Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes fungi. Synthesis of β (1,3)- and (1,6)-glucans is coordinated with fungal cell growth and development, thus, is under tight genetic regulation. Here, we report that β-glucan sy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park HS,Man Yu Y,Lee MK,Jae Maeng P,Chang Kim S,Yu JH

更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change significantly affects geographic distribution of plants pests and diseases worldwide. Understanding the influence of future climate change on the suitable areas of Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama) in our country and taking timely countermeasures are crucial for improving the effectiveness of control of pest....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang R,Yang H,Wang M,Zhang Z,Huang T,Wen G,Li Q

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferritin has gained significant attention as a potential reporter gene for in vivo imaging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, due to the ferritin ferrihydrite core, the relaxivity and sensitivity for detection of native ferritin is relatively low. We report here on a novel chimeric magneto-ferritin reporter...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Radoul M,Lewin L,Cohen B,Oren R,Popov S,Davidov G,Vandsburger MH,Harmelin A,Bitton R,Greneche JM,Neeman M,Zarivach R

更新日期：2016-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquids exhibit a sudden increase in viscosity when cooled fast enough, avoiding thermodynamically predicted route of crystallization. This phenomenon, known as glass transition, leads to the formation of non-periodic structures known as glasses. Extensive studies have been conducted on model materials to understand g...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ravinder R,Kumar R,Agarwal M,Krishnan NMA

更新日期：2019-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in TREM2 cause Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD), a rare genetic disease characterized by early-onset dementia with leukoencephalopathy and bone cysts. An NHD-associated mutation, c.482 + 2 T > C, disrupts the splice donor site of intron 3 and causes aberrant skipping of exon 3, resulting in the los...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yanaizu M,Sakai K,Tosaki Y,Kino Y,Satoh JI

更新日期：2018-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Blowflies and houseflies are mechanical vectors inhabiting synanthropic environments around the world. They feed and breed in fecal and decaying organic matter, but the microbiome they harbour and transport is largely uncharacterized. We sampled 116 individual houseflies and blowflies from varying habitats on three co...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Junqueira ACM,Ratan A,Acerbi E,Drautz-Moses DI,Premkrishnan BNV,Costea PI,Linz B,Purbojati RW,Paulo DF,Gaultier NE,Subramanian P,Hasan NA,Colwell RR,Bork P,Azeredo-Espin AML,Bryant DA,Schuster SC

更新日期：2017-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria swim in sequences of straight runs that are interrupted by turning events. They drive their swimming locomotion with the help of rotating helical flagella. Depending on the number of flagella and their arrangement across the cell body, different run-and-turn patterns can be observed. Here, we present fluoresc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hintsche M,Waljor V,Großmann R,Kühn MJ,Thormann KM,Peruani F,Beta C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present measurements of the outdoor stability of PCDTBT:PC71BM based bulk heterojunction organic solar cells for over the course of a year. We find that the devices undergo a burn-in process lasting 450 hours followed by a TS80 lifetime of up to 6200 hours. We conclude that in the most stable devices, the observed ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Y,Bovill E,Kingsley J,Buckley AR,Yi H,Iraqi A,Wang T,Lidzey DG

更新日期：2016-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:People of north-eastern states of India consume raw areca-nut (RAN) and lime which could lead to oral, esophageal and gastric cancers. However, the incidence of these cancers are significantly lesser in those who consume pieces of Potentilla fulgens root along with RAN. Since evaluation of anticancer role, if any, of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ganguly B,Chaudhary A,Dakhar H,Singh IP,Chatterjee A

更新日期：2019-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-polarization conversion plays an important role in visible light manipulation. Metasurface with asymmetric structure can be used to achieve polarization conversion of linearly polarized light. Based on this, we design a quasi-periodic dendritic metasurface model composed of asymmetric dendritic cells. The simula...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fang ZH,Chen H,An D,Luo CR,Zhao XP

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of topical corticosteroids in management of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) remains controversial. Using a rabbit AK model, we investigated whether corticosteroid use is a risk factor of AK. Acanthamoeba (1 × 105/ml) was incubated with two densities of P. aeruginosa (PA; high-PA: 1 × 108/ml, low-PA: 3 × 105/ml) b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nakagawa H,Koike N,Ehara T,Hattori T,Narimatsu A,Kumakura S,Goto H

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective cohort study examined the relationship between a cholecystectomy and the subsequent risk of peptic ulcers using a population-based database. Data for this study were retrieved from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005. This study included 5209 patients who had undergone a cholecyst...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsai MC,Huang CC,Kao LT,Lin HC,Lee CZ

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes mass mortalities in the aquaculture of shrimps worldwide. The mud shrimp Austinogebia edulis (Ngoc-Ho & Chan, 1992) is an economically important sea food item occurring along the west coast of Taiwan. While the population of A. edulis began to decrease with some fluctuations...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhu F,Twan WH,Tseng LC,Peng SH,Hwang JS

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the globalization and computerization of financial and economic activities, numerous repetitive leveraged investments have become possible in stock markets and currency exchanges. In reality, repeated leveraged investments up to 100 times/day are possible via online access. With computer-aided programs, this re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nii M,Okabe T,Ito H,Morita S,Yasuda Y,Yoshimura J

更新日期：2019-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Users of social media often share their feelings or emotional states through their posts. In this study, we developed a deep learning model to identify a user's mental state based on his/her posting information. To this end, we collected posts from mental health communities in Reddit. By analyzing and learning posting...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim J,Lee J,Park E,Han J

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk oligosaccharides (MOs) are complex carbohydrates with multifunctional health benefits for the neonate. Poor reproductive performance in primiparous gilts limits their productivity. Changes in the structure and abundance of porcine MO (PMOs) through lactation with parity remains unknown and may explain superior ne...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei J,Wang ZA,Wang B,Jahan M,Wang Z,Wynn PC,Du Y

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of drug-target interactions is a key step in the drug discovery process, which serves to identify new drugs or novel targets for existing drugs. However, experimental methods for predicting drug-target interactions are expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, the in silico prediction of drug-target inte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuang Q,Xu X,Li R,Dong Y,Li Y,Huang Z,Li Y,Li M

更新日期：2015-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Converging evidence from laboratory models pointed that the widely used antidiabetic drug metformin has direct effects on cancer cells. Thus far, relatively little attention has been addressed to the drug exposures used experimentally relative to those achievable clinically. Here, we demonstrated that metformin loaded...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yoo S,Hou J,Yi W,Li Y,Chen W,Meng L,Si J,Hou X

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is crucial to maintain genomic stability. The fidelity of the repair depends on the complexity of the lesion, with clustered DSBs being more difficult to repair than isolated breaks. Using live cell imaging of heavy ion tracks produced at a high-energy particle accelerator we visua...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jakob B,Dubiak-Szepietowska M,Janiel E,Schmidt A,Durante M,Taucher-Scholz G

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, there is a growing interest in the study of the neurotropic activity of polyunsaturated fatty acids ethanolamides (N-acylethanolamines). N-docosahexaenoylethanolamine (DHEA, synaptamide) is an endogenous metabolite and structural analogue of anandamide, a widely studied endocannabinoid derived from arachid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ponomarenko AI,Tyrtyshnaia AA,Pislyagin EA,Dyuizen IV,Sultanov RM,Manzhulo IV

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous three-dimensional (3D) polyurethane-based biocomposites were produced utilizing diatomite and hydroxyapatite as fillers. Diatomite and Hydroxyapatite (HA) were utilized to reinforce the morphological, chemical, mechanical, and thermal properties of polyurethane foam (PUF). Diatomite and Hydroxyapatite were adde...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mustafov SD,Sen F,Seydibeyoglu MO

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Inappropriate sleep duration and poor sleep quality are associated with risk of stroke, but their interactive effect on stroke is unknown. We explored the interactive effect of sleep quality and duration on stroke risk. A prospective cohort study was conducted with 41,786 adults. Sleep quality was assessed using the P...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ji A,Lou H,Lou P,Xu C,Zhang P,Qiao C,Yang Q

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intravenous fluids (IVF) has been investigated clinically through the assessment of post-treatment reactions. However, the responses to IVF vary from patient-to-patient. It is important to understand the response of IVF treatment to be able to provide optimal IVF care. Herein, we investigated the impact ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Karamahmutoglu H,Altay A,Vural S,Elitas M

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Multisensory integration provides continuous and stable perception from separate sensory inputs. Here, we investigated the functional role of temporal binding between the visual and the tactile senses. To this end we used the paradigm of compression that induces shifts in time when probe stimuli are degraded, e.g., by...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zimmermann E,Derichs C,Fink GR

更新日期：2016-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes of intracellular and extracellular pH are involved in a variety of physiological and pathological processes, in which regulation of the Ca(2+) release activated Ca(2+) channel (I CRAC) by pH has been implicated. Ca(2+) entry mediated by I CRAC has been shown to be regulated by acidic or alkaline pH. Whereas se...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsujikawa H,Yu AS,Xie J,Yue Z,Yang W,He Y,Yue L

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The human cervical cancer oncogene (HCCR) has been found to be overexpressed in a variety of human cancers. However, the level of expression of HCCR and its biological function in gastric cancer are largely unknown. In this study, we evaluated HCCR expression in several gastric cancer cell lines and in one normal gast...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang JL,Liu XZ,Wang PY,Chen GW,Jiang Y,Qiao SK,Zhu J,Wang X,Pan YS,Liu YC

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Daphnia are important to understanding the biogeochemistry of aquatic ecosystems, mainly because of their ability to filter bacteria, algae and inorganic particles as well. Although there are many studies on the general effects that biotic and abiotic stressors, increased temperature and hypoxia, salinity, metals, pha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Serra T,Müller MF,Colomer J

更新日期：2019-03-07 00:00:00