Gene expression profile changes in the jejunum of weaned piglets after oral administration of Lactobacillus or an antibiotic.

abstract：:Over the last 5-10 years, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) have been individually applied to monitor the morphological and mechanical properties of various single-species biofilms respectively. This investigation looked to combine OCT and AFM as a multi-scale approach to understand ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pattem J,Davrandi M,Aguayo S,Allan E,Spratt D,Bozec L

更新日期：2018-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of the mechanisms underlying cell tropisms and the efficiency of viral infection is critical for the development of vaccines and antiviral drugs for viral diseases. In this study, we worked on the entry mechanisms of guinea pig cytomegalovirus and found that endogenous expression of a combinatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Okumura M,Matsuura-Miura M,Makino R,Miura T,Noguchi K,Majima R,Koshizuka T,Inoue N

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we advance a cutting-edge methodology for the study of the dynamics of plant movements of nutation. Our approach, unlike customary kinematic analyses of shape, period, or amplitude, is based on three typical signatures of adaptively controlled processes and motions, as reported in the biological and be...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Raja V,Silva PL,Holghoomi R,Calvo P

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cachexia is a complex multi-organ syndrome characterized by body weight loss, weakness, muscle atrophy and fat depletion. With a prevalence of 1 million people in Europe and only limited therapeutic options, there is a high medical need for new approaches to treat cachexia. Our latest results highlighted microb...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pötgens SA,Brossel H,Sboarina M,Catry E,Cani PD,Neyrinck AM,Delzenne NM,Bindels LB

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes aegypti is the primary vector for transmission of Dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses. Previously it was shown that Dengue virus infection of the mosquito led to an in increased expression of the odorant binding protein 22 (AeOBP22) within the mosquito salivary gland and that siRNA mediated knockdown of AeOBP22...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Murphy EJ,Nix JC,Jones DNM

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings suggest an association between obesity, loss of gut barrier function and changes in microbiota profiles. Our primary objective was to examine the effect of caloric restriction and subsequent weight reduction on gut permeability in obese women. The impact on inflammatory markers and fecal microbiota was...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ott B,Skurk T,Hastreiter L,Lagkouvardos I,Fischer S,Büttner J,Kellerer T,Clavel T,Rychlik M,Haller D,Hauner H

更新日期：2017-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperspectral imaging technique was employed to determine spatial distributions of chlorophyll (Chl), and carotenoid (Car) contents in cucumber leaves in response to angular leaf spot (ALS). Altogether, 196 hyperspectral images of cucumber leaves with five infection severities of ALS were captured by a hyperspectral i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao YR,Li X,Yu KQ,Cheng F,He Y

更新日期：2016-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascertaining the existence of hidden objects in a complex system, objects that cannot be observed from the external world, not only is curiosity-driven but also has significant practical applications. Generally, uncovering a hidden node in a complex network requires successful identification of its neighboring nodes, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Su RQ,Lai YC,Wang X,Do Y

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The chloride gradient plays an important role in regulating cell volume, membrane potential, pH, secretion, and the reversal potential of inhibitory glycine and GABAA receptors. Measurement of intracellular chloride activity, [Formula: see text], using liquid membrane ion-selective microelectrodes (ISM), however, has ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： DiFranco M,Quinonez M,Dziedzic RM,Spokoyny AM,Cannon SC

更新日期：2019-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ether à go-go (EAG) K(+) channels are expressed in various types of cancer cells and also in the central nervous system. Aberrant overactivation of human EAG1 (hEAG1) channels is associated with cancer and neuronal disorders such as Zimmermann-Laband and Temple-Baraitser syndromes. Although hEAG1 channel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han B,He K,Cai C,Tang Y,Yang L,Heinemann SH,Hoshi T,Hou S

更新日期：2016-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrometers now offer the field strengths necessary to visualize mammalian cells but were not designed to accommodate imaging of live tissues. As such, spectrometers pose significant challenges--the most evident of which are spatial limitations--to conducting experiments in living tissue. This limitation becomes pro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Flint JJ,Menon K,Hansen B,Forder J,Blackband SJ

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligomerization of protein into specific quaternary structures plays important biological functions, including regulation of gene expression, enzymes activity, and cell-cell interactions. Here, we report the determination of two crystal structures of the Grimontia hollisae (formally described as Vibrio hollisae) therm...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang YK,Huang SC,Chang CY,Huang WT,Liao MJ,Yip BS,Chou FP,Li TT,Wu TK

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A neurogenic pathway, involving airway TRPV-1, has been implicated in acute cardiovascular events occurring after peaks of air pollution. We tested whether inhaled prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2) and bradykinin (BK) regulate TRPV-1 activity in vivo by changing cough response to capsaicin (CPS) and affecting heart rate variabi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liviero F,Scarpa MC,De Stefani D,Folino F,Campisi M,Mason P,Iliceto S,Pavanello S,Maestrelli P

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Fairly poor data are available on the relationship between taste perception, food preferences and oral microbiota. In the present study, we investigated the hypothesis that subjects with higher responsiveness to 6-n-propylthiuracil (PROP) might be characterized by a different taste sensitivity and tongue microbiota co...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cattaneo C,Gargari G,Koirala R,Laureati M,Riso P,Guglielmetti S,Pagliarini E

更新日期：2019-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities in actin cytoskeleton have been linked to Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), an inherited peripheral neuropathy characterised by an early loss of neurons in dorsal root ganglia (DRG) among other clinical symptoms. Despite all efforts to date, we still do not fully understand the molecular events that contribute...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Muñoz-Lasso DC,Mollá B,Calap-Quintana P,García-Giménez JL,Pallardo FV,Palau F,Gonzalez-Cabo P

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated when emotion modulates working memory from the perspective of neural activation. Using fMRI, we measured brain activity during the encoding and retrieval phases of a reading span test (RST) that used emotional contexts. The emotional RST required participants to read sentences that elici...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Osaka M,Yaoi K,Minamoto T,Osaka N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability and spatial distribution of food resources affect animal behavior and survival. Black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra) have a foraging strategy to balance their nutrient intake that involves mixing their consumption of leaves and fruits. The spatial aggregation of food items should impact this strategy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aristizabal JF,Negrete-Yankelevich S,Macías-Ordóñez R,Chapman CA,Serio-Silva JC

更新日期：2019-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (h-iPSCs) for bone tissue engineering is most appealing, because h-iPSCs are an inexhaustible source of osteocompetent cells. The present study investigated the contribution of undifferentiated h-iPSCs and elucidated aspects of the underlying mechanism(s) of the involvement ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Oudina K,Paquet J,Moya A,Massourides E,Bensidhoum M,Larochette N,Deschepper M,Pinset C,Petite H

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses against the HIV Gag protein are associated with lowering viremia; however, immune control is undermined by viral escape mutations. The rapid viral mutation rate is a key factor, but recombination may also contribute. We hypothesized that CTL responses drive the outgrowth of uniqu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chang CH,Kist NC,Stuart Chester TL,Sreenu VB,Herman M,Luo M,Lunn D,Bell J,Plummer FA,Ball TB,Katzourakis A,Iversen AK

更新日期：2015-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Grain yield is a complicated trait, which is highly associated with biomass productivity. The cell wall is a central element of biomass, and its biogenesis contributes to plant architecture and development. However, the genetic link between cell-wall property and grain yield is largely unclear. Here, we report on iden...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu Z,Li S,Zhang C,Zhang B,Zhu K,Zhou Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic sleep fragmentation (SF) commonly occurs in human populations, and although it does not involve circadian shifts or sleep deprivation, it markedly alters feeding behaviors ultimately promoting obesity and insulin resistance. These symptoms are known to be related to the host gut microbiota. Mice were exposed t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Poroyko VA,Carreras A,Khalyfa A,Khalyfa AA,Leone V,Peris E,Almendros I,Gileles-Hillel A,Qiao Z,Hubert N,Farré R,Chang EB,Gozal D

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The values of physiological indices and the enzymes activities involved in the overwintering stage were studied in D. armandi larvae in each month from October 2014 to March 2015. The sorbitol, trehalose and glycerol values initially tended to increase as the ambient temperature decreased, before declining until the e...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Zhang RR,Gao GQ,Ma MY,Chen H

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a precursor phase of Alzheimer's disease (AD). As current treatments may be effective only at the early stages of AD, it is important to track MCI patients who will convert to AD. The aim of this study is to develop a high performance semi-mechanism based approach to predict the conv...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu H,Zhou X,Jiang H,He H,Liu X,Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Grapevine is an important and extensively grown fruit crop, which is severely hampered by drought worldwide. So, comprehending the impact of drought on grapevine genetic resources is necessary. In the present study, RNA-sequencing was executed using cDNA libraries constructed from both drought-stress and control plant...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Haider MS,Zhang C,Kurjogi MM,Pervaiz T,Zheng T,Zhang C,Lide C,Shangguan L,Fang J

更新日期：2017-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dirac-like surface states on surfaces of topological insulators have a chiral spin structure with spin locked to momentum, which is interesting in physics and may also have important applications in spintronics. In this work, by measuring the tunable helicity-dependent photocurrent (HDP), we present an identification ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Duan J,Tang N,He X,Yan Y,Zhang S,Qin X,Wang X,Yang X,Xu F,Chen Y,Ge W,Shen B

更新日期：2014-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the effects of ketorolac, a commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) as patient controlled intravenous infusion analgesia (PCIA) for the patients underwent radical cystectomy (RC) due to bladder cancer regarding post-operational indices of recovery. Total seventy patients...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu YD,Hwang JH,Seo YE,Song BD,Jung YS,Lee DH,Hong SK,Byun SS,Lee SE,Oh JJ

更新日期：2018-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Global aquaculture makes an important contribution to food security directly (by increasing food availability and accessibility) and indirectly (as a driver of economic development). In order to enable sustainable expansion of aquaculture, we need to understand aquaculture's contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： MacLeod MJ,Hasan MR,Robb DHF,Mamun-Ur-Rashid M

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acanthamoeba can cause visually destructive Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) in contact lens (CL) users. The purpose of this study was to determine whether Acanthamoeba was present in the CL cases of CL wearers and to develop techniques to prevent the contaminations. To accomplish this, 512 CL case samples were collected f...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miyazaki D,Eguchi H,Kuwahara T,Nakayama-Imaohji H,Inaba M,Itoi M,Ueda K,Ohashi Y,Sado K,Mizutani S,Miyamoto H,Sasaki SI,Shimizu Y,Inoue Y

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Soybean seeds are an important source of vegetable oil and biomaterials. The content of individual triacylglycerol species (TAG) in soybean seeds is difficult to quantify in an accurate and rapid way. The present study establishes an approach to quantify TAG species in soybean seeds utilizing an electrospray ionizatio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li M,Butka E,Wang X

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The transglutaminase (TG) family comprises eight isozymes that form the isopeptide bonds between glutamine and lysine residues and contribute to the fibrotic diseases via crosslinking-mediated stabilization of ECM and the activation of TGF-β in several tissues. However, despite a growing body of evidence implicating T...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tatsukawa H,Tani Y,Otsu R,Nakagawa H,Hitomi K

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00