Experimental noise cutoff boosts inferability of transcriptional networks in large-scale gene-deletion studies.

abstract：:Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the major cause of vision loss in wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Current therapies require repeated intravitreal injections, which are painful and can cause infection, bleeding, and retinal detachment. Here we develop nanoparticles (NP-[CPP]) that can be administered ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Liu CH,Ji T,Mehta M,Wang W,Marino E,Chen J,Kohane DS

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving and exceeding diversity of colloidal analogs of chemical elements and molecules as building blocks of matter has been the central goal and challenge of colloidal science ever since Einstein introduced the colloidal atom paradigm. Recent advances in colloids assembly have been achieved by exploiting the machi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Senyuk B,Aplinc J,Ravnik M,Smalyukh II

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Large igneous province subduction is a rare process on Earth. A modern example is the subduction of the oceanic Hikurangi Plateau beneath the southern Kermadec arc, offshore New Zealand. This segment of the arc has the largest total lava volume erupted and the highest volcano density of the entire Kermadec arc. Here w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Timm C,Davy B,Haase K,Hoernle KA,Graham IJ,de Ronde CE,Woodhead J,Bassett D,Hauff F,Mortimer N,Seebeck HC,Wysoczanski RJ,Caratori-Tontini F,Gamble JA

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ti-alloys represent the principal structural materials in both aerospace development and metallic biomaterials. Key to optimizing their mechanical and functional behaviour is in-depth know-how of their phases and the complex interplay of diffusive vs. displacive phase transformations to permit the tailoring of intrica...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bönisch M,Panigrahi A,Stoica M,Calin M,Ahrens E,Zehetbauer M,Skrotzki W,Eckert J

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Thousands of tons of isotopic mixtures are processed annually for heavy-water production and tritium decontamination. The existing technologies remain extremely energy intensive and require large capital investments. New approaches are needed to reduce the industry's footprint. Recently, micrometre-size crystals of gr...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lozada-Hidalgo M,Zhang S,Hu S,Esfandiar A,Grigorieva IV,Geim AK

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins and nucleic acids are sequence-regulated macromolecules with various properties originating from their perfectly sequenced primary structures. However, the sequence regulation of synthetic polymers, particularly vinyl polymers, has not been achieved and is one of the ultimate goals in polymer chemistry. In th...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Satoh K,Ozawa S,Mizutani M,Nagai K,Kamigaito M

更新日期：2010-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:FBXW2 inhibits proliferation of lung cancer cells by targeting SKP2 for degradation. Whether and how FBXW2 regulates tumor invasion and metastasis is previously unknown. Here, we report that FBXW2 is an E3 ligase for β-catenin. FBXW2 binds to β-catenin upon EGF-AKT1-mediated phosphorylation on Ser552, and promotes its...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang F,Xu J,Li H,Tan M,Xiong X,Sun Y

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Synapse degeneration is an early and invariant feature of neurodegenerative diseases. Indeed, synapse loss occurs prior to neuronal degeneration and correlates with the symptom severity of these diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms that trigger synaptic loss remain poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that de...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Galli S,Lopes DM,Ammari R,Kopra J,Millar SE,Gibb A,Salinas PC

更新日期：2014-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Express delivery services are booming in both developed and emerging economies due to their low cost, convenience, and the fast growth in online shopping. The increasing environmental impacts of express delivery services and mitigation potentials, however, remain largely unexplored. Here we addressed such a gap for Ch...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kang P,Song G,Xu M,Miller TR,Wang H,Zhang H,Liu G,Zhou Y,Ren J,Zhong R,Duan H

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferroptosis is a newly defined form of regulated cell death characterized by the iron-dependent accumulation of lipid hydroperoxides. Erastin, the ferroptosis activator, binds to voltage-dependent anion channels VDAC2 and VDCA3, but treatment with erastin can result in the degradation of the channels. Here, the author...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang Y,Luo M,Zhang K,Zhang J,Gao T,Connell DO,Yao F,Mu C,Cai B,Shang Y,Chen W

更新日期：2020-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) family members play essential roles in chromosome condensation, sister chromatid cohesion and DNA repair. It remains unclear how SMCs structure chromosomes and how their mechanochemical cycle regulates their interactions with DNA. Here we used single-molecule fluorescence mi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim H,Loparo JJ

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Epitaxy is widely employed to create highly oriented crystalline films. A less appreciated, but nonetheless powerful means of creating such films is via topotactic transformation, in which a chemical reaction transforms a single crystal of one phase into a single crystal of a different phase, which inherits its orient...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mairoser T,Mundy JA,Melville A,Hodash D,Cueva P,Held R,Glavic A,Schubert J,Muller DA,Schlom DG,Schmehl A

更新日期：2015-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with noble metals, semiconductors with surface plasmon resonance effect are another type of SERS substrate materials. The main obstacles so far are that the semiconducting materials are often unstable and easy to be further oxidized or decomposed by laser irradiating or contacting with corrosive substances. H...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang Q,Li X,Ma Q,Zhang Q,Bai H,Yi W,Liu J,Han J,Xi G

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:When assembling individual quantum components into a mesoscopic circuit, the interplay between Coulomb interaction and charge granularity breaks down the classical laws of electrical impedance composition. Here we explore experimentally the thermal consequences, and observe an additional quantum mechanism of electroni...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sivre E,Duprez H,Anthore A,Aassime A,Parmentier FD,Cavanna A,Ouerghi A,Gennser U,Pierre F

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Methane cold seep systems typically exhibit extensive buildups of authigenic carbonate minerals, resulting from local increases in alkalinity driven by methane oxidation. Here, we demonstrate that modern seep authigenic carbonates exhibit anomalously low clumped isotope values (Δ47), as much as ∼0.2‰ lower than expect...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Loyd SJ,Sample J,Tripati RE,Defliese WF,Brooks K,Hovland M,Torres M,Marlow J,Hancock LG,Martin R,Lyons T,Tripati AE

更新日期：2016-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioneer transcription factors can engage nucleosomal DNA, which leads to local chromatin remodeling and to the establishment of transcriptional competence. However, the impact of enhancer priming by pioneer factors on the temporal control of gene expression and on mitotic memory remains unclear. Here we employ quantit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dufourt J,Trullo A,Hunter J,Fernandez C,Lazaro J,Dejean M,Morales L,Nait-Amer S,Schulz KN,Harrison MM,Favard C,Radulescu O,Lagha M

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Both basal ganglia (BG) and orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) have been widely implicated in social and non-social decision-making. However, unlike OFC damage, BG pathology is not typically associated with disturbances in social functioning. Here we studied the behavior of patients with focal lesions to either BG or OFC in a...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhu L,Jiang Y,Scabini D,Knight RT,Hsu M

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimising the supported modes of atom or ion dispersal onto substrates, to synchronously integrate high reactivity and robust stability in catalytic conversion, is an important yet challenging area of research. Here, theoretical calculations first show that three-coordinated copper (Cu) sites have higher activity tha...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Huang C,Dong J,Sun W,Xue Z,Ma J,Zheng L,Liu C,Li X,Zhou K,Qiao X,Song Q,Ma W,Zhang L,Lin Z,Wang T

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Even as the study of plant genomics rapidly develops through the use of high-throughput sequencing techniques, traditional plant phenotyping lags far behind. Here we develop a high-throughput rice phenotyping facility (HRPF) to monitor 13 traditional agronomic traits and 2 newly defined traits during the rice growth p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang W,Guo Z,Huang C,Duan L,Chen G,Jiang N,Fang W,Feng H,Xie W,Lian X,Wang G,Luo Q,Zhang Q,Liu Q,Xiong L

更新日期：2014-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans typically make near-optimal sensorimotor judgements but show systematic biases when making more cognitive judgements. Here we test the hypothesis that, while humans are sensitive to the noise present during early sensory encoding, the "optimality gap" arises because they are blind to noise introduced by later c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Herce Castañón S,Moran R,Ding J,Egner T,Bang D,Summerfield C

更新日期：2019-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicon dioxide is one of the most abundant natural compounds. Polymorphs of SiO₂ and their phase transitions have long been a focus of great interest and intense theoretical and experimental pursuits. Here, compressing single-crystal coesite SiO₂ under hydrostatic pressures of 26-53 GPa at room temperature, we discov...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hu QY,Shu JF,Cadien A,Meng Y,Yang WG,Sheng HW,Mao HK

更新日期：2015-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale genomic data highlight the complexity and diversity of the molecular changes that drive cancer progression. Statistical analysis of cancer data from different tissues can guide drug repositioning as well as the design of targeted treatments. Here, we develop an improved Bayesian network model for tumour mu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kuipers J,Thurnherr T,Moffa G,Suter P,Behr J,Goosen R,Christofori G,Beerenwinkel N

更新日期：2018-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Creating micro/nanostructures on fibers is beneficial for extending the application range of fiber-based devices. To achieve this using thermal fiber drawing is particularly important for the mass production of longitudinally uniform fibers up to tens of kilometers. However, the current thermal fiber drawing technique...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Z,Wu T,Wang Z,Zhang T,Chen M,Zhang J,Liu L,Qi M,Zhang Q,Yang J,Liu W,Chen H,Luo Y,Wei L

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomolecular X-ray structures typically provide a static, time- and ensemble-averaged view of molecular ensembles in crystals. In the absence of rigid-body motions and lattice defects, B-factors are thought to accurately reflect the structural heterogeneity of such ensembles. In order to study the effects of averaging...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kuzmanic A,Pannu NS,Zagrovic B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that transcriptional regulation is required for maintenance of long-term memories (LTMs). Here we characterize global transcriptional and epigenetic changes that occur during LTM storage in the Drosophila mushroom bodies (MBs), structures important for memory. Although LTM formation requ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hirano Y,Ihara K,Masuda T,Yamamoto T,Iwata I,Takahashi A,Awata H,Nakamura N,Takakura M,Suzuki Y,Horiuchi J,Okuno H,Saitoe M

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA N6-methyldeoxyadenosine (6mA) is a well-known prokaryotic DNA modification that has been shown to exist and play epigenetic roles in eukaryotic DNA. Here we report that 6mA accumulates up to ∼0.1-0.2% of total deoxyadenosine during early embryogenesis of vertebrates, but diminishes to the background level with the...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Liu J,Zhu Y,Luo GZ,Wang X,Yue Y,Wang X,Zong X,Chen K,Yin H,Fu Y,Han D,Wang Y,Chen D,He C

更新日期：2016-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated glucose consumption is fundamental to cancer, but selectively targeting this pathway is challenging. We develop a high-throughput assay for measuring glucose consumption and use it to screen non-small-cell lung cancer cell lines against bioactive small molecules. We identify Milciclib that blocks glucose cons...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ghezzi C,Wong A,Chen BY,Ribalet B,Damoiseaux R,Clark PM

更新日期：2019-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A well known semiconductor Cd3As2 has reentered the spotlight due to its unique electronic structure and quantum transport phenomena as a topological Dirac semimetal. For elucidating and controlling its topological quantum state, high-quality Cd3As2 thin films have been highly desired. Here we report the development o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Uchida M,Nakazawa Y,Nishihaya S,Akiba K,Kriener M,Kozuka Y,Miyake A,Taguchi Y,Tokunaga M,Nagaosa N,Tokura Y,Kawasaki M

更新日期：2017-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Under hypoxia, most of glucose is converted to secretory lactate, which leads to the overuse of glutamine-carbon. However, under such a condition how glutamine nitrogen is disposed to avoid over-accumulating ammonia remains to be determined. Here we identify a metabolic flux of glutamine to secretory dihydroorotate, w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang Y,Bai C,Ruan Y,Liu M,Chu Q,Qiu L,Yang C,Li B

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To cause food-borne botulism, botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) in the gastrointestinal lumen must traverse the intestinal epithelial barrier. However, the mechanism by which BoNT crosses the intestinal epithelial barrier remains unclear. BoNTs are produced along with one or more non-toxic components, with which they form p...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Matsumura T,Sugawara Y,Yutani M,Amatsu S,Yagita H,Kohda T,Fukuoka S,Nakamura Y,Fukuda S,Hase K,Ohno H,Fujinaga Y

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00