A tomato MADS-box protein, SlCMB1, regulates ethylene biosynthesis and carotenoid accumulation during fruit ripening.

abstract：:Metabolites detectible in human biofluids are attractive biomarkers for the diagnosis of early Lyme disease (ELD), a vector-borne infectious disease. Urine represents an easily obtained clinical sample that can be applied for diagnostic purposes. However, few studies have explored urine for biomarkers of ELD. In this ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pegalajar-Jurado A,Fitzgerald BL,Islam MN,Belisle JT,Wormser GP,Waller KS,Ashton LV,Webb KJ,Delorey MJ,Clark RJ,Molins CR

更新日期：2018-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene aerogels (GAs) with high mechanical strength, tunable density and volume have been prepared only via soaking graphene hydrogels (GHs) in ammonia solution. The density and volume of the obtained GAs are controlled by adjusting the concentration of ammonia solution. Although volume of the GAs decreases with inc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han Z,Tang Z,Shen S,Zhao B,Zheng G,Yang J

更新日期：2014-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by neurodegeneration and progressive loss of semantic knowledge. Unlike many other forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), svPPA has a highly consistent underlying pathology composed of TDP-43 (a regulator of RN...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bonham LW,Steele NZR,Karch CM,Broce I,Geier EG,Wen NL,Momeni P,Hardy J,Miller ZA,Gorno-Tempini ML,Hess CP,Lewis P,Miller BL,Seeley WW,Manzoni C,Desikan RS,Baranzini SE,Ferrari R,Yokoyama JS,International FTD-Genomic

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Consecutive eight study phases under the successive presence and absence of UV irradiation, water vapor, and oxygen were conducted to characterize surface changes in the photocatalytic TiO2 powder using near-ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Both Ti 2p and O 1s spectra show hysteresis through th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Krishnan P,Liu M,Itty PA,Liu Z,Rheinheimer V,Zhang MH,Monteiro PJ,Yu LE

更新日期：2017-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum-based quasicrystals typically form across narrow composition ranges within binary to quaternary alloys, which makes their fabrication and characterization challenging. Here, we use combinatorial approaches together with fast characterization techniques to study a wide compositional range including known quasi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wolf W,Kube SA,Sohn S,Xie Y,Cha JJ,Scanley BE,Kiminami CS,Bolfarini C,Botta WJ,Schroers J

更新日期：2019-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Green microalgae contain many active pigments such as carotenoids having antioxidant and protective activity on human cells. Here we investigate the biological activity of an ethanol/water extract of the marine green microalga Tetraselmis suecica containing high levels of carotenoids such as the xanthophylls lutein, v...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sansone C,Galasso C,Orefice I,Nuzzo G,Luongo E,Cutignano A,Romano G,Brunet C,Fontana A,Esposito F,Ianora A

更新日期：2017-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between gene polymorphisms and plasma virus load at the set point (SP-PVL) was investigated in Mauritian macaques inoculated with SIV. Among 44 macaques inoculated with 50 AID50, six individuals were selected: three with SP-PVL among the highest and three with SP-PVL among the lowest. The exons of 390 ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shiina T,Suzuki S,Congy-Jolivet N,Aarnink A,Garchon HJ,Dereuddre-Bosquet N,Vaslin B,Tchitchek N,Desjardins D,Autran B,Lambotte O,Theodorou I,Le Grand R,Blancher A

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the stability, hydrogen diffusion, and mechanical properties of the NbH phases from Ni-doping was studied by using first-principles methods. The calculation results reveal that the single H atom adsorption is energetically favorable at the tetrahedral interstitial site (TIS) and octahedral interstitial site...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu Y,Wang Z,Wang D,Wan Z,Zhong Y,Hu C,Zhou H

更新日期：2017-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteolytic system of Lactobacillus plays an essential role in bacterial growth, contributes to the flavor development of fermented products, and can release bioactive health-beneficial peptides during milk fermentation. In this work, a genomic analysis of all genes involved in the proteolytic system of L. delbrue...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brown L,Villegas JM,Elean M,Fadda S,Mozzi F,Saavedra L,Hebert EM

更新日期：2017-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Power semiconductor devices require low on-resistivity and high breakdown voltages simultaneously. Vertical-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) meet these requirements, but have been incompleteness in diamond. Here we show vertical-type p-channel diamond MOSFETs with trench structures and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Oi N,Inaba M,Okubo S,Tsuyuzaki I,Kageura T,Onoda S,Hiraiwa A,Kawarada H

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial induced calcite precipitation (MICP) based on ureolysis has a high potential for many applications, e.g. restoration of construction materials. The gram-positive bacterium Sporosarcina pasteurii is the most commonly used microorganism for MICP due to its high ureolytic activity. However, Sporosarcina pasteur...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lapierre FM,Schmid J,Ederer B,Ihling N,Büchs J,Huber R

更新日期：2020-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A pancreatic β-cell line MIN6 was previously established in our lab from an insulinoma developed in an IT6 transgenic mouse expressing the SV40 T antigen in β-cells. This cell line has been widely used for in vitro analysis of β-cell function, but tends to lose the mature β-cell features, including glucose-stimulated ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miyazaki S,Tashiro F,Tsuchiya T,Sasaki K,Miyazaki JI

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the world population is ageing, dementia is going to be a growing concern. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. The pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease is extensively studied, yet unknown remains. Therefore, we aimed to extract new knowledge from existing data. We analysed about 2700 upregula...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hosseinian S,Arefian E,Rakhsh-Khorshid H,Eivani M,Rezayof A,Pezeshk H,Marashi SA

更新日期：2020-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent cells can be subdivided into two distinct states, the naïve and the primed state, the latter being further advanced on the path of differentiation. There are substantial differences in the regulation of pluripotency between human and mouse, and in humans only stem cells that resemble the primed state in mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ernst M,Abu Dawud R,Kurtz A,Schotta G,Taher L,Fuellen G

更新日期：2015-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilapias (family Cichlidae) are of importance in aquaculture and fisheries. Hybridisation and introgression are common within tilapia genera but are difficult to analyse due to limited numbers of species-specific genetic markers. We tested the potential of double digested restriction-site associated DNA (ddRAD) sequen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Syaifudin M,Bekaert M,Taggart JB,Bartie KL,Wehner S,Palaiokostas C,Khan MGQ,Selly SC,Hulata G,D'Cotta H,Baroiller JF,McAndrew BJ,Penman DJ

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Spherical radioactive caesium (Cs)-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) were emitted during the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March, 2011. The emission source (timing) and formation process of these particles remain unclear. In this study, the isotopic ratios of uranium (235U and 238U) and caesi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kurihara Y,Takahata N,Yokoyama TD,Miura H,Kon Y,Takagi T,Higaki S,Yamaguchi N,Sano Y,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cu removal by a novel multi-amines decorated resin (PAMD) from wastewater in the absence or presence of citric acid (CA) was examined. Adsorption capacity of Cu onto PAMD markedly increased by 186% to 5.07 mmol/g in the presence of CA, up to 7 times of that onto four commercial resins under the same conditions. Preloa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ling C,Liu F,Pei Z,Zhang X,Wei M,Zhang Y,Zheng L,Zhang J,Li A,Xing B

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer stem cells have been attributed to poor prognosis, therapeutic resistance and aggressive nature of the malignancy. Recent reports associated CD44v6 expression with relapse, metastasis and reduced 5-year survival of colon cancer patients, thereby making it a potential therapeutic target. Thus, in this stud...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Patel S,Waghela B,Shah K,Vaidya F,Mirza S,Patel S,Pathak C,Rawal R

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilized several computational approaches to evaluate the binding energies of tyrosine (Tyr) and several unnatural Tyr analogs, to several orthogonal aaRSes derived from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii and Escherichia coli tyrosyl-tRNA synthetases. The present study reveals the following: (1) AutoDock Vina and ROSETT...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ren W,Truong TM,Ai HW

更新日期：2015-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:BiFeO3 is one of the most promising multiferroic materials but undergoes two major drawbacks: low dielectric susceptibility and high dielectric loss. Here we report high in-plane dielectric permittivity (ε' ∼2500) and low dielectric loss (tan δ < 0.01) obtained on Bi0.95Y0.05FeO3 films epitaxially grown on SrTiO3 (001...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Scarisoreanu ND,Craciun F,Birjega R,Ion V,Teodorescu VS,Ghica C,Negrea R,Dinescu M

更新日期：2016-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional responses of yeast cells to diverse stresses typically include gene activation and repression. Specific stress defense, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation genes are activated, whereas protein synthesis genes are coordinately repressed. This view was achieved from comparative transcript...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Talavera D,Kershaw CJ,Costello JL,Castelli LM,Rowe W,Sims PFG,Ashe MP,Grant CM,Pavitt GD,Hubbard SJ

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection and treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) can reduce incidences of acute myocardial infarction. In this study, we determined the proper use of contributing risk factors and coronary artery calcium score (CACS) when screening asymptomatic patients with coronary arterial stenoses using coronary comp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tay SY,Chang PY,Lao WT,Lin YC,Chung YH,Chan WP

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been known as a promising agent for cancer therapy due to its specific apoptosis-inducing effect on tumor cells rather than most normal cells. However, systemically delivered TRAIL suffers from a rapid clearance from the body with an extremely short h...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang K,Duan N,Zhang C,Mo R,Hua Z

更新日期：2017-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous results regarding the associations between esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC) risk and smoking/alcohol drinking in high-risk areas are inconsistent. We performed a large population-based case-control study from 2010 to 2013 in a high-incidence area of China, and enrolled 1353 ESCC cases and 1961 contro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang X,Chen X,Zhuang M,Yuan Z,Nie S,Lu M,Jin L,Ye W

更新日期：2017-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing amount of research work in surface studies, a more effective method of producing patterned microstructures is highly desired due to the geometric limitations and complex fabricating process of current techniques. This paper presents an efficient and cost-effective method to generate customizable mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He R,Wang S,Andrews G,Shi W,Liu Y

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Though carbon (C): nitrogen (N) stoichiometry has been widely studied in terrestrial ecosystems, little is known about its variation following afforestation. By synthesizing the results of 53 studies, we examined temporal and spatial variation in C: N ratios and in N-C scaling relationships of both the organic and the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu X,Li D,Cheng X,Ruan H,Luo Y

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with dengue virus (DENV) infection may also present acute viral encephalitis through an unknown mechanism. Here, we report that encephalitic DENV-infected mice exhibited progressive hunchback posture, limbic seizures, limbic weakness, paralysis, and lethality 7 days post-infection. These symptoms were accompa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsai TT,Chen CL,Lin YS,Chang CP,Tsai CC,Cheng YL,Huang CC,Ho CJ,Lee YC,Lin LT,Jhan MK,Lin CF

更新日期：2016-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A larger amount of sequence data in private and public databases produced by next-generation sequencing put new challenges due to limitation associated with the alignment-based method for sequence comparison. So, there is a high need for faster sequence analysis algorithms. In this study, we developed an alignment-fre...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saw AK,Raj G,Das M,Talukdar NC,Tripathy BC,Nandi S

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke incidence is a multifactorial disease and especially hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with a higher risk of stroke. Previous studies have reported a folate metabolism disorder associated with the MTHFR gene. We investigated four single nucleotide polymorphisms in the MTHFR 3'-UTR [2572 C > A (rs4846049), 4869...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim JO,Park HS,Ryu CS,Shin JW,Kim J,Oh SH,Kim OJ,Kim NK

更新日期：2017-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard treatment for most acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is chemotherapy, which is often associated with severe adverse effects. One strategy to reduce the adverse effects is targeted therapy that can selectively deliver anticancer drugs to tumor cells. Immature laminin receptor protein (OFA/iLRP) is a potential t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： An Y,Hu Y,Li X,Li Z,Duan J,Yang XD

更新日期：2019-05-14 00:00:00