Mouse MRI shows brain areas relatively larger in males emerge before those larger in females.

abstract：:Using mouse optic nerve (ON) crush as a CNS injury model, we and others have found that activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) in mature retinal ganglion cells by deletion of the negative regulators, phosphatase and tensin homologue (PTEN), and tuberous sclerosis 1 promotes ON regeneration....

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang L,Miao L,Liang F,Huang H,Teng X,Li S,Nuriddinov J,Selzer ME,Hu Y

更新日期：2014-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA viruses are characterized by a high mutation rate, a buffer against environmental change. Nevertheless, the means by which random mutation improves viral fitness is not well characterized. Here we report the X-ray crystal structure of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the human coronavirus, HCoV-229E, in comple...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wong AHM,Tomlinson ACA,Zhou D,Satkunarajah M,Chen K,Sharon C,Desforges M,Talbot PJ,Rini JM

更新日期：2017-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Incorporating oxophilic metals into noble metal-based catalysts represents an emerging strategy to improve the catalytic performance of electrocatalysts in fuel cells. However, effects of the distance between the noble metal and oxophilic metal active sites on the catalytic performance have rarely been investigated. H...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Chen L,Lu L,Zhu H,Chen Y,Huang Y,Li Y,Wang L

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Organolead halide perovskites have attracted substantial attention because of their excellent physical properties, which enable them to serve as the active material in emerging hybrid solid-state solar cells. Here we investigate the phototransistors based on hybrid perovskite films and provide direct evidence for thei...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li F,Ma C,Wang H,Hu W,Yu W,Sheikh AD,Wu T

更新日期：2015-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) in complex with D-type cyclins promote cell cycle entry. Most human cancers contain overactive CDK4/6-cyclin D, and CDK4/6-specific inhibitors are promising anti-cancer therapeutics. Here, we investigate the critical functions of CDK4/6-cyclin D kinases, starting from an unbia...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： The I,Ruijtenberg S,Bouchet BP,Cristobal A,Prinsen MB,van Mourik T,Koreth J,Xu H,Heck AJ,Akhmanova A,Cuppen E,Boxem M,Muñoz J,van den Heuvel S

更新日期：2015-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Photocatalysis has not found widespread industrial adoption, in spite of decades of active research, because the challenges associated with catalyst illumination and turnover outweigh the touted advantages of replacing heat with light. A demonstration that light can control product selectivity in complex chemical reac...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhang X,Li X,Zhang D,Su NQ,Yang W,Everitt HO,Liu J

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial population growth is typically measured when cells can be directly observed, or when death is rare. However, neither of these conditions hold for the mammalian gut microbiota, and, therefore, standard approaches cannot accurately measure the growth dynamics of this community. Here we introduce a new method (...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Myhrvold C,Kotula JW,Hicks WM,Conway NJ,Silver PA

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The welding and sintering of nanomaterials is relevant, for example, to form electrical contacts between metallic particles in printed electronic devices. Usually the welding of nanoparticles is achieved at high temperatures. Here we find that merging of two different metals, silver and gold nanoparticles, occurs on c...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Grouchko M,Roitman P,Zhu X,Popov I,Kamyshny A,Su H,Magdassi S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supported atomic clusters with uniform metal sites and definite low-nuclearity are intermediate states between single-atom catalysts (SACs) and nanoparticles in size. Benefiting from the presence of metal-metal bonds, supported atomic clusters can trigger synergistic effects among every metal atom, which contributes t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Rong H,Ji S,Zhang J,Wang D,Li Y

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesostriatal dopaminergic neurons possess extensively branched axonal arbours. Whether action potentials are converted to dopamine output in the striatum will be influenced dynamically and critically by axonal properties and mechanisms that are poorly understood. Here, we address the roles for mechanisms governing rel...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Condon MD,Platt NJ,Zhang YF,Roberts BM,Clements MA,Vietti-Michelina S,Tseu MY,Brimblecombe KR,Threlfell S,Mann EO,Cragg SJ

更新日期：2019-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrachromosomal telomeric circles are commonly invoked as important players in telomere maintenance, but their origin has remained elusive. Using electron microscopy analysis on purified telomeres we show that, apart from known structures, telomeric repeats accumulate internal loops (i-loops) that occur in the proxim...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mazzucco G,Huda A,Galli M,Piccini D,Giannattasio M,Pessina F,Doksani Y

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) functions as a neurotransmitter for non-histaminergic itch, but its site of action (sensory neurons vs spinal cord) remains controversial. To determine the role of GRP in sensory neurons, we generated a floxed Grp mouse line. We found that conditional knockout of Grp in sensory neurons ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Barry DM,Liu XT,Liu B,Liu XY,Gao F,Zeng X,Liu J,Yang Q,Wilhelm S,Yin J,Tao A,Chen ZF

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional layered transition-metal dichalcogenides have attracted considerable interest for their unique layer-number-dependent properties. In particular, vertical integration of these two-dimensional crystals to form van der Waals heterostructures can open up a new dimension for the design of functional electro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu WJ,Vu QA,Oh H,Nam HG,Zhou H,Cha S,Kim JY,Carvalho A,Jeong M,Choi H,Castro Neto AH,Lee YH,Duan X

更新日期：2016-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic control of enhancers alters neuronal functions and may be involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we identify enhancers in neurons contributing to AD by comprehensive fine-mapping of DNA methylation at enhancers, genome-wide. We examine 1.2 million CpG and CpH sites in enhancers in prefrontal cortex neu...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Li P,Marshall L,Oh G,Jakubowski JL,Groot D,He Y,Wang T,Petronis A,Labrie V

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of large-domain single crystalline graphene with the controllable number of layers is of central importance for large-scale integration of graphene devices. Here we report a new pathway to greatly reduce the graphene nucleation density from ~10(6) to 4 nuclei cm(-2), enabling the growth of giant single crys...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou H,Yu WJ,Liu L,Cheng R,Chen Y,Huang X,Liu Y,Wang Y,Huang Y,Duan X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrafast materials science promises optical control of physical properties of solids. Continuous-wave circularly polarized laser driving was predicted to induce a light-matter coupled state with an energy gap and a quantum Hall effect, coined Floquet topological insulator. Whereas the envisioned Floquet topological i...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sentef MA,Claassen M,Kemper AF,Moritz B,Oka T,Freericks JK,Devereaux TP

更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage of chromatin in restricted nuclear space requires dense packing while ensuring DNA accessibility. Thus, different layers of chromatin organization and epigenetic control mechanisms exist. Genome-wide chromatin interaction maps revealed large interaction domains (TADs) and higher order A and B compartments, ref...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nothjunge S,Nührenberg TG,Grüning BA,Doppler SA,Preissl S,Schwaderer M,Rommel C,Krane M,Hein L,Gilsbach R

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether the establishment of apical-basal cell polarity during the generation of epithelial lumens requires molecules acting at the plasma membrane/actin interface. Here, we show that the I-BAR-containing IRSp53 protein controls lumen formation and the positioning of the polarity determinants aPKC and po...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bisi S,Marchesi S,Rizvi A,Carra D,Beznoussenko GV,Ferrara I,Deflorian G,Mironov A,Bertalot G,Pisati F,Oldani A,Cattaneo A,Saberamoli G,Pece S,Viale G,Bachi A,Tripodo C,Scita G,Disanza A

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Studying emerging or neglected pathogens is often challenging due to insufficient information and absence of genetic tools. Dual RNA-seq provides insights into host-pathogen interactions, and is particularly informative for intracellular organisms. Here we apply dual RNA-seq to Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ot), an obligate...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mika-Gospodorz B,Giengkam S,Westermann AJ,Wongsantichon J,Kion-Crosby W,Chuenklin S,Wang LC,Sunyakumthorn P,Sobota RM,Subbian S,Vogel J,Barquist L,Salje J

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetation impacts on ecosystem functioning are mediated by mycorrhizas, plant-fungal associations formed by most plant species. Ecosystems dominated by distinct mycorrhizal types differ strongly in their biogeochemistry. Quantitative analyses of mycorrhizal impacts on ecosystem functioning are hindered by the scarcit...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Soudzilovskaia NA,van Bodegom PM,Terrer C,Zelfde MV,McCallum I,Luke McCormack M,Fisher JB,Brundrett MC,de Sá NC,Tedersoo L

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the Hippo pathway effector Yap underlies many liver cancers, however no germline or somatic mutations have been identified. Autophagy maintains essential metabolic functions of the liver, and autophagy-deficient murine models develop benign adenomas and hepatomegaly, which have been attributed to activat...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lee YA,Noon LA,Akat KM,Ybanez MD,Lee TF,Berres ML,Fujiwara N,Goossens N,Chou HI,Parvin-Nejad FP,Khambu B,Kramer EGM,Gordon R,Pfleger C,Germain D,John GR,Campbell KN,Yue Z,Yin XM,Cuervo AM,Czaja MJ,Fiel MI,Hosh

更新日期：2018-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Twisted Laguerre-Gaussian lasers, with orbital angular momentum and characterized by doughnut-shaped intensity profiles, provide a transformative set of tools and research directions in a growing range of fields and applications, from super-resolution microcopy and ultra-fast optical communications to quantum computin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vieira J,Trines RM,Alves EP,Fonseca RA,Mendonça JT,Bingham R,Norreys P,Silva LO

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pressures on the ocean are thought to be increasing globally, yet we know little about their patterns of cumulative change, which pressures are most responsible for change, and which places are experiencing the greatest increases. Managers and policymakers require such information to make strategic decisions and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Halpern BS,Frazier M,Potapenko J,Casey KS,Koenig K,Longo C,Lowndes JS,Rockwood RC,Selig ER,Selkoe KA,Walbridge S

更新日期：2015-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammary gland undergoes cycles of growth and regeneration throughout reproductive life, a process that requires mammary stem cells (MaSCs). Whilst recent genetic fate-mapping studies using lineage-specific promoters have provided valuable insights into the mammary epithelial hierarchy, the true differentiation pot...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Davis FM,Lloyd-Lewis B,Harris OB,Kozar S,Winton DJ,Muresan L,Watson CJ

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:During meiosis, homologous chromosomes synapse and recombine at sites marked by the binding of the mismatch repair protein MLH1. In hexaploid wheat, the Ph1 locus has a major effect on whether crossover occurs between homologues or between related homoeologues. Here we report that--in wheat-rye hybrids where homologue...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Martín AC,Shaw P,Phillips D,Reader S,Moore G

更新日期：2014-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of impaired skeletal muscle mass and strength during aging are well-studied in healthy populations. Less is known on pathological age-related muscle wasting and weakness termed sarcopenia, which directly impacts physical autonomy and survival. Here, we compare genome-wide transcriptional changes of sarcopen...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Migliavacca E,Tay SKH,Patel HP,Sonntag T,Civiletto G,McFarlane C,Forrester T,Barton SJ,Leow MK,Antoun E,Charpagne A,Seng Chong Y,Descombes P,Feng L,Francis-Emmanuel P,Garratt ES,Giner MP,Green CO,Karaz S,Kothandaram

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Aqueous precipitation of transition metal oxides often proceeds through non-equilibrium phases, whose appearance cannot be anticipated from traditional phase diagrams. Without a precise understanding of which metastable phases form, or their lifetimes, targeted synthesis of specific metal oxides can become a trial-and...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sun W,Kitchaev DA,Kramer D,Ceder G

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene nanoscrolls are Archimedean-type spirals formed by rolling single-layer graphene sheets. Their unique structure makes them conceptually interesting and understanding their formation gives important information on the manipulation and characteristics of various carbon nanostructures. Here we report a 100% effi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sharifi T,Gracia-Espino E,Barzegar HR,Jia X,Nitze F,Hu G,Nordblad P,Tai CW,Wågberg T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Akt2 and its downstream effectors mediate insulin-stimulated GLUT4-storage vesicle (GSV) translocation and fusion with the plasma membrane (PM). Using mass spectrometry, we identify actin-capping protein Tropomodulin 3 (Tmod3) as an Akt2-interacting partner in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. We demonstrate that Tmod3 is phosphoryl...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lim CY,Bi X,Wu D,Kim JB,Gunning PW,Hong W,Han W

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Ever since the discovery of dye self-assemblies in nature, there have been tremendous efforts to exploit biomimetic supramolecular assemblies for tailored artificial photon processing materials. This feature necessarily has resulted in an increasing demand for understanding exciton dynamics in the dye self-assemblies....

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Sung J,Kim P,Fimmel B,Würthner F,Kim D

更新日期：2015-10-23 00:00:00