Nano-photosensitizer based on layered double hydroxide and isophthalic acid for singlet oxygenation and photodynamic therapy.

abstract：:Insects that use ephemeral resources must rapidly digest nutrients and simultaneously protect them from competitors. Here we use burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides), which feed their offspring on vertebrate carrion, to investigate the digestive and defensive basis of carrion utilization. We characterize gene ex...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vogel H,Shukla SP,Engl T,Weiss B,Fischer R,Steiger S,Heckel DG,Kaltenpoth M,Vilcinskas A

更新日期：2017-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV persists in latently infected CD4+ T cells during antiretroviral therapy (ART). Immune checkpoint molecules, including PD-1, are preferentially expressed at the surface of persistently infected cells. However, whether PD-1 plays a functional role in HIV latency and reservoir persistence remains unknown. Using CD4+...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fromentin R,DaFonseca S,Costiniuk CT,El-Far M,Procopio FA,Hecht FM,Hoh R,Deeks SG,Hazuda DJ,Lewin SR,Routy JP,Sékaly RP,Chomont N

更新日期：2019-02-18 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：:Experimental and modeling work of neural activity has described recurrent and attractor dynamic patterns in cerebral microcircuits. However, it is still poorly understood whether similar dynamic principles exist or can be generalizable to the large-scale level. Here, we applied dynamic graph theory-based analyses to e...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Diez I,Sepulcre J

更新日期：2018-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria generate most cellular energy via oxidative phosphorylation. Twenty-two species of mitochondrial (mt-)tRNAs encoded in mtDNA translate essential subunits of the respiratory chain complexes. mt-tRNAs contain post-transcriptional modifications introduced by nuclear-encoded tRNA-modifying enzymes. They are r...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Suzuki T,Yashiro Y,Kikuchi I,Ishigami Y,Saito H,Matsuzawa I,Okada S,Mito M,Iwasaki S,Ma D,Zhao X,Asano K,Lin H,Kirino Y,Sakaguchi Y,Suzuki T

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cosmic rays interact with the Earth's atmosphere to produce 14C, which can be absorbed by trees. Therefore, rapid increases of 14C in tree rings can be used to probe previous cosmic-ray events. By this method, three 14C rapidly increasing events have been found. Plausible causes of these events include large solar pro...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang FY,Yu H,Zou YC,Dai ZG,Cheng KS

更新日期：2017-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Collisions between the DNA replication machinery and co-transcriptional R-loops can impede DNA synthesis and are a major source of genomic instability in cancer cells. How cancer cells deal with R-loops to proliferate is poorly understood. Here we show that the ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling INO80 complex promote...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Prendergast L,McClurg UL,Hristova R,Berlinguer-Palmini R,Greener S,Veitch K,Hernandez I,Pasero P,Rico D,Higgins JMG,Gospodinov A,Papamichos-Chronakis M

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Human chromosomes are captured along microtubule walls (lateral attachment) and then tethered to microtubule-ends (end-on attachment) through a multi-step end-on conversion process. Upstream regulators that orchestrate this remarkable change in the plane of kinetochore-microtubule attachment in human cells are not kno...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shrestha RL,Conti D,Tamura N,Braun D,Ramalingam RA,Cieslinski K,Ries J,Draviam VM

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The caudal-related homeobox transcription factor CDX2 is expressed in leukemic cells but not during normal blood formation. Retroviral overexpression of Cdx2 induces AML in mice, however the developmental stage at which CDX2 exerts its effect is unknown. We developed a conditionally inducible Cdx2 mouse model to deter...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Vu T,Straube J,Porter AH,Bywater M,Song A,Ling V,Cooper L,Pali G,Bruedigam C,Jacquelin S,Green J,Magor G,Perkins A,Chalk AM,Walkley CR,Heidel FH,Mukhopadhyay P,Cloonan N,Gröschel S,Mallm JP,Fröhling S,Scholl C,

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fundamental importance of efficient and selective synthesis of widely useful alkylarenes, the direct catalytic C(sp2)-H alkylation of unactivated arenes with a readily available alkyl halide remains elusive. Here, we report the catalytic C(sp2)-H alkylation reactions of unactivated arenes with alkyl bromid...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kim D,Lee GS,Kim D,Hong SH

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Topological insulators do not allow conduction in the bulk, yet they support edge modes that travel along the boundary only in one direction, determined by the carried electron spin, with inherent robustness to defects and disorder. Topological insulators have inspired analogues in photonics and optics, in which one-w...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Khanikaev AB,Fleury R,Mousavi SH,Alù A

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original version of this Article, the affiliation details for Antoine Aze, Michalis Fragkos, Stéphane Bocquet, Julien Cau and Marcel Méchali incorrectly omitted 'CNRS and the University of Montpellier'. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Aze A,Fragkos M,Bocquet S,Cau J,Méchali M

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle-resident PDGFRβ(+) cells, which include pericytes and PW1(+) interstitial cells (PICs), play a dual role in muscular dystrophy. They can either undergo myogenesis to promote muscle regeneration or differentiate into adipocytes and other cells to compromise regeneration. How the differentiation and fate determin...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yao Y,Norris EH,Mason CE,Strickland S

更新日期：2016-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) from pre-ribosomal RNA is essential to make functional ribosomes. This complicated processing reaction begins with a single endonucleolytic cleavage followed by exonucleolytic trimming at both new cleavage sites to generate mature 5.8S and 25S rRNA. We reconstituted the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Fromm L,Falk S,Flemming D,Schuller JM,Thoms M,Conti E,Hurt E

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:NLRP3 is a cytosolic sensor triggered by different pathogen- and self-derived signals that plays a central role in a variety of pathological conditions, including sterile inflammation. The leucine-rich repeat domain is present in several innate immune receptors, where it is frequently responsible for sensing danger si...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hafner-Bratkovič I,Sušjan P,Lainšček D,Tapia-Abellán A,Cerović K,Kadunc L,Angosto-Bazarra D,Pelegrin P,Jerala R

更新日期：2018-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Peridotite carbonation represents a critical step within the long-term carbon cycle by sequestering volatile CO2 in solid carbonate. This has been proposed as one potential pathway to mitigate the effects of greenhouse gas release. Most of our current understanding of reaction mechanisms is based on hand specimen and ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Tominaga M,Beinlich A,Lima EA,Tivey MA,Hampton BA,Weiss B,Harigane Y

更新日期：2017-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Modular and orthogonal genetic logic gates are essential for building robust biologically based digital devices to customize cell signalling in synthetic biology. Here we constructed an orthogonal AND gate in Escherichia coli using a novel hetero-regulation module from Pseudomonas syringae. The device comprises two co...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wang B,Kitney RI,Joly N,Buck M

更新日期：2011-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to their pathogenical role and unique ability to exist both as soluble proteins and transmembrane complexes, pore-forming toxins (PFTs) have been a focus of microbiologists and structural biologists for decades. PFTs are generally secreted as water-soluble monomers and subsequently bind the membrane of target ce...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Iacovache I,De Carlo S,Cirauqui N,Dal Peraro M,van der Goot FG,Zuber B

更新日期：2016-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Phase transitions in amorphous alloys under pressure are an important fundamental problem. Here we report on a first-principles study that reproduces the recently discovered pressure-induced crystallization of amorphous Ce100-xAlx (x<25) alloys and reveals an atomistic transformation mechanism. Contrary to common beli...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wu M,Tse JS,Wang SY,Wang CZ,Jiang JZ

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases with age. Cellular senescence refers to a state of irreversible cell-cycle arrest combined with the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and mitochondrial dysfunction. Senescent cells contribute to age-related tissue degeneration. Here we show that...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ogrodnik M,Miwa S,Tchkonia T,Tiniakos D,Wilson CL,Lahat A,Day CP,Burt A,Palmer A,Anstee QM,Grellscheid SN,Hoeijmakers JHJ,Barnhoorn S,Mann DA,Bird TG,Vermeij WP,Kirkland JL,Passos JF,von Zglinicki T,Jurk D

更新日期：2017-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the best performing semiconducting polymers used in bulk heterojunction devices is PCDTBT, a polycarbazole derivative with solar-conversion efficiencies as high as 7.2%. Here we report the formation of bilayer ordering in PCDTBT, and postulate that this structural motif is a direct consequence of the polymer's ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lu X,Hlaing H,Germack DS,Peet J,Jo WH,Andrienko D,Kremer K,Ocko BM

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrodesulfurization process is one of the cornerstones of the chemical industry, removing harmful sulfur from oil to produce clean hydrocarbons. The reaction is catalyzed by the edges of MoS2 nanoislands and is operated in hydrogen-oil mixtures at 5-160 bar and 260-380 °C. Until now, it has remained unclear how t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Mom RV,Louwen JN,Frenken JWM,Groot IMN

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The shelterin protein TRF2 is essential for chromosome-end protection. Depletion of TRF2 causes chromosome end-to-end fusions, initiating genomic instability that can be cancer promoting. Paradoxically, significant increased levels of TRF2 are observed in a subset of human cancers. Experimental overexpression of TRF2 ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nera B,Huang HS,Lai T,Xu L

更新日期：2015-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Emitted from the oceans, iodine-bearing molecules are ubiquitous in the atmosphere and a source of new atmospheric aerosol particles of potentially global significance. However, its inclusion in atmospheric models is hindered by a lack of understanding of the first steps of the photochemical gas-to-particle conversion...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gómez Martín JC,Lewis TR,Blitz MA,Plane JMC,Kumar M,Francisco JS,Saiz-Lopez A

更新日期：2020-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Myopia can cause severe visual impairment. Here, we report a two-stage genome-wide association study for three myopia-related traits in 9,804 Japanese individuals, which was extended with trans-ethnic replication in 2,674 Chinese and 2,690 Caucasian individuals. We identify WNT7B as a novel susceptibility gene for axi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Miyake M,Yamashiro K,Tabara Y,Suda K,Morooka S,Nakanishi H,Khor CC,Chen P,Qiao F,Nakata I,Akagi-Kurashige Y,Gotoh N,Tsujikawa A,Meguro A,Kusuhara S,Polasek O,Hayward C,Wright AF,Campbell H,Richardson AJ,Schache M

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 is well known for its function in double-strand break (DSB) DNA repair. While BRCA1 is also implicated in transcriptional regulation, the physiological significance remains unclear. COBRA1 (also known as NELF-B) is a BRCA1-binding protein that regulates RNA polymerase II (RN...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nair SJ,Zhang X,Chiang HC,Jahid MJ,Wang Y,Garza P,April C,Salathia N,Banerjee T,Alenazi FS,Ruan J,Fan JB,Parvin JD,Jin VX,Hu Y,Li R

更新日期：2016-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Forests impact regional hydrology and climate directly by regulating water and heat fluxes. Indirect effects through cloud formation and precipitation can be important in facilitating continental-scale moisture recycling but are poorly understood at regional scales. In particular, the impact of temperate forest on clo...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Teuling AJ,Taylor CM,Meirink JF,Melsen LA,Miralles DG,van Heerwaarden CC,Vautard R,Stegehuis AI,Nabuurs GJ,de Arellano JV

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Perceptual decisions are accompanied by feelings of confidence that reflect the likelihood that the decision was correct. Here we aim to clarify the relationship between perception and confidence by studying the same perceptual task across three different confidence contexts. Human observers were asked to categorize t...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Balsdon T,Wyart V,Mamassian P

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Crosstalk between inflammatory signalling pathways and receptor tyrosine kinases has been revealed as an indicator of cancer malignant progression. In the present study, we focus on EphA2 receptor tyrosine kinase, which is overexpressed in many human cancers. It has been reported that ligand-independent phosphorylatio...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zhou Y,Yamada N,Tanaka T,Hori T,Yokoyama S,Hayakawa Y,Yano S,Fukuoka J,Koizumi K,Saiki I,Sakurai H

更新日期：2015-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is the most water-efficient cereal and one of the earliest domesticated plants. Here we report its high-quality, chromosome-scale genome assembly using a combination of short-read sequencing, single-molecule real-time sequencing, Hi-C, and a high-density genetic map. Phylogeneti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Zou C,Li L,Miki D,Li D,Tang Q,Xiao L,Rajput S,Deng P,Peng L,Jia W,Huang R,Zhang M,Sun Y,Hu J,Fu X,Schnable PS,Chang Y,Li F,Zhang H,Feng B,Zhu X,Liu R,Schnable JC,Zhu JK,Zhang H

更新日期：2019-01-25 00:00:00