Loss of the E3 ubiquitin ligase MKRN1 represses diet-induced metabolic syndrome through AMPK activation.

abstract：:The ever-increasing speed and resolution of modern microscopes make the storage and post-processing of images challenging and prevent thorough statistical analyses in developmental biology. Here, instead of deploying massive storage and computing power, we exploit the spherical geometry of zebrafish embryos by computi...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Schmid B,Shah G,Scherf N,Weber M,Thierbach K,Campos CP,Roeder I,Aanstad P,Huisken J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled macrophage differentiation and activation in the initiation and resolution of inflammation is crucial for averting progression to chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Here we show a negative feedback mechanism for proinflammatory IFN-γ activation of macrophages driven by macrophage-associated matri...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Dufour A,Bellac CL,Eckhard U,Solis N,Klein T,Kappelhoff R,Fortelny N,Jobin P,Rozmus J,Mark J,Pavlidis P,Dive V,Barbour SJ,Overall CM

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As a versatile intermediate, difluorocarbene is an electron-deficient transient species, meaning that its oxidation would be challenging. Herein we show that the oxidation of difluorocarbene could occur smoothly to generate carbonyl fluoride. The oxidation process is confirmed by successful trifluoromethoxylation, 18O...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yu J,Lin JH,Yu D,Du R,Xiao JC

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the fundamental alterations in brain functioning that lead to psychotic disorders remains a major challenge in clinical neuroscience. In particular, it is unknown whether any state-independent biomarkers can potentially predict the onset of psychosis and distinguish patients from healthy controls, regard...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cao H,Chén OY,Chung Y,Forsyth JK,McEwen SC,Gee DG,Bearden CE,Addington J,Goodyear B,Cadenhead KS,Mirzakhanian H,Cornblatt BA,Carrión RE,Mathalon DH,McGlashan TH,Perkins DO,Belger A,Seidman LJ,Thermenos H,Tsuang MT,

更新日期：2018-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:High-intensity lasers can be used to generate shockwaves, which have found applications in nuclear fusion, proton imaging, cancer therapies and materials science. Collisionless electrostatic shocks are one type of shockwave widely studied for applications involving ion acceleration. Here we show a novel mechanism for ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Turrell AE,Sherlock M,Rose SJ

更新日期：2015-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon is released from pancreatic α-cells to activate pathways that raise blood glucose. Its secretion is regulated by α-cell-intrinsic glucose sensing and paracrine control through insulin and somatostatin. To understand the inadequately high glucagon levels that contribute to hyperglycemia in type-2 diabetes (T2D...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Omar-Hmeadi M,Lund PE,Gandasi NR,Tengholm A,Barg S

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of Identical-By-Descent (IBD) segments provides a fundamental measure of genetic relatedness and plays a key role in a wide range of analyses. We develop FastSMC, an IBD detection algorithm that combines a fast heuristic search with accurate coalescent-based likelihood calculations. FastSMC enables biobank-s...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Nait Saada J,Kalantzis G,Shyr D,Cooper F,Robinson M,Gusev A,Palamara PF

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The midge, Belgica antarctica, is the only insect endemic to Antarctica, and thus it offers a powerful model for probing responses to extreme temperatures, freeze tolerance, dehydration, osmotic stress, ultraviolet radiation and other forms of environmental stress. Here we present the first genome assembly of an extre...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kelley JL,Peyton JT,Fiston-Lavier AS,Teets NM,Yee MC,Johnston JS,Bustamante CD,Lee RE,Denlinger DL

更新日期：2014-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3) heterointerfaces, charge carriers migrate from the LaAlO(3) to the interface in an electronic reconstruction. Magnetism has been observed in LaAlO(3)/SrTiO(3), but its relationship to the interface conductivity is unknown. Here we show that reconstruction is necessary, but not sufficient, for the ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Kalisky B,Bert JA,Klopfer BB,Bell C,Sato HK,Hosoda M,Hikita Y,Hwang HY,Moler KA

更新日期：2012-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic annotation studies of genetic risk variants for multiple sclerosis (MS) implicate dysfunctional lymphocytes in MS susceptibility; however, the role of central nervous system (CNS) cells remains unclear. We investigated the effect of the risk variant, rs7665090G, located near NFKB1, on astrocytes. We demonst...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Ponath G,Lincoln MR,Levine-Ritterman M,Park C,Dahlawi S,Mubarak M,Sumida T,Airas L,Zhang S,Isitan C,Nguyen TD,Raine CS,Hafler DA,Pitt D

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to understand and control the electronic properties of individual molecules in a device environment is crucial for developing future technologies at the nanometre scale and below. Achieving this, however, requires the creation of three-terminal devices that allow single molecules to be both gated and image...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Wickenburg S,Lu J,Lischner J,Tsai HZ,Omrani AA,Riss A,Karrasch C,Bradley A,Jung HS,Khajeh R,Wong D,Watanabe K,Taniguchi T,Zettl A,Neto AHC,Louie SG,Crommie MF

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge in the field of molecular spintronics, and for the design of single-molecule magnet-based devices in particular, is the understanding and control of the molecular coupling at the electrode interfaces. It was demonstrated for the field of molecular electronics that the characterization of the molecule-m...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Schwöbel J,Fu Y,Brede J,Dilullo A,Hoffmann G,Klyatskaya S,Ruben M,Wiesendanger R

更新日期：2012-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid crystalline network (LCN) actuator normally deforms upon thermally or optically induced order-disorder phase transition, switching once between two shapes (shape 1 in LC phase and shape 2 in isotropic state) for each stimulation on/off cycle. Herein, we report an LCN actuator that deforms from shape 1 to shape ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Xiao YY,Jiang ZC,Hou JB,Zhao Y

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern understanding of sleep is based on the classification of sleep into stages defined by their electroencephalography (EEG) signatures, but the underlying brain dynamics remain unclear. Here we aimed to move significantly beyond the current state-of-the-art description of sleep, and in particular to characteri...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Stevner ABA,Vidaurre D,Cabral J,Rapuano K,Nielsen SFV,Tagliazucchi E,Laufs H,Vuust P,Deco G,Woolrich MW,Van Someren E,Kringelbach ML

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The miR-200 family members have been implicated in stress responses and ovarian tumorigenesis. Here, we find that miR-200c/141 transcription is intimately linked to the transcription of the proximal upstream gene PTPN6 (SHP1) in all physiological conditions tested. PTPN6 and miR-200c/141 are transcriptionally co-regul...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Batista L,Bourachot B,Mateescu B,Reyal F,Mechta-Grigoriou F

更新日期：2016-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As children grow, they gradually learn how to make decisions independently. However, decisions like choosing healthy but less-tasty foods can be challenging for children whose self-regulation and executive cognitive functions are still maturing. We propose a computational decision-making process in which children esti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lim SL,Cherry JB,Davis AM,Balakrishnan SN,Ha OR,Bruce JM,Bruce AS

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained an error in the spelling of the author Woochul Song, which was incorrectly given as Woochul C. Song. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article. ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Shen YX,Song W,Barden DR,Ren T,Lang C,Feroz H,Henderson CB,Saboe PO,Tsai D,Yan H,Butler PJ,Bazan GC,Phillip WA,Hickey RJ,Cremer PS,Vashisth H,Kumar M

更新日期：2018-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The original version of this Article contained errors in Figures 1 and 3. In Fig. 1b, the label 'IP-PBP3' above the second of the three blots incorrectly read 'IP-PBP1B'. In Fig. 3b, the label 'PBP1B' under the first bar of each chart incorrectly read 'PBP1A'. These errors have been corrected in both the PDF and HTML ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Pazos M,Peters K,Casanova M,Palacios P,VanNieuwenhze M,Breukink E,Vicente M,Vollmer W

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanostructured metasurfaces offer unique capabilities for subwavelength control of optical waves. Based on this potential, a large number of metasurfaces have been proposed recently as alternatives to standard optical elements. In most cases, however, these elements suffer from large chromatic aberrations, thus limiti...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Avayu O,Almeida E,Prior Y,Ellenbogen T

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalently locking interacting proteins in situ is an attractive strategy for addressing the challenge of identifying weak and transient protein interactions, yet it is demanding to execute chemical reactions in live systems in a biocompatible, specific, and autonomous manner. Harnessing proximity-enabled reactivity o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yang B,Tang S,Ma C,Li ST,Shao GC,Dang B,DeGrado WF,Dong MQ,Wang PG,Ding S,Wang L

更新日期：2017-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-supported isolated atoms in single-atom catalysts (SACs) are usually stabilized by diverse defects. The fabrication of high-metal-loading and thermally stable SACs remains a formidable challenge due to the difficulty of creating high densities of underpinning stable defects. Here we report that isolated Pt ato...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Lang R,Xi W,Liu JC,Cui YT,Li T,Lee AF,Chen F,Chen Y,Li L,Li L,Lin J,Miao S,Liu X,Wang AQ,Wang X,Luo J,Qiao B,Li J,Zhang T

更新日期：2019-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Geminiviruses are major plant pathogens that threaten food security globally. They have a unique architecture built from two incomplete icosahedral particles, fused to form a geminate capsid. However, despite their importance to agricultural economies and fundamental biological interest, the details of how this is rea...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Hesketh EL,Saunders K,Fisher C,Potze J,Stanley J,Lomonossoff GP,Ranson NA

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:FinO-domain proteins are a widespread family of bacterial RNA-binding proteins with regulatory functions. Their target spectrum ranges from a single RNA pair, in the case of plasmid-encoded FinO, to global RNA regulons, as with enterobacterial ProQ. To assess whether the FinO domain itself is intrinsically selective o...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bauriedl S,Gerovac M,Heidrich N,Bischler T,Barquist L,Vogel J,Schoen C

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the histamine H3 receptor (H3R) in cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury remains unknown. Here we show that H3R expression is upregulated after I/R in two mouse models. H3R antagonists and H3R knockout attenuate I/R injury, which is reversed by an H3R-selective agonist. Interestingly, H1R and H2R ant...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Yan H,Zhang X,Hu W,Ma J,Hou W,Zhang X,Wang X,Gao J,Shen Y,Lv J,Ohtsu H,Han F,Wang G,Chen Z

更新日期：2014-02-25 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：:Systematic exploration of cancer cell vulnerabilities can inform the development of novel cancer therapeutics. Here, through analysis of genome-scale loss-of-function datasets, we identify adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR or ADAR1) as an essential gene for the survival of a subset of cancer cell lines. ADAR1-de...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Gannon HS,Zou T,Kiessling MK,Gao GF,Cai D,Choi PS,Ivan AP,Buchumenski I,Berger AC,Goldstein JT,Cherniack AD,Vazquez F,Tsherniak A,Levanon EY,Hahn WC,Meyerson M

更新日期：2018-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pupylation is a posttranslational protein modification occurring in mycobacteria and other actinobacteria that is functionally analogous to ubiquitination. Here we report the crystal structures of the modification enzymes involved in this pathway, the prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) ligase PafA and the depupy...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Özcelik D,Barandun J,Schmitz N,Sutter M,Guth E,Damberger FF,Allain FH,Ban N,Weber-Ban E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ventral striatum has long been proposed as an integrator of biologically significant associative information to drive actions. Although inputs from the amygdala and hippocampus have been much studied, the role of prominent inputs from orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) are less well understood. Here, we recorded single-un...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cooch NK,Stalnaker TA,Wied HM,Bali-Chaudhary S,McDannald MA,Liu TL,Schoenbaum G

更新日期：2015-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic genetic circuits allow us to modify the behavior of living cells. However, changes in environmental conditions and unforeseen interactions with the host cell can cause deviations from a desired function, resulting in the need for time-consuming reassembly to fix these issues. Here, we use a regulatory motif ...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Bartoli V,Meaker GA,di Bernardo M,Gorochowski TE

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) remains the first-line treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC). Although 5-FU initially de-bulks the tumor mass, recurrence after chemotherapy is the barrier to effective clinical outcomes for CRC patients. Here, we demonstrate that p53 promotes WNT3 transcription, leading to activation of the WNT/...

journal_title：Nature communications

authors： Cho YH,Ro EJ,Yoon JS,Mizutani T,Kang DW,Park JC,Il Kim T,Clevers H,Choi KY

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00