A novel design to screen chlorogenic acid-producing microbial strains from the environment.

abstract：:Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) is an important nitrate reduction process in estuarine sediments. This study reports the first investigation of DNRA in the Yellow River Estuary located in Eastern Shandong, China. Saltwater intrusion could affect the physicochemical characteristics and change the mic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bu C,Wang Y,Ge C,Ahmad HA,Gao B,Ni SQ

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-phenotype analysis has drawn increasing attention to high-throughput genomic studies, whereas only a few applications have justified the use of multivariate techniques. We applied a recently developed multi-trait analysis method on a small set of bacteria hypersensitive response phenotypes and identified a singl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang B,Li Z,Xu W,Feng X,Wan Q,Zan Y,Sheng S,Shen X

更新日期：2017-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The limits of mammography have led to an increasing interest on possible alternatives such as the breast Computed Tomography (bCT). The common goal of all X-ray imaging techniques is to achieve the optimal contrast resolution, measured through the Contrast to Noise Ratio (CNR), while minimizing the radiological risks,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Delogu P,Di Trapani V,Brombal L,Mettivier G,Taibi A,Oliva P

更新日期：2019-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) is a versatile, non-destructive and non-invasive tool in life, material, and medical sciences. When multiple components contribute to the signal in a single pixel, however, it is difficult to quantify their individual contributions and characteristic parameters. Here we i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vergeldt FJ,Prusova A,Fereidouni F,Amerongen HV,Van As H,Scheenen TWJ,Bader AN

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Mulching with organic materials is a management practice with long history for weed suppression, soil water conservation and erosion control. Its potential impact on crop pests is less well explored. Here we report its utility for reducing crop damage by the serious pest, sweetpotato weevil (Cylas formicarius). Labora...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rehman M,Liu J,Johnson AC,Dada TE,Gurr GM

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the potentially detrimental consequences of low performance in basic functional tasks, individuals are expected to improve performance with age and show the most marked changes during early stages of life. Soaring-gliding birds use rising-air columns (thermals) to reduce energy expenditure allocated to flight. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Harel R,Horvitz N,Nathan R

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) caused by different types of trauma may show divergence in epidemiology, clinical manifestation and treatment outcome. However, it is still unclear whether this divergence has neuroanatomic correlates in PTSD brains. To elucidat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Meng L,Jiang J,Jin C,Liu J,Zhao Y,Wang W,Li K,Gong Q

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Nano-flowers reported so far were mostly constituted of inorganic or hybrid materials. We have synthesized and crystallized a new organic compound, 1, 2-bis(tritylthio)ethane forming an organic nano-flower consisting of single crystalline petals. Crystal structure at nano and micro level indicates that π-π stacking in...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sasidharan S,P C S,Chaudhary N,Ramakrishnan V

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption before or during pregnancy poses serious health risks to the fetus; however, the underlying mechanisms involved remain obscure. Here, we investigated whether ethanol consumption before pregnancy affects maternal or fetal health and whether pharmacological inhibition of CYP2E1, a major ethanol oxida...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee YJ,Kim JY,Lee DY,Park KJ,Kim GH,Kim JE,Roh GS,Lim JY,Koo S,Lim NK,Park HY,Kim WH

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet potato leaf curl virus (SPLCV) causes yield losses in sweet potato cultivation. Diagnostic techniques such as serological detection have been developed because these plant viruses are difficult to treat. Serological assays have been used extensively with recombinant antibodies such as whole immunoglobulin or sin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cho SH,Kil EJ,Cho S,Byun HS,Kang EH,Choi HS,Lee MG,Lee JS,Lee YG,Lee S

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The spinal dorsal horn (SDH) is comprised of distinct neuronal populations that process different somatosensory modalities. Somatostatin (SST)-expressing interneurons in the SDH have been implicated specifically in mediating mechanical pain. Identifying the transcriptomic profile of SST neurons could elucidate the uni...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chamessian A,Young M,Qadri Y,Berta T,Ji RR,Van de Ven T

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that human vision performs spatial integration of luminance contrast energy, where signals are squared and summed (with internal noise) over area at detection threshold. We tested that model here in an experiment using arrays of micro-pattern textures that varied in overall stimulus area and sp...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Baker DH,Meese TS

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sykora-Bodie ST,Bezy V,Johnston DW,Newton E,Lohmann KJ

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite growing acknowledgement of the role of oxidized fatty acids (oxFA) as cellular signaling molecules and in the pathogenesis of disease, developing methods to measure these species in biological samples has proven challenging. Here we describe a novel method utilizing HPLC-ESI-MS/MS to identify and quantify mult...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ahern KW,Serbulea V,Wingrove CL,Palas ZT,Leitinger N,Harris TE

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work layered copper films with smooth surface were successfully fabricated onto ITO substrate by electrochemical deposition (ECD) and the thickness of the films was nearly 60 nm. The resulting films were characterized by SEM, TEM, AFM, XPS, and XRD. We have investigated the effects of potential and the concent...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei C,Wu G,Yang S,Liu Q

更新日期：2016-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we had exploited the advancement in computer technology to determine the stability of four apomyoglobin variants namely wild type, E109A, E109G and G65A/G73A by conducting conventional molecular dynamics simulations in explicit urea solution. Variations in RMSD, native contacts and solvent accessible su...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang D,Lazim R

更新日期：2017-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil components (e.g., clays, bacteria and humic substances) are known to produce mineral-organic composites in natural systems. Herein, batch sorption isotherms, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and Cd K-edge EXAFS spectroscopy were applied to investigate the binding characteristics of Cd on montmorillonite(Mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Du H,Chen W,Cai P,Rong X,Dai K,Peacock CL,Huang Q

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Core-shell Nb2O5/TiO2 composite with hierarchical heterostructure is successfully synthesized In-situ by a facile template-free and acid-free solvothermal method based on the mechanism of liquid phase epitaxy. The chemical circumstance change induced by the alcoholysis of NbCl5 is utilized tactically to trigger core-s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wen Z,Wang G

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiplexed gene expression optimization via modulation of gene translation efficiency through ribosome binding site (RBS) engineering is a valuable approach for optimizing artificial properties in bacteria, ranging from genetic circuits to production pathways. Established algorithms design smart RBS-libraries based o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Oesterle S,Gerngross D,Schmitt S,Roberts TM,Panke S

更新日期：2017-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:SR-BI is the main receptor for high density lipoproteins (HDL) and mediates the bidirectional transport of lipids, such as cholesterol and vitamin E, between these particles and cells. During early development, SR-BI is expressed in extraembryonic tissue, specifically in trophoblast giant cells in the parietal yolk sa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Santander N,Lizama C,Parga MJ,Quiroz A,Pérez D,Echeverría G,Ulloa L,Palma V,Rigotti A,Busso D

更新日期：2017-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary bacterial infections increase morbidity and mortality of influenza A virus (IAV) infections. Bacteria are able to invade due to virus-induced depletion of alveolar macrophages (AMs), but this is not the only contributing factor. By analyzing a kinetic model, we uncovered a nonlinear initial dose threshold th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Smith AM,Smith AP

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac energy metabolism must cope with early postnatal changes in tissue oxygen tensions, hemodynamics, and cell proliferation to sustain development. Here, we tested the hypothesis that proliferating neonatal cardiomyocytes are dependent on high oxidative energy metabolism. We show that energy-related gene expressi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： de Carvalho AETS,Bassaneze V,Forni MF,Keusseyan AA,Kowaltowski AJ,Krieger JE

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is associated with a high prevalence of mood disorders such as anxiety and depression. Both stress and high fat diet can alter the gut microbiota and contribute to obesity. To examine the interrelationships between obesity, stress, gut microbiota and mood disorders, obesity was induced in mice using a high fat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bridgewater LC,Zhang C,Wu Y,Hu W,Zhang Q,Wang J,Li S,Zhao L

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy is a powerful analytical method that allows deposited and/or immobilized cells to be evaluated without complex sample preparation or labeling. However, a main limitation of Raman spectroscopy in cell analysis is the extremely weak Raman intensity that results in low signal to noise ratios. Therefore...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mikoliunaite L,Rodriguez RD,Sheremet E,Kolchuzhin V,Mehner J,Ramanavicius A,Zahn DR

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently little is known about structure-function mappings in the human subcortex. Here we present a large-scale automated meta-analysis on the literature to understand the structure-function mapping in the human subcortex. The results provide converging evidence into unique large scale structure-function mappings of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Keuken MC,van Maanen L,Boswijk M,Forstmann BU,Steyvers M

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of toxic metals in the aquatic environment is as caused by a variety of contaminations which makes difficulty in the concentration prediction. In this study, conventional methods of back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and nonlinear autoregressive network with exogenous inputs (NARX) were applied as b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li P,Hua P,Gui D,Niu J,Pei P,Zhang J,Krebs P

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors (TFs) binding to specific DNA sequences or motifs, are elementary to the regulation of transcription. The gene is regulated by a combination of TFs in close proximity. Analysis of co-TFs is an important problem in understanding the mechanism of transcriptional regulation. Recently, ChIP-seq in ma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pan G,Tang J,Guo F

更新日期：2017-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (UT-UC) is rare and treatment options or prognostic markers are limited. There is increasing evidence indicating that urothelial carcinoma may be an endocrine-related cancer. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic effect of estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) on the outco...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Luo HL,Sung MT,Tsai EM,Lin CS,Lee NL,Chung YH,Chiang PH

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyoverdine (PVDI) has been reported to act both as a siderophore for scavenging iron (a key nutrient) and a signaling molecule for the expression of virulence factors. This compound is itself part of a core set of virulence factors produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during infections. Once secreted into the bacterial ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bonneau A,Roche B,Schalk IJ

更新日期：2020-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The innate immune system helps animals to navigate the microbial world. The response to microbes relies on the specific recognition of microbial-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) by immune receptors. Sponges (phylum Porifera), as early-diverging animals, provide insights into conserved mechanisms for animal-microb...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pita L,Hoeppner MP,Ribes M,Hentschel U

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00