Active Control of the Spoof Plasmon Propagation in Time Varying and Non-reciprocal Metamaterial.

abstract：:Tom40 is an integral protein of the mitochondrial outer membrane, which as the central component of the Translocase of the Outer Membrane (TOM) complex forms a channel for protein import. We characterize the diffusion properties of individual Tom40 molecules fused to the photoconvertable fluorescent protein Dendra2 wi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuzmenko A,Tankov S,English BP,Tarassov I,Tenson T,Kamenski P,Elf J,Hauryliuk V

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing immunoassay for absolute quantitation of protein biomarkers in Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded (FFPE) samples promises improved objectivity, consistency and accuracy in daily clinical practice. The feasibility of Quantitative Dot Blot (QDB) method for this purpose was explored in this study. We were able t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu G,Zhang W,Zhang Y,Lv J,Wu S,Sui X,Zhang J,Tang F

更新日期：2020-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol consumption has been shown to cause dysbiosis, but the mechanism involved in it is unknown. Recurrent colitis is known to induce expression of α-defensins in the colon, but the effect of alcohol consumption on it is not known. We investigated the effect of ethanol on α-defensin expression in the small intestin...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shukla PK,Meena AS,Rao V,Rao RG,Balazs L,Rao R

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin is a valuable peat substrate amendment by increasing lettuce growth and reducing the survival of the zoonotic pathogen Salmonella enterica on lettuce leaves. The production of chitin-catabolic enzymes (chitinases) play a crucial role and are mediated through the microbial community. A higher abundance of plant-...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Tender C,Mesuere B,Van der Jeugt F,Haegeman A,Ruttink T,Vandecasteele B,Dawyndt P,Debode J,Kuramae EE

更新日期：2019-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Crops have different strategies to acquire poorly-available soil phosphorus (P) which are dependent on their architectural, morphological, and physiological root traits, but their capacity to enhance P acquisition varies with the type of fertilizer applied. The objective of this study was to examine how P-acquisition ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nobile C,Houben D,Michel E,Firmin S,Lambers H,Kandeler E,Faucon MP

更新日期：2019-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid (AA) is metabolized to diverse bioactive lipid mediators. Whereas the 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) facilitates AA conversion by 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) to pro-inflammatory leukotrienes (LTs), the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) degrades anti-inflammatory epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs). Ac...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garscha U,Romp E,Pace S,Rossi A,Temml V,Schuster D,König S,Gerstmeier J,Liening S,Werner M,Atze H,Wittmann S,Weinigel C,Rummler S,Scriba GK,Sautebin L,Werz O

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor trafficking is pivotal for the temporal and spatial control of GPCR signaling and is regulated by multiple cellular proteins. We provide evidence that GPCRs interact with 14-3-3 signal adaptor/scaffold proteins and that this interaction regulates receptor trafficking in two ways. We found GPCR/14-3-3 interact...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yuan L,Barbash S,Kongsamut S,Eishingdrelo A,Sakmar TP,Eishingdrelo H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To overcome drug resistance caused by apoptosis deficiency in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), there is a need to identify other means of triggering apoptosis-independent cancer cell death. We are the first to report that isogambogenic acid (iso-GNA) can induce apoptosis-independent autophagic cell...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang J,Zhou Y,Cheng X,Fan Y,He S,Li S,Ye H,Xie C,Wu W,Li C,Pei H,Li L,Wei Z,Peng A,Wei Y,Li W,Chen L

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:High throughput sequencing techniques are poorly adapted for in vivo studies of parasites, which require prior in vitro culturing and purification. Trypanosomatids, a group of kinetoplastid protozoans, possess a distinctive feature in their transcriptional mechanism whereby a specific Spliced Leader (SL) sequence is a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cuypers B,Domagalska MA,Meysman P,Muylder G,Vanaerschot M,Imamura H,Dumetz F,Verdonckt TW,Myler PJ,Ramasamy G,Laukens K,Dujardin JC

更新日期：2017-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Without any root contact with the soil, epiphytic bryophytes must experience and explore poor, patchy, and heterogeneous habitats; while, the nitrogen (N) uptake and use strategies of these organisms remain uncharacterized, which obscures their roles in the N cycle. To investigate the N sources, N preferences, and res...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song L,Lu HZ,Xu XL,Li S,Shi XM,Chen X,Wu Y,Huang JB,Chen Q,Liu S,Wu CS,Liu WY

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a small molecule tandem organic photovoltaic (OPV) cell with a high power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 7.27%. This cell contains two subcells with an identical mixed active layer of C70:5 wt%TAPC (1,1-bis-(4-bis(4-methyl-phenyl)-amino-phenyl)-cyclohexane). The performance was dramatically improved by simpl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao Y,Jin F,Li W,Su Z,Chu B,Wang J,Zhao H,Wu H,Liu C,Hou F,Lin T,Song Q

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel dioxin-containing pyrazoline derivatives with thiourea skeleton have been designed, synthesized and evaluated for their EGFR/HER-2 inhibitory and anti-proliferation activities. A majority of them displayed selective HER-2 inhibitory activity against EGFR inhibitory activity. Compound C20 displayed th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang B,Yang YS,Yang N,Li G,Zhu HL

更新日期：2016-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Greenhouse and field studies were conducted to provide a reference for pre-emergence (PRE) application of isoxaflutole on maize in China. In greenhouse study, the isoxaflutole PRE application at 30 g active ingredient (a.i.) ha-1 could effectively control large numbers of weeds, especially some large-seeded broadleave...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao N,Zuo L,Li W,Guo W,Liu W,Wang J

更新日期：2017-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Compromised activity of the DNA repair enzymes may raise the risk of a number of cancers. We analyzed polymorphisms in the Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Complementation Group C (XPC) gene for their correlation with urinary bladder cancer. Ala499Val and Lys939Gln polymorphisms were genotyped in 234 urinary bladder cancer case...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sankhwar M,Sankhwar SN,Bansal SK,Gupta G,Rajender S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of Creatine Kinase-MB (CK-MB) Isoenzyme are a common phenomenon among rotavirus (RV) diarrhea. However, few studies have addressed this issue using large sample size. In current study, 1,118 children (age <5 years) hospitalized with diarrhea in Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center from 2012 to...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zheng J,Zheng H,Gupta RK,Li H,Shi H,Pan L,Gong S,Liang H

更新日期：2017-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-related hearing loss (ARHI) is the most common sensory disorder in the elderly. Although telomere attrition has been shown as a determinant in the pathobiology of various age-related diseases, it remains unknown whether telomere length is associated with ARHI. We hypothesized that decreased leukocyte telomere leng...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu H,Luo H,Yang T,Wu H,Chen D

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactic acidosis is common in critical care; by contrast, a subtype called alcohol-associated lactic acidosis (AALA) is rarely encountered. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the prognosis of AALA in critically ill patients and the second aim was to determine whether the survival was associated to the p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang CC,Chan KS,Tseng KL,Weng SF

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonates (JAs) are plant-specific key signaling molecules that respond to various stimuli and are involved in the synthesis of secondary metabolites. However, little is known about the JA signal pathway, especially in economically significant medicinal plants. To determine the functions of novel genes that participa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ge Q,Zhang Y,Hua WP,Wu YC,Jin XX,Song SH,Wang ZZ

更新日期：2015-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Egg oil from Portunus trituberculatus (Pt-egg oil) can overcome insulin resistance resulting from abundant bioactive lipids. However, its effects on obesity and gut microbiota were unclear. Here, we evaluated whether Pt-egg oil could improve obesity and gut microbiota or not in high-fat diet feeding mice. Results exhi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu S,Yang H,Gao X,Li S,Jiang W,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The capture and activation of individual T cells on functionalised surfaces enables real-time analyses of the magnitude and rhythm of intracellular calcium release. Application of Haarlet transformations generate a calcium flux 'threshold', with the frequency of the 'threshold crossings' correlating with the strength ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Christo SN,Diener KR,Nordon RE,Brown MP,Griesser HJ,Vasilev K,Christo FC,Hayball JD

更新日期：2015-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pelvic recurrence of colorectal cancer is a crucial problem because radical surgery can lead to excessive invasion. Novel therapeutic strategies are required instead of surgery. However, there are few suitable models because of the difficulty in transplanting and observing tumors in the pelvis. We have established an ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yamamoto M,Taniguchi K,Masubuchi S,Tominaga T,Inomata Y,Miyamoto A,Ishizuka TA,Murakami T,Osumi W,Hamamoto H,Tanaka K,Okuda J,Uchiyama K

更新日期：2019-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetric cell divisions are required for cellular diversity and defects can lead to altered daughter cell fates and numbers. In a genetic screen for C. elegans mutants with defects in dopaminergic head neuron specification or differentiation, we isolated a new allele of the transcription factor HAM-1 [HSN (Hermaphro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Offenburger SL,Bensaddek D,Murillo AB,Lamond AI,Gartner A

更新日期：2017-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epsilon-Near-Zero materials exhibit a transition in the real part of the dielectric permittivity from positive to negative value as a function of wavelength. Here we study metal-dielectric layered metamaterials in the homogenised regime (each layer has strongly subwavelength thickness) with zero real part of the permi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kaipurath RM,Pietrzyk M,Caspani L,Roger T,Clerici M,Rizza C,Ciattoni A,Di Falco A,Faccio D

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic fluctuations largely affects species turnover and cause major shifts of terrestrial ecosystem. In the present study the five decade old herbarium specimens of lichens were compared with recent collection from Darjeeling district with respect to elements, PAHs accumulation and carbon isotope composition (δ(13)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bajpai R,Mishra S,Dwivedi S,Upreti DK

更新日期：2016-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The topotactic phase transition in SrCoO x (x = 2.5-3.0) makes it possible to reversibly transit between the two distinct phases, i.e. the brownmillerite SrCoO2.5 that is a room-temperature antiferromagnetic insulator (AFM-I) and the perovskite SrCoO3 that is a ferromagnetic metal (FM-M), owing to their multiple valen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee JH,Choi WS,Jeen H,Lee HJ,Seo JH,Nam J,Yeom MS,Lee HN

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum neurofilament light chain (NfL) is emerging as an important biomarker in multiple sclerosis (MS). Our objective was to evaluate the prognostic value of serum NfL levels obtained close to the time of MS onset with long-term clinical outcomes. In this prospective cohort study, we identified patients with serum col...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Thebault S,Abdoli M,Fereshtehnejad SM,Tessier D,Tabard-Cossa V,Freedman MS

更新日期：2020-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome engineering is a rapidly evolving field that benefits from the availability of different tools that can be used to perform genome manipulation tasks. We describe here the development of the Flp-TAL recombinases that can target genomic FRT-like sequences in their native chromosomal locations. Flp-TAL recombinase...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Voziyanova E,Li F,Shah R,Voziyanov Y

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no treatment for the myelin loss in multiple sclerosis, ultimately resulting in the axonal degeneration that leads to the progressive phase of the disease. We established a multi-tiered platform for the sequential screening of drugs that could be repurposed as remyelinating agents. We screened a library of 2,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eleuteri C,Olla S,Veroni C,Umeton R,Mechelli R,Romano S,Buscarinu MC,Ferrari F,Calò G,Ristori G,Salvetti M,Agresti C

更新日期：2017-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Lactamases are a major threat to the clinical use of carbapenems, which are often antibiotics of last resort. Despite this, the reaction outcomes and mechanisms by which β-lactamases degrade carbapenems are still not fully understood. The carbapenem bicyclic core consists of a β-lactam ring fused to a pyrroline ring...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lohans CT,Freeman EI,Groesen EV,Tooke CL,Hinchliffe P,Spencer J,Brem J,Schofield CJ

更新日期：2019-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated high-efficiency two-terminal tandem photovoltaic (PV) devices consisting of a p/i/n thin film silicon top sub-cell (p/i/n-TFS) and a heterojunction with an intrinsic thin-layer (HIT) bottom sub-cell. We used computer simulations and experimentation. The short-circuit current density (Jsc) of the top su...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park J,Dao VA,Kim S,Pham DP,Kim S,Le AHT,Kang J,Yi J

更新日期：2018-10-18 00:00:00