Isolation and no-entry marine reserves mitigate anthropogenic impacts on grey reef shark behavior.

abstract：:Genetic factors affect host susceptibility to pathogens. In this population-based case control study, we explored the genetic polymorphisms of IL-17, TLR4 and miR-146a in association with pulmonary tuberculosis in a Chinese Han population. We recruited 1601 pulmonary tuberculosis patients matched with 1526 healthy con...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang M,Xu G,Lü L,Xu K,Chen Y,Pan H,Burstrom B,Burstrom K,Wang J

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine pollution is a significant issue in recent decades, with the increase in industries and their waste harming the environment and ecosystems. Notably, the rise in shellfish industries contributes to tons of shellfish waste composed of up to 58% chitin. Chitin, the second most ample polymer next to cellulose, is i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Subramanian K,Sadaiappan B,Aruni W,Kumarappan A,Thirunavukarasu R,Srinivasan GP,Bharathi S,Nainangu P,Renuga PS,Elamaran A,Balaraman D,Subramanian M

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal ethanol exposure (PEE) is an established risk factor for intrauterine growth retardation. The present study was designed to determine whether PEE can increase the susceptibility of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced metabolic syndrome (MS) in adult offspring in a sex-specific manner, based on a generalized linear mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： He Z,Li J,Luo H,Zhang L,Ma L,Chen L,Wang H

更新日期：2015-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus mutans is known to be a major causative agent of dental caries, and strains expressing the cell surface collagen-binding Cnm protein contribute to the development of several systemic diseases. A relationship between tonsillar immunity and glomerulonephritis has been recognized in IgA nephropathy (IgAN), ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ito S,Misaki T,Naka S,Wato K,Nagasawa Y,Nomura R,Otsugu M,Matsumoto-Nakano M,Nakano K,Kumagai H,Oshima N

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the fabrication of flower-like CuO nanostructured surfaces via submerged photo-synthesis of crystallites (SPSC), which requires only UV illumination in neutral water. In this paper, we discuss the reaction mechanism of the photochemical formation of the SPSC-fabricated CuO nanostructures in detail based on s...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nishino F,Jeem M,Zhang L,Okamoto K,Okabe S,Watanabe S

更新日期：2017-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is an essential ingredient for stabilizing chiral spin configurations in spintronic applications. Here, via first-principles calculations, we reveal the influence of lattice strain on DMI in Co/Pt interface. We observed a considerable enhancement for a certain la...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Deger C

更新日期：2020-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which chronic metabolic acidosis (CMA) regulates sodium (Na(+))-chloride (Cl(-)) cotransporter (NCC) in the renal distal convoluted tubules remains unexplored. We examined the role of STE20/SPS1-related proline/alanine-rich kinase (SPAK) and with-no-lysine kinase 4 (WNK4) on expression of NCC in mouse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fang YW,Yang SS,Cheng CJ,Tseng MH,Hsu HM,Lin SH

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell fate decisions are controlled by the interplay of transcription factors and epigenetic modifiers, which together determine cellular identity. Here we elaborate on the role of miR302 in the regulation of cell plasticity. Overexpression of miR302 effected silencing of the TGFβ type II receptor and facilitated plast...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： De Chiara L,Andrews D,Watson A,Oliviero G,Cagney G,Crean J

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) had been reported to be the predominant carbapenemase among Escherichia coli in Taiwan. However, studies focusing on the clonal background and epidemiology of plasmids carrying NDM genes were limited. Between 2016 and 2018, all clinical E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates tha...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Huang YS,Tsai WC,Li JJ,Chen PY,Wang JT,Chen YT,Chen FJ,Lauderdale TL,Chang SC

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Generating various laser sources is important in the communication systems. We propose an approach that uses a mechanical resonator coupled with the optical fibre system to produce periodic and chaotic optical signals. The resonator is structured in such a way that the nonlinear oscillation occurs conveniently. The me...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jin L,Guo Y,Ji X,Li L

更新日期：2017-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet sorghum bagasse (SSB) is a promising raw material for silage fermentation due to its high residual nutritive, but the efficient fermentation strategy of SSB has not been reported yet. This study evaluated the effects of microbial inoculant on the fermentation quality, chemical composition and microbial community...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong M,Li Q,Xu F,Wang S,Chen J,Li W

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Werner syndrome (WS) is the canonical adult human progeroid ('premature aging') syndrome. Patients with this autosomal recessive Mendelian disorder display constitutional genomic instability and an elevated risk of important age-associated diseases including cancer. Remarkably few analyses of WS patient tissue and tum...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tokita M,Kennedy SR,Risques RA,Chun SG,Pritchard C,Oshima J,Liu Y,Bryant-Greenwood PK,Welcsh P,Monnat RJ

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) is a histone demethylase that participates in transcriptional repression or activation. Recent studies reported that LSD1 is involved in learning and memory. Although LSD1 phosphorylation by PKCα was implicated in circadian rhythmicity, the importance of LSD1 phosphorylation in lea...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lim CS,Nam HJ,Lee J,Kim D,Choi JE,Kang SJ,Kim S,Kim H,Kwak C,Shim KW,Kim S,Ko HG,Lee RU,Jang EH,Yoo J,Shim J,Islam MA,Lee YS,Lee JH,Baek SH,Kaang BK

更新日期：2017-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The intricate molecular processes underlying photosynthesis have long been studied using various analytic approaches. However, the three-dimensional (3D) dynamics of such photosynthetic processes remain unexplored due to technological limitations related to investigating intraorganellar mechanisms in vivo. By developi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iwai M,Yokono M,Kurokawa K,Ichihara A,Nakano A

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital cataract is the most frequent inherited ocular disorder and the most leading cause of lifelong visual loss. The screening of pathogenic mutations can be very challenging in some cases, for congenital cataracts are clinically and genetically heterogeneous diseases. The aim of this study is to investigate the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhai Y,Li J,Yu W,Zhu S,Yu Y,Wu M,Sun G,Gong X,Yao K

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a high-quality MgB2 thin film with a thickness of ~1000 nm on an Al2O3 substrate using optical spectroscopy. We measured the reflectance spectra of the film at various temperatures both below, and above, the superconducting transition temperature, T c   [Formula: see text] 40 K. An earlier study showed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Seo YS,Lee JH,Kang WN,Hwang J

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tail-anchored (TA) proteins are post-translationally inserted into membranes. The TRC40 pathway targets TA proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum via a receptor comprised of WRB and CAML. TRC40 pathway clients have been identified using in vitro assays, however, the relevance of the TRC40 pathway in vivo remains unknow...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rivera-Monroy J,Musiol L,Unthan-Fechner K,Farkas Á,Clancy A,Coy-Vergara J,Weill U,Gockel S,Lin SY,Corey DP,Kohl T,Ströbel P,Schuldiner M,Schwappach B,Vilardi F

更新日期：2016-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study aims to evaluate the burden of disease in Singapore by estimating the quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost due to mental disorders and chronic physical conditions. The second Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS-2016) was conducted in 2016 among 6126 respondents aged 18 years and above. The World ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abdin E,Chong SA,Vaingankar JA,Shafie S,Verma S,Luo N,Tan KB,James L,Heng D,Subramaniam M

更新日期：2020-02-14 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 not been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Boel A,Steyaert W,De Rocker N,Menten B,Callewaert B,De Paepe A,Coucke P,Willaert A

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary incontinence of idiopathic nature is a common complication of bladder cancer, yet, the mechanisms underlying changes in bladder contractility associated with cancer are not known. Here by using tensiometry on detrusor smooth muscle (DSM) strips from normal rats and rats with bladder cancer induced by known uro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Philyppov IB,Sotkis GV,Rock A,Roudbaraki M,Bonnal JL,Mauroy B,Prevarskaya N,Shuba YM

更新日期：2020-11-12 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 not been fixed in the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Alflen A,Prüfer S,Ebner K,Reuter S,Lopez PA,Scharrer I,Banno F,Stassen M,Schild H,Jurk K,Bosmann M,Beckert H,Radsak MP

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead germanate-graphene nanosheets (PbGeO3-GNS) composites have been prepared by an efficient one-step, in-situ hydrothermal method and were used as anode materials for Li-ion batteries (LIBs). The PbGeO3 nanowires, around 100-200 nm in diameter, are highly encapsulated in a graphene matrix. The lithiation and de-lith...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Feng CQ,Sun ZQ,Chou SL,Liu HK,Wang JZ

更新日期：2014-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Features from Electrovestibulography (EVestG) recordings have been used to classify and measure the severity of both persistent post-concussion syndrome (PCS) and major depressive disorder. Herein, we examined the effect of comorbid depression on the detection of persistent PCS using EVestG. To validate our previously...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Suleiman A,Lithgow B,Mansouri B,Moussavi Z

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of quantum spin Hall states in 1T' phase of the monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides has recently attracted the attention for its potential in nanoelectronic applications. While most of the theoretical findings in this regard deal with infinitely periodic crystal structures, here we employ density ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Das B,Sen D,Mahapatra S

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that immune cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of many neurological conditions. Immune cells constantly survey the brain microvasculature for irregularities in levels of factors that signal homeostasis. Immune responses are initiated when necessary, resulting in mobilisat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mori Y,Chen T,Fujisawa T,Kobashi S,Ohno K,Yoshida S,Tago Y,Komai Y,Hata Y,Yoshioka Y

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study was designed to compare prognostic relevance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings before and after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). From 2002 to 2010, 399 patients who underwent surgery after CRT for rectal cancer (≥T3) and had adequate pre-CRT (mr) and post-CRT (ymr) MRI findings ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song KS,Lee DW,Kim B,Hur BY,Kim MJ,Kim MJ,Hong CW,Park SC,Park HC,Sohn DK,Kim BC,Han KS,Oh JH

更新日期：2019-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been known that some traumatic macular holes can close spontaneously. However, knowledge about the types of macular hole that can close spontaneously is limited. In this retrospective study, we investigated patients with traumatic macular hole who were followed-up for at least 6 months without any surgical inte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen H,Chen W,Zheng K,Peng K,Xia H,Zhu L

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a designed interaction between two isolated cell populations of Euglena gracilis and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, separately confined in two 25-square micro-aquariums of lab-on-chip size. The interaction was realized by interlinking two identical optical feedback systems, which measured the cell distribut...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ozasa K,Won J,Song S,Maeda M

更新日期：2016-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been thought that incretin signaling prevents arteriosclerosis, and very recently anti-arteriosclerotic effects through GLP-1 receptor were finally demonstrated in clinical human study. The purpose of this study was to investigate how vascular GLP-1 receptor expression is influenced in human subjects. First, we...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kimura T,Obata A,Shimoda M,Shimizu I,da Silva Xavier G,Okauchi S,Hirukawa H,Kohara K,Mune T,Moriuchi S,Hiraoka A,Tamura K,Chikazawa G,Ishida A,Yoshitaka H,Rutter GA,Kaku K,Kaneto H

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant evolutionary history influences the taxonomic composition of the root-associated bacterial community, but whether it can also modulate its functioning is unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that crop diversification is a significant factor determining the ecology of the functional group of nitrogen-fixing ba...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bouffaud ML,Renoud S,Moënne-Loccoz Y,Muller D

更新日期：2016-02-23 00:00:00