Distinguishing extant elephants ivory from mammoth ivory using a short sequence of cytochrome b gene.

abstract：:N-doped carbon nanosheets/vanadium nitride nanoparticles (N-CNS/VNNPs) are synthesized via a novel method combining surface-initiated in-situ intercalative polymerization and thermal-treatment process in NH3/N2 atmosphere. The pH value of the synthesis system plays a critical role in constructing the structure and enh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan Y,Liu Y,Tang Z,Wang Z,Kong L,Kang L,Liu Z,Ran F

更新日期：2018-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:β1 integrin regulates the response of both normal and cancer cells to their local environment. Although mis-localised in prostate cancer, the role β1 integrin plays in prostate development and carcinogenesis remains unknown. To assess the role of β1 integrin in vivo, we conditionally deleted β1 integrin from prostate ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Moran-Jones K,Ledger A,Naylor MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to probe the peristaltic propulsion of a non-Newtonian fluid model with suspended gold nanoparticles. The base fluid is considered to simulate blood using the Carreau fluid model. We model a small annulus as a tube with a peristaltic wave containing a clot propagating towards the tube wall...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Abdelsalam SI,Bhatti MM

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite extensive research on various types of meditation, research on the neural correlates of religious chanting is in a nascent stage. Using multi-modal electrophysiological and neuroimaging methods, we illustrate that during religious chanting, the posterior cingulate cortex shows the largest decrease in eigenvect...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao J,Leung HK,Wu BWY,Skouras S,Sik HH

更新日期：2019-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic autoimmune disease that is associated with the destruction of immune tolerance and activation of B cells. Interleukin (IL)-35 and IL-35-producing (IL-35+) regulatory B cells (Bregs) have been demonstrated to possess immunosuppressive functions, but their roles in t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ye Z,Jiang Y,Sun D,Zhong W,Zhao L,Jiang Z

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a cellular homeostatic mechanism where proteins and organelles are digested and recycled to provide an alternative source of building blocks and energy to cells. The role of autophagy in cancer microenvironment is still poorly understood. Here, we present a microfluidic system allowing monitoring of the c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Karakas HE,Kim J,Park J,Oh JM,Choi Y,Gozuacik D,Cho YK

更新日期：2017-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to repair bone defects arising from trauma, resection, or disease, continue to be sought after. Cyclic mechanical loading is well established to influence bone (re)modelling activity, in which bone formation and resorption are correlated to micro-scale strain. Based on this, the application of mechanical stimu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Malhotra A,Walle M,Paul GR,Kuhn GA,Müller R

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible vision loss predicted to affect more than 100 million people by 2040. Intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction prevents development of glaucoma and vision loss from glaucoma. Glaucoma surgeries reduce IOP by facilitating aqueous humor outflow through a vent fashioned from the wa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Parikh KS,Josyula A,Omiadze R,Ahn JY,Ha Y,Ensign LM,Hanes J,Pitha I

更新日期：2020-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Coherent B2-ordered NiAl-type precipitates have been used to reinforce solid-solution body-centered-cubic iron for high-temperature application in fossil-energy power plants. In this study, we investigate the stability of nano-sized precipitates in a NiAl-strengthened ferritic alloy at 700-950 °C using ultra-small ang...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sun Z,Song G,Ilavsky J,Ghosh G,Liaw PK

更新日期：2015-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is an independent risk factor for development of heart failure and has been associated with poor outcomes in these patients. The prevalence of diabetes continues to rise. Using routine HbA1c measurements on inpatients at a tertiary hospital, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of diabetes amongst patients ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Khoo K,Lew J,Neef P,Kearney L,Churilov L,Robbins R,Tan A,Hachem M,Owen-Jones L,Lam Q,Hart GK,Wilson A,Sumithran P,Johnson D,Srivastava PM,Farouque O,Burrell LM,Zajac JD,Ekinci EI

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aftershocks are the most striking evidence of earthquake interactions and the physical mechanisms at the origin of their occurrence are still intensively debated. Novel insights stem from recent results on the influence of the faulting style on the aftershock organisation in magnitude and time. Our study shows that th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lippiello E,Giacco F,Marzocchi W,Godano C,de Arcangelis L

更新日期：2015-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has shown beneficial effects in models of Parkinson's disease. The mild results observed in the double-blind clinical trial by intraputamenal infusion of recombinant GDNF proteins warrant a search for alternative delivery methods. In this study, we investigated the functio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ren Z,Wang J,Wang S,Zou C,Li X,Guan Y,Chen Z,Zhang YA

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although affective and semantic word properties are known to independently influence our sensorimotor system, less is known about their interaction. We investigated this issue applying a data-driven mixed-effects regression approach, evaluating the impact of lexical-semantic properties on electrophysiological paramete...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vergallito A,Petilli MA,Cattaneo L,Marelli M

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbiodinium is a dinoflagellate that plays an important role in the physiology of the symbiotic relationships of Cnidarians such as corals and sea anemones. However, it is very difficult to cultivate free-living dinoflagellates after being isolated from the host, as they are very sensitive to environmental changes. H...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pasaribu B,Weng LC,Lin IP,Camargo E,Tzen JT,Tsai CH,Ho SL,Lin MR,Wang LH,Chen CS,Jiang PL

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The probability of mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT) pore opening is inversely related to the magnitude of the proton electrochemical gradient. The module conferring sensitivity of the pore to this gradient has not been identified. We investigated mPT's voltage-sensing properties elicited by calcimycin or H2...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Doczi J,Torocsik B,Echaniz-Laguna A,Mousson de Camaret B,Starkov A,Starkova N,Gál A,Molnár MJ,Kawamata H,Manfredi G,Adam-Vizi V,Chinopoulos C

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Inconsistent findings have reported on the inflammatory potential of diet and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality risk. The aim of this meta-analysis was to investigate the association between the inflammatory potential of diet as estimated by the dietary inflammatory index (DII) score and CVD or mortality risk...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhong X,Guo L,Zhang L,Li Y,He R,Cheng G

更新日期：2017-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes or biological vesicles can be created from cholesterol, phospholipid, and water. Their stability is affected by their phospholipid composition which can influence disease treatment and drug delivery efficacy. In this study, the effect of phospholipid type on the formation and stability of liposomes using coa...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hashemzadeh H,Javadi H,Darvishi MH

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a member of the receptor tyrosine kinases ErbB family and it is found to be overexpressed in gastric cancer. However, the mechanism of the regulation of the EGFR expression is still unknown. We used the Sequenom EpiTYPER assay to detect the methylation status of the EGFR prom...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Weng X,Zhang H,Ye J,Kan M,Liu F,Wang T,Deng J,Tan Y,He L,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the III-nitride semiconductors, InxGa1-xN is a key material for visible optical devices such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), laser diodes, and solar cells. Light emission is achieved via electron-hole recombination within the InxGa1-xN layer. When InxGa1-xN-based blue LEDs were first commercialized, the high pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sakaki A,Funato M,Miyano M,Okazaki T,Kawakami Y

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Turner syndrome (TS) is associated with decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture rate. However, the developmental trajectory of bone density or body composition in patients with TS is still unclear. The present study tested the hypothesis that different karyotypes and/or age contributes to abnormal body c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Shi K,Liu L,He YJ,Li D,Yuan LX,Lash GE,Li L

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic and optical properties of metal nanoparticles can be combined to create platforms for light-driven chemical energy storage and enhanced in-situ reaction monitoring. However, the heavily damped plasmon resonances of many catalytically active metals (e.g. Pt, Pd) prevent this dual functionality in pure nan...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ringe E,DeSantis CJ,Collins SM,Duchamp M,Dunin-Borkowski RE,Skrabalak SE,Midgley PA

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin phosphatase (MP) holoenzyme is a protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) type Ser/Thr specific enzyme that consists of a PP1 catalytic (PP1c) and a myosin phosphatase target subunit-1 (MYPT1). MYPT1 is an ubiquitously expressed isoform and it targets PP1c to its substrates. We identified the protein arginine methyltransfer...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sipos A,Iván J,Bécsi B,Darula Z,Tamás I,Horváth D,Medzihradszky KF,Erdődi F,Lontay B

更新日期：2017-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-harmonic generation (SHG) is the most specific label-free indicator of collagen accumulation in widespread pathologies such as fibrosis, and SHG-based measurements hold important potential for biomedical analyses. However, efficient collagen SHG scoring in histological slides is hampered by the limited depth-of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vuillemin N,Mahou P,Débarre D,Gacoin T,Tharaux PL,Schanne-Klein MC,Supatto W,Beaurepaire E

更新日期：2016-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins coupled with other proteins form protein complexes named focal adhesions (FA) which are considered as the primary sites for cellular forces transduction during cell stable adhesion. Cell traction forces transmitted by FAs and integrin tensions inside FAs have been extensively studied. However, it remains unk...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypoglycemia on the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains largely unknown. This is a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial to investigate the relationship between hypoglycemic episodes and changes in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT). Among 274 study...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mita T,Katakami N,Shiraiwa T,Yoshii H,Kuribayashi N,Osonoi T,Kaneto H,Kosugi K,Umayahara Y,Gosho M,Shimomura I,Watada H

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment organelles known as melanosomes disperse or aggregate in a melanophore in response to hormones. These movements are mediated by the microtubule motors kinesin-2 and cytoplasmic dynein. However, the force generation mechanism of dynein, unlike that of kinesin, is not well understood. In this study, to address t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hasegawa S,Sagawa T,Ikeda K,Okada Y,Hayashi K

更新日期：2019-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation often sustain acute kidney injury(AKI). The toll-like receptor 4(TLR4)/Nuclear factor-кB(NF-кB) pathway plays a role in AKI. Dexmedetomidine(Dex) has been shown to attenuate AKI. The current study aimed to determine whether liver transplantation-induced AKI is asso...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yao H,Chi X,Jin Y,Wang Y,Huang P,Wu S,Xia Z,Cai J

更新日期：2015-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used as a host strain in bioproduction, because of its rapid growth, ease of genetic manipulation, and high reducing capacity. However, the heat produced during the fermentation processes inhibits the biological activities and growth of the yeast cells. We performed whole-genome sequencing ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Satomura A,Miura N,Kuroda K,Ueda M

更新日期：2016-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid mediators play pivotal roles in colorectal cancer and colitis, but only a limited member of the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) subtypes, which lie upstream of various lipid mediators, have been implicated in the positive or negative regulation of these diseases. Clinical and biochemical evidence suggests that secreted ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Murase R,Taketomi Y,Miki Y,Nishito Y,Saito M,Fukami K,Yamamoto K,Murakami M

更新日期：2017-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-talk between exogenous salicylic acid (SA) and endogenous phytohormone pathways affects the antioxidant defense system and its response to salt stress. The study presented here investigated the effects of SA treatment before and during salt stress on the levels of endogenous plant growth regulators in three barl...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Torun H,Novák O,Mikulík J,Pěnčík A,Strnad M,Ayaz FA

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00