Genome-wide identification, phylogeny and expression analysis of the PME and PMEI gene families in maize.

abstract：:Gut microbiota dysbiosis features progressive HIV infection and is a potential target for intervention. Herein, we explored the microbiome of 16 elite controllers (EC), 32 antiretroviral therapy naive progressors and 16 HIV negative controls. We found that the number of observed genera and richness indices in fecal mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vesterbacka J,Rivera J,Noyan K,Parera M,Neogi U,Calle M,Paredes R,Sönnerborg A,Noguera-Julian M,Nowak P

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Our study sought to examine whether patterns of newborn screening analytes differed between infants with and without neonatal HIE in order to identify opportunities for potential use of these analytes for diagnosis in routine c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wilson LA,Fell DB,Hawken S,Wong CA,Murphy MSQ,Little J,Potter BK,Walker M,Lacaze-Masmonteil T,Juul S,Chakraborty P,Wilson K

更新日期：2019-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reports a facile method for preparing the new photoactive In(2)O(3) films as well as their implementation in photoelectrochemical (PEC) application. We firstly investigated the relationship between oxygen vacancies (V(O)) and PEC performance and revealed a rule between them. We found that the optimized In(2)...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gan J,Lu X,Wu J,Xie S,Zhai T,Yu M,Zhang Z,Mao Y,Wang SC,Shen Y,Tong Y

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone lysine acetyltransferase (KAT)-catalyzed acetylation of lysine residues in histone tails plays a key role in regulating gene expression in eukaryotes. Here, we examined the role of lysine side chain length in the catalytic activity of human KATs by incorporating shorter and longer lysine analogs into synthetic...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Proietti G,Wang Y,Rainone G,Mecinović J

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMO belongs to the ubiquitin-like family (UbL) of protein modifiers. SUMO is conserved among eukaryotes and is essential for the regulation of processes such as DNA damage repair, transcription, DNA replication and mitosis. UbL modification of proteins occurs via a specific enzymatic cascade formed by the crosstalk b...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu B,Lois LM,Reverter D

更新日期：2017-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 0.5-1.4% of natal males and 0.2-0.3% of natal females meet DSM-5 criteria for gender dysphoria, with many of these individuals self-describing as transgender men or women. Despite recent improvements both in social acceptance of transgender individuals as well as access to gender affirming therapy, progr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Theisen JG,Sundaram V,Filchak MS,Chorich LP,Sullivan ME,Knight J,Kim HG,Layman LC

更新日期：2019-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is a minimally invasive procedure; however, some amount of surgical trauma that can trigger systemic inflammation remains. Moreover, pneumoperitoneum during RALRP induces ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). Propofol, an anesthetic, is known to have anti-inflamma...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Roh GU,Song Y,Park J,Ki YM,Han DW

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics alternation of non-genetic variation and genome-wide association study proven allelic variants may associate with insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes (T2D) development. We analyzed promoter DNA methylation array to evaluate the associated with increased susceptibility to T2D (30 cases, 10 controls) and fo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen YT,Lin WD,Liao WL,Tsai YC,Liao JW,Tsai FJ

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gu H,Qi X,Jia Y,Zhang Z,Nie C,Li X,Li J,Jiang Z,Wang Q,Qu L

更新日期：2020-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand-induced dimerization of cell surface single-transmembrane receptors is essential for their activation. However, physiological molecules that inhibit their dimerization and activation have not been identified. ErbB3 dimerizes with ErbB2 upon binding of heregulin (HRG) to ErbB3, causing the ErbB2-catalyzed ty...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mizutani K,Kedashiro S,Maruoka M,Ueda Y,Takai Y

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Sweet potato is an important food and bio-energy crop, and investigating the mechanisms underlying salt tolerance will provide information for salt-tolerant breeding of this crop. Here, the root transcriptomes of the salt-sensitive variety Lizixiang and the salt-tolerant line ND98 were compared to identify the genes a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang H,Zhang Q,Zhai H,Li Y,Wang X,Liu Q,He S

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase plays a key role in CO2 transport, acid-base and ion regulation and metabolic processes in vertebrates. While several carbonic anhydrase isoforms have been identified in numerous vertebrate species, basal lineages such as the cyclostomes have remained largely unexamined. Here we investigate the repe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ferreira-Martins D,McCormick SD,Campos A,Lopes-Marques M,Osório H,Coimbra J,Castro LF,Wilson JM

更新日期：2016-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-1 infected infants experience poor viral containment and rapid disease progression compared to adults. Viral factors (e.g. transmitted cytotoxic T- lymphocyte (CTL) escape mutations) or infant factors (e.g. reduced CTL functional capacity) may explain this observation. We assessed CTL ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Garcia-Knight MA,Slyker J,Payne BL,Pond SL,de Silva TI,Chohan B,Khasimwa B,Mbori-Ngacha D,John-Stewart G,Rowland-Jones SL,Esbjörnsson J

更新日期：2016-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Most traits of agricultural importance are quantitative traits controlled by numerous genes. However, it remains unclear about the molecular mechanisms underpinning quantitative traits. Here, we report the molecular characteristics of the genes controlling three quantitative traits randomly selected from three diverse...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang M,Liu YH,Xu W,Smith CW,Murray SC,Zhang HB

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Viruses exploit host factors and environment for their efficient replication. The virus-host interaction mechanisms for achieving an optimal hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication have been largely unknown. Here, a single cell cloning revealed that HepAD38 cells, a widely-used HBV-inducible cell line, contain cell clones...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iwamoto M,Cai D,Sugiyama M,Suzuki R,Aizaki H,Ryo A,Ohtani N,Tanaka Y,Mizokami M,Wakita T,Guo H,Watashi K

更新日期：2017-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic and relapsing disease with a substantial genetic influence. Given the recent discovery of the association of PPM1G methylation with alcohol use disorder (AUD) from a genome-wide methylation study, we sought to verify and extend the previous work of AUD-related impulsivity in a K...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park CI,Kim HW,Hwang SS,Kang JI,Kim SJ

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulation through cerebral collaterals can maintain tissue viability until reperfusion is achieved. However, collateral circulation is time limited, and failure of collaterals is accelerated in the aged. Remote ischemic perconditioning (RIPerC), which involves inducing a series of repetitive, transient peripheral cy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma J,Ma Y,Shuaib A,Winship IR

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer printing, a two-step process (i.e. picking up and printing) for heterogeneous integration, has been widely exploited for the fabrication of functional electronics system. To ensure a reliable process, strong adhesion for picking up and weak or no adhesion for printing are required. However, it is challenging ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sim K,Chen S,Li Y,Kammoun M,Peng Y,Xu M,Gao Y,Song J,Zhang Y,Ardebili H,Yu C

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The morbidity and mortality rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection are higher than that of either infection alone. Outcomes and the virological response to antiretrovirals (combination antiretroviral therapy, cART) were explored in HIV/HBV subjects in a cohort of Italian patien...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Malagnino V,Cerva C,Maffongelli G,Teti E,Foroghi Biland L,Cesta N,De Masi M,Stingone C,Armenia D,Svicher V,Salpini R,Andreoni M,Sarmati L

更新日期：2019-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymer-derived silicon oxycarbide (SiCO) presents excellent performance for high temperature and lithium-ion battery applications. Current experiments have provided some information on nano-structure of SiCO, while it is very challenging for experiments to take further insight into the molecular structure and its rel...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liao N,Zhang M,Zhou H,Xue W

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Misuse of antibiotics in the clinical and agricultural sectors has caused the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae which contributes a threat to human health. In this study, we assessed the feasibility of lavender essential oil (LVO) as an antimicrobial agent in combinatory therapy with meropen...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang SK,Yusoff K,Thomas W,Akseer R,Alhosani MS,Abushelaibi A,Lim SH,Lai KS

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Core-shell nanoparticles often exhibit improved catalytic properties due to the lattice strain created in these core-shell particles. Herein, we demonstrate the synthesis of core-shell Au@Pd nanoparticles from their core-shell Au@Ag/Pd parents. This strategy begins with the preparation of core-shell Au@Ag nanoparticle...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen D,Li C,Liu H,Ye F,Yang J

更新日期：2015-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are vulnerable to infections. We aim to explore the approach to differentiate active infection from disease activity in pediatric SLE patients. Fifty pediatric SLE patients presenting with 185 clinical visits were collected. The associations between both clinical and laborat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Luo KL,Yang YH,Lin YT,Hu YC,Yu HH,Wang LC,Chiang BL,Lee JH

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed Tomography (CT) is a powerful method for non-destructive testing (NDT) and metrology awakes with expanding application fields. To improve the spatial resolution of high energy CT, a micro-spot gamma-ray source based on bremsstrahlung from a laser wakefield accelerator was developed. A high energy CT using the...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu YC,Zhu B,Li G,Zhang XH,Yu MH,Dong KG,Zhang TK,Yang Y,Bi B,Yang J,Yan YH,Tan F,Fan W,Lu F,Wang SY,Zhao ZQ,Zhou WM,Cao LF,Gu YQ

更新日期：2018-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria surveillance data provide opportunity to develop forecasting models. Seasonal variability in environmental factors correlate with malaria transmission, thus the identification of transmission patterns is useful in developing prediction models. However, with changing seasonal transmission patterns, either due t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sewe MO,Tozan Y,Ahlm C,Rocklöv J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ample evidence indicates that obesity causes dysfunctions in the lung. Previous studies also show that cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathways play crucial roles in obesity-induced chronic inflammation via α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7nAChR) signaling. However, it remains unclear whether and how obesity affec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Qi Y,Si D,Zhu L,Qi Y,Wu Z,Chen D,Yang Y

更新日期：2020-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed suppressive effects of potassium (K) fertilisation on radiocesium (137Cs) uptake by hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) seedlings from soils contaminated after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Three-year-old seedlings were planted in a clear-cut forest (ca. 4 ha) during June-July 2014,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Komatsu M,Hirai K,Nagakura J,Noguchi K

更新日期：2017-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We adopted a vision-based tracking system for augmented reality (AR), and evaluated whether it helped surgeons to localize the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during robotic thyroid surgery. We constructed an AR image of the trachea, common carotid artery, and RLN using CT images. During surgery, an AR image of the tr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lee D,Yu HW,Kim S,Yoon J,Lee K,Chai YJ,Choi JY,Kong HJ,Lee KE,Cho HS,Kim HC

更新日期：2020-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) are used to diagnose and classify the severity of chronic kidney disease. Total adiponectin (T-AN) and high molecular weight adiponectin (H-AN) assays were developed using the fully automated immunoassay system, HI-1000 and their significance o...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Watanabe T,Fujimoto Y,Morimoto A,Nishiyama M,Kawai A,Okada S,Aiba M,Kawano T,Kawahigashi M,Ishizu M,Mori H,Matsuhisa M,Hata A,Funaki M,Hashida S

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma pulmonary metastases are typically treated with resection and/or chemotherapy. We hypothesize that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) can be an alternative to surgery that can achieve high rates of local control with limited toxicity. From January 2005 to December 2013, 73 patients who developed pulmonary me...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yu W,Liu Z,Tang L,Lin F,Yao Y,Shen Z

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00