Author Correction: Membrane directed expression in Escherichia coli of BBA57 and other virulence factors from the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi.

abstract：:An accurate method to predict the mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) patients has been required, especially in children. The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of serum anion gap (AG) for predicting mortality in pediatric ICU (PICU). We reviewed a data of 461 pediatric patients were collected on PICU a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim MJ,Kim YH,Sol IS,Kim SY,Kim JD,Kim HY,Kim KW,Sohn MH,Kim KE

更新日期：2017-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor (ER) regulates the survival and growth of breast cancer cells, but it is less clear how components of the tissue microenvironment affect ER-mediated responses. We set out to test how human mammary fibroblasts (HMFs) modulate ER signaling and downstream cellular responses. We exposed an organotypi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Morgan MM,Livingston MK,Warrick JW,Stanek EM,Alarid ET,Beebe DJ,Johnson BP

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroticism is a personality trait, which is an important risk factor for psychiatric disorders. Recent genome-wide studies reported about 600 genes potentially influencing neuroticism. Little is known about the mechanisms of their action. Here, we aimed to conduct a more detailed analysis of genes that can regulate t...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Belonogova NM,Zorkoltseva IV,Tsepilov YA,Axenovich TI

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A classical model for social-influence-driven opinion change is the threshold model. Here we study cascades of opinion change driven by threshold model dynamics in the case where multiple initiators trigger the cascade, and where all nodes possess the same adoption threshold ϕ. Specifically, using empirical and styliz...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Singh P,Sreenivasan S,Szymanski BK,Korniss G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome editing via CRISPR/Cas9 has become an efficient and reliable way to make precise, targeted changes to the genome of living cells. CXCR4 is a co-receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and has been considered as an important therapeutic target for AIDS. CXCR4 mediates viral entry i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hou P,Chen S,Wang S,Yu X,Chen Y,Jiang M,Zhuang K,Ho W,Hou W,Huang J,Guo D

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory representations are typically endowed with intrinsic noise, leading to variability and inaccuracies in perceptual responses. The Bayesian framework accounts for an optimal strategy to deal with sensory-motor uncertainty, by combining the noisy sensory input with prior information regarding the distribution of ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ege R,Opstal AJV,Van Wanrooij MM

更新日期：2018-11-06 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：:According to amputees, sensory feedback is amongst the most important features lacking from commercial prostheses. Although restoration of touch by means of implantable neural interfaces has been achieved, these approaches require surgical interventions, and their long-term usability still needs to be fully investigat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： D'Anna E,Petrini FM,Artoni F,Popovic I,Simanić I,Raspopovic S,Micera S

更新日期：2017-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticarsia gemmatalis (velvetbean caterpillar) and Chrysodeixis includens (soybean looper) are two important defoliation pests of soybeans. In the present study, we have investigated the susceptibility and brush border membrane-binding properties of both species to Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ea toxin. Bioassays perfor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bel Y,Zack M,Narva K,Escriche B

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbicides are the most commonly used means of controlling weeds. Recently, there has been growing concern over the potential impacts of global climate change, specifically, increasing temperatures and elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, on the sensitivity of weeds to herbicides. Here, glyphosate response of...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Matzrafi M,Brunharo C,Tehranchian P,Hanson BD,Jasieniuk M

更新日期：2019-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Memristors, memcapacitors, and meminductors represent an innovative generation of circuit elements whose properties depend on the state and history of the system. The hysteretic behavior of one of their constituent variables, is their distinctive fingerprint. This feature endows them with the ability to store and proc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guarcello C,Solinas P,Di Ventra M,Giazotto F

更新日期：2017-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The theoretical optimal olfactory search strategy is to move cross-wind. Empirical evidence supporting wind-associated directionality among carnivores, however, is sparse. We examined satellite-linked telemetry movement data of adult female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Hudson Bay, Canada, in relation to modelled...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Togunov RR,Derocher AE,Lunn NJ

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe a unique microbial biotechnology for simultaneous bioremediation and biomining of twelve ionic metals overcoming the obstacles of multimetal toxicity to microbes. After a thorough search of key microorganisms in microbiomes of many sulfidic springs in Bavaria (Germany) over an area of 200 km2, we foun...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hoque E,Fritscher J

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotransmission and secretion of hormones involve a sequence of protein/lipid interactions with lipid turnover impacting on vesicle trafficking and ultimately fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane. We previously demonstrated that sphingosine, a sphingolipid metabolite, promotes formation of the SNARE...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Darios FD,Jorgacevski J,Flašker A,Zorec R,García-Martinez V,Villanueva J,Gutiérrez LM,Leese C,Bal M,Nosyreva E,Kavalali ET,Davletov B

更新日期：2017-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Intuitively, deriving meaning from an abstract image is a uniquely human, idiosyncratic experience. Here we show that, despite having no universally recognised lexical association, abstract images spontaneously elicit specific concepts conveyed by words, with a consistency akin to that of concrete images. We presented...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuipers JR,Jones MW,Thierry G

更新日期：2018-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The sedimentary record, and associated micropalaeontological proxies, is one tool that has been employed to quantify a region's tropical cyclone history. Doing so has largely relied on the identification of allochthonous deposits (sediments and microfossils), sourced from deeper water and entrained by tropical cyclone...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Strotz LC,Mamo BL,Dominey-Howes D

更新日期：2016-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Steering magnetism by electric fields upon interfacing ferromagnetic (FM) and ferroelectric (FE) materials to achieve an emergent multiferroic response bears a great potential for nano-scale devices with novel functionalities. FM/FE heterostructures allow, for instance, the electrical manipulation of magnetic anisotro...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jia C,Wang F,Jiang C,Berakdar J,Xue D

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:EhV-ATPase is an ATP-driven Na+ pump in the eubacteria Enterococcus hirae (Eh). Here, we present the first entire structure of detergent-solubilized EhV-ATPase by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) using Zernike phase plate. The cryo-EM map dominantly showed one of three catalytic conformations in this...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tsunoda J,Song C,Imai FL,Takagi J,Ueno H,Murata T,Iino R,Murata K

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Compression of optical pulses to ultrashort pulse widths using methods of nonlinear optics is a well-established technology of modern laser science. Extending these methods to pulses with high peak powers, which become available due to the rapid progress of laser technologies, is, however, limited by the universal phy...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Voronin AA,Zheltikov AM

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratin 15 (K15), a type I keratin, which pairs with K5 in epidermis, has been used extensively as a biomarker for stem cells. Two commercial antibodies, LHK15, a mouse monoclonal and EPR1614Y, a rabbit monoclonal, have been widely employed to study K15 expression. Here we report differential reactivity of these antib...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aldehlawi H,Niemiec KA,Avisetti DR,Lalli A,Teh MT,Waseem A

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme replacement therapies have revolutionized patient treatment for multiple rare lysosomal storage diseases but show limited effectiveness for addressing pathologies in "hard-to-treat" organs and tissues including brain and bone. Here we investigate the plant lectin RTB as a novel carrier for human lysosomal enzym...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Acosta W,Ayala J,Dolan MC,Cramer CL

更新日期：2015-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment is one of the dominant processes regulating fish population productivity. It is, however, notoriously difficult to predict, as it is the result of a complex multi-step process. Various fine-scale drivers might act on the pathway from adult population characteristics to spawning behaviour and egg production...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Brosset P,Smith AD,Plourde S,Castonguay M,Lehoux C,Van Beveren E

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of specific microRNAs or Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is critically implicated in the pathogenesis of various renal diseases. However, the relationship between microRNAs and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in diabetes-induced glomerular sclerosis remains unknown. Here, we found that decreased miR-29a expressi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hsu YC,Chang PJ,Ho C,Huang YT,Shih YH,Wang CJ,Lin CL

更新日期：2016-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α play an important role in liver fibrosis. von Hippel-Lindau protein (VHL), a key mediator of HIF-α, regulates fibrosis in an organ- and cell-specific way. In this study, human liver samples were collected from hepatitis C-, alcoholic-, and cholestatic-associated fibrotic an...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wang J,Lu Z,Xu Z,Tian P,Miao H,Pan S,Song R,Sun X,Zhao B,Wang D,Ma Y,Song X,Zhang S,Liu L,Jiang H

更新日期：2017-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron-hole exchange interaction in semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) splits the band-edge exciton manifold into optically active ("bright") and passive ("dark") states, leading to a complicated exciton fine structure. In the present work, we resolve by atomistic million-atom many-body pseudopotential calculations th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Baskoutas S,Zeng Z,Garoufalis CS,Bester G

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodopseudomonas palustris CGA009 is a purple non-sulfur bacterium that can fix carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen or break down organic compounds for its carbon and nitrogen requirements. Light, inorganic, and organic compounds can all be used for its source of energy. Excess electrons produced during its metabolic pr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Alsiyabi A,Immethun CM,Saha R

更新日期：2019-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The helicase Twinkle is indispensable for mtDNA replication in nucleoids. Previously, we showed that Twinkle is tightly membrane-associated even in the absence of mtDNA, which suggests that Twinkle is part of a membrane-attached replication platform. Here we show that this platform is a cholesterol-rich membrane struc...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gerhold JM,Cansiz-Arda Ş,Lõhmus M,Engberg O,Reyes A,van Rennes H,Sanz A,Holt IJ,Cooper HM,Spelbrink JN

更新日期：2015-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of 10,129 singleton SNPs of known genomic location in tetraploid cotton provided unique opportunities to characterize genome-wide diversity among 440 Gossypium hirsutum and 219 G. barbadense cultivars and landrace accessions of widespread origin. Using the SNPs distributed genome-wide, we examined genetic diversit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Reddy UK,Nimmakayala P,Abburi VL,Reddy CV,Saminathan T,Percy RG,Yu JZ,Frelichowski J,Udall JA,Page JT,Zhang D,Shehzad T,Paterson AH

更新日期：2017-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The Synlestidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) of southern Africa comprise some highly localized species. All but one species are endemic to South Africa, and many to the Cape Floristic Region. Here we present the first phylogenetic reconstruction of the southern African Synlestidae using nuclear and mitochondrial molecular dat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Simaika JP,Ware JL,Garrison RW,Samways MJ

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniaturised optical coherence tomography (OCT) fibre-optic probes have enabled high-resolution cross-sectional imaging deep within the body. However, existing OCT fibre-optic probe fabrication methods cannot generate miniaturised freeform optics, which limits our ability to fabricate probes with both complex optical ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li J,Fejes P,Lorenser D,Quirk BC,Noble PB,Kirk RW,Orth A,Wood FM,Gibson BC,Sampson DD,McLaughlin RA

更新日期：2018-10-04 00:00:00