Author Correction: Preparation and antimicrobial activity of ZnO-NPs coated cotton/starch and their functionalized ZnO-Ag/cotton and Zn(II) curcumin/cotton materials.

abstract：:The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is one of mechanisms that induce renal interstitial fibrosis. Understanding EMT in renal fibrosis has important therapeutic implications for patients with kidney disease. Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is a natural compound with antioxidant properties. Studies for ALA are perfor...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cho HS,Kim JH,Jang HN,Lee TW,Jung MH,Kim TH,Chang SH,Park DJ

更新日期：2017-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleoporins have been reported to regulate pluripotent biology, but how they do so remains partially characterized. This study examined the effects of nup155 gene disruption on mouse embryonic stem cells to gain insights into possible mechanisms by which nucleoporins regulate pluripotency in a pro-arrhythmogenic stem...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Preston CC,Storm EC,Burdine RD,Bradley TA,Uttecht AD,Faustino RS

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Although genetically modified mice can be generated with high efficiency by using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in mouse zygotes, only the loci with a protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) sequence are targetable. The present study investigated the usability of engineered Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9-NG) in mo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fujii W,Ito H,Kanke T,Ikeda A,Sugiura K,Naito K

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal electronic systems (EESs) are skin-like electronic systems, which can be used to measure several physiological parameters from the skin. This paper presents materials and a simple, straightforward fabrication process for skin-conformable inkjet-printed temperature sensors. Epidermal temperature sensors are a...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Vuorinen T,Niittynen J,Kankkunen T,Kraft TM,Mäntysalo M

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:GlgE, an enzyme of the pathway that converts trehalose to α-glucans, is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Inhibition of GlgE, which transfers maltose from a maltose-1-phosphate donor to α-glucan/maltooligosaccharide chain acceptor, leads to a toxic accumulation of maltose-1-phosphate that culminates in cellula...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mendes V,Blaszczyk M,Maranha A,Empadinhas N,Blundell TL

更新日期：2015-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An empirical approach was taken to screen a novel synthetic compound library designed to be active against Gram-positive bacteria. We obtained five compounds that were active against spores from the model organism Bacillus subtilis and the food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus during our population based experiments. Us...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Omardien S,Ter Beek A,Vischer N,Montijn R,Schuren F,Brul S

更新日期：2018-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an observation of rapid (exceeding 2,000 K/s) heating of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), one of the most popular microchannel materials, under cyclic loadings at high (~MHz) frequencies. A microheater was developed based on the finding. The heating mechanism utilized vibration damping in PDMS induced by sound w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ha BH,Lee KS,Destgeer G,Park J,Choung JS,Jung JH,Shin JH,Sung HJ

更新日期：2015-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The inner ear, or cochlea, is a fluid-filled organ housing the mechanosensitive hair cells. Sound stimulation is relayed to the hair cells through waves that propagate on the elastic basilar membrane. Sensorineural hearing loss occurs from damage to the hair cells and cannot currently be cured. Although drugs have bee...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sumner L,Mestel J,Reichenbach T

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Few-layer black phosphorus (BP) is the most promising material among the two-dimensional materials due to its layered structure and the excellent semiconductor properties. Currently, thin BP atomic layers are obtained mostly by mechanical exfoliation of bulk BP, which limits applications in thin-film based electronics...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Seo S,Lee HU,Lee SC,Kim Y,Kim H,Bang J,Won J,Kim Y,Park B,Lee J

更新日期：2016-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A wet-chemical method combined with spark plasma sintering was used to prepare a W-Y2O3 alloy. High-temperature tensile tests and nano-indentation microhardness tests were used to characterize the mechanical properties of the alloy. After He-ion irradiation, fuzz and He bubbles were observed on the irradiated surface....

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tan X,Luo L,Chen H,Zhu X,Zan X,Luo G,Chen J,Li P,Cheng J,Liu D,Wu Y

更新日期：2015-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Deriving cell populations from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) for cell-based therapy is considered a promising strategy to achieve functional cells, yet its translation to clinical practice depends on achieving fully defined differentiated cells. In this work, we generated a miRNA-responsive lethal mRNA construct ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Elovic E,Etzion S,Cohen S

更新日期：2019-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper proposes new ways to assess handwriting, a critical skill in any child's school journey. Traditionally, a pen and paper test called the BHK test (Concise Evaluation Scale for Children's Handwriting) is used to assess children's handwriting in French-speaking countries. Any child with a BHK score above a cer...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Asselborn T,Chapatte M,Dillenbourg P

更新日期：2020-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of autophagy can have beneficial effects in several human diseases, e.g. cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (ND). Here, we therefore evaluated the potential of two novel autophagy-inducing compounds, i.e. STF-62247 and pimozide, to stimulate autophagy as well as autophagic cell death (ACD) using mouse emb...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kinzler MN,Zielke S,Kardo S,Meyer N,Kögel D,van Wijk SJL,Fulda S

更新日期：2020-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We fabricate high-performance, flexible, transparent electrochromic (EC) films and thin film heaters (TFHs) on an ITO/Cu/ITO (ICI) multilayer electrode prepared by continuous roll-to-roll (RTR) sputtering of ITO and Cu targets. The RTR-sputtered ICI multilayer on a 700 mm wide PET substrate at room temperature exhibit...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Park SH,Lee SM,Ko EH,Kim TH,Nah YC,Lee SJ,Lee JH,Kim HK

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Swarming bacteria are an example of a complex, active biological system, where high cell density and super-diffusive cell mobility confer survival advantages to the group as a whole. Previous studies on the dynamics of the swarm have been limited to easily observable regions at the advancing edge of the swarm where ce...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Partridge JD,Ariel G,Schvartz O,Harshey RM,Be'er A

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinity is a critical abiotic stress, which significantly impacts the agricultural yield worldwide. Identification of the molecular mechanisms underlying the salt tolerance in euhalophyte Suaeda salsa is conducive to the development of salt-resistant crops. In the present study, high-throughput RNA sequencing was per...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang X,Yao Y,Li X,Zhang L,Fan S

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the first-principles evolutionary materials design, we report a stable boron Kagome lattice composed of triangles in triangles on a two-dimensional sheet. The Kagome lattice can be synthesized on a silver substrate, with selecting Mg atoms as guest atoms. While the isolated Kagome lattice is slightly twisted ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim S,Han WH,Lee IH,Chang KJ

更新日期：2017-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new transcriptome assembly of the Pacific whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), the species most farmed for human consumption. Its functional annotation, a substantial improvement over previous ones, is provided freely. RNA-Seq with Illumina HiSeq technology was used to analyze samples extracted from sh...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ghaffari N,Sanchez-Flores A,Doan R,Garcia-Orozco KD,Chen PL,Ochoa-Leyva A,Lopez-Zavala AA,Carrasco JS,Hong C,Brieba LG,Rudiño-Piñera E,Blood PD,Sawyer JE,Johnson CD,Dindot SV,Sotelo-Mundo RR,Criscitiello MF

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, a facile and effective one-pot oxidation-assisted dealloying protocol has been developed to massively synthesize monolithic core-shell architectured nanoporous copper@cuprous oxide nanonetworks (C-S NPC@Cu2O NNs) by chemical dealloying of melt-spun Al 37 at.% Cu alloy in an oxygen-rich alkaline solutio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu W,Chen L,Dong X,Yan J,Li N,Shi S,Zhang S

更新日期：2016-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dumbbell probe (DP) attracts increasing interests in rolling circle amplification (RCA). A universal DP production method through cleavage-ligation of hairpin was proposed and optimized. The production is characterized by restriction endonuclease (RE)-induced cleavage ends ligation. It has the advantage of phosphoryla...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wei H,Tang S,Hu T,Zhao G,Guan Y

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulin 4 (NRG4), an epidermal growth factor-like signaling molecule, plays an important role in cell-to-cell communication during tissue development. Its function to regulate energy metabolism has recently been reported. This current study was designed to assess the preventive and therapeutic effects of NRG4 overe...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ma Y,Gao M,Liu D

更新日期：2016-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:While the glass transition at non-zero temperature seems to be hard to access for experimental, theoretical, or simulation studies, jamming at zero temperature has been studied in great detail. Motivated by the exploration of the energy landscape that has been successfully used to investigate athermal jamming, we intr...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Maiti M,Schmiedeberg M

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-soluble protein content (WSPC) is a critical factor in both soybean protein quality and functionality. However, the underlying genetic determinants are unclear. Here, we used 219 soybean accessions and 152 recombinant inbred lines genotyped with high-density markers and phenotyped in multi-environments to dissec...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang D,Lü H,Chu S,Zhang H,Zhang H,Yang Y,Li H,Yu D

更新日期：2017-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated changes in incidence, relative survival (RS), and conditional survival (CS) of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), focusing on oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC). Data of 74 680 HNSCC patients from 1976 to 2015 were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kim YJ,Kim JH

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We show a hybrid structure consisting of Si film with photonic crystal surface and random triangular gold grooves reflector at the bottom, which is capable of realizing efficient, broad-band, wide-angle optical absorption. It is numerically demonstrated that the enhanced absorption in a broad wavelength range (0.3-9.9...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen ZH,Qiao N,Yang Y,Ye H,Liu S,Wang W,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Listeria monocytogenes is well known for having the ability to cross the placental barrier, leading to fetal infections and abortion. However, the mechanisms leading to infectious abortion are poorly understood. In this study, we demonstrate that interferon γ-induced GTPase (IGTP) contributes to the invasion of L. mon...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tachibana M,Hashino M,Watanabe K,Shimizu T,Watarai M

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to 1) identify microbial compositional changes on chicken carcasses during processing, 2) determine the antimicrobial efficacy of peracetic acid (PAA) and Amplon (blend of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate) at a poultry processing pilot plant scale, and 3) compare microbial communities bet...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ae Kim S,Hong Park S,In Lee S,Owens CM,Ricke SC

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene has been identified as an emerging horizon for a nanoscale photonic platform because the Fermi level of intrinsic graphene can be engineered to support surface plasmons (SPs). The current solid back electrical gating and chemical doping methods cannot facilitate the demonstration of graphene SPs at the near-i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhang Q,Li X,Hossain MM,Xue Y,Zhang J,Song J,Liu J,Turner MD,Fan S,Bao Q,Gu M

更新日期：2014-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common complex disease caused by the combination of genetic variants and environmental factors. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been performed and reported some novel CRC susceptibility variants. However, the potential genetic mechanisms for newly identified CRC susceptibility ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lu X,Cao M,Han S,Yang Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a critical health care challenge worldwide. Various TGF-β superfamily members are important in colorectal cancer metastasis, but their signaling effects and predictive value have only been assessed in isolation. Here, we examine cross-regulation and combined functions of the tw...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Staudacher JJ,Bauer J,Jana A,Tian J,Carroll T,Mancinelli G,Özden Ö,Krett N,Guzman G,Kerr D,Grippo P,Jung B

更新日期：2017-07-17 00:00:00