Appropriate reference region selection of 18F-florbetaben and 18F-flutemetamol beta-amyloid PET expressed in Centiloid.

abstract：:Confocal Raman spectroscopy (CRS) can provide information about oocyte competency through measurement of changes in the macromolecular architecture during oocyte development and maturation. Hitherto most spectroscopic studies have been limited to fixed oocytes due to the inherent difficulties working with live cells. ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Heraud P,Marzec KM,Zhang QH,Yuen WS,Carroll J,Wood BR

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that long-term stimulant consumption alters the biological and microbiological status of the oral cavity. We present a pilot study describing stimulant-specific oral immunomodulation in the oral cavity. Changes in salivary cytokine levels in response to long-term alcohol, tobacco and caffeine were id...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Sheth CC,López-Pedrajas RM,Jovani-Sancho MDM,González-Martínez R,Veses V

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During recent military operations, eye-related injuries have risen in frequency due to increased use of explosive weaponry which often result in corneal puncture injuries. These have one of the poorest visual outcomes for wounded soldiers, often resulting in blindness due to the large variations in injury shape, size,...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Snider EJ,Cornell LE,Acevedo JM,Gross B,Edsall PR,Lund BJ,Zamora DO

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:E5 proteins are amongst the least understood of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) encoded gene products. They are small, membrane-integrated proteins known to modulate a number of critical host pathways associated with pathogenesis including growth factor receptor signaling and immune evasion. Their role in the virus lif...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Müller M,Wasson CW,Bhatia R,Boxall S,Millan D,Goh GY,Haas J,Stonehouse NJ,Macdonald A

更新日期：2015-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work focuses on the postseismic deformation observed in the region of L'Aquila (central Italy) following the Mw 6.3 earthquake that occurred on April 6, 2009. A new, 16-month-long dataset of COSMO-SkyMed SAR images was analysed using the Persistent Scatterer Pairs interferometric technique. The analysis re...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Albano M,Barba S,Saroli M,Moro M,Malvarosa F,Costantini M,Bignami C,Stramondo S

更新日期：2015-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:PC4 is an abundant single-strand DNA binding protein that has been implicated in transcription and DNA repair. Here, we show that PC4 is involved in the cellular DNA damage response. To elucidate the role, we used the DT40 chicken B cell model, which produces clustered DNA lesions at Ig loci via the action of activati...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Caldwell RB,Braselmann H,Schoetz U,Heuer S,Scherthan H,Zitzelsberger H

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The two most common techniques for absolute protein quantification are based on either mass spectrometry (MS) or on immunochemical techniques, such as western blotting (WB). Western blotting is most often used for protein identification or relative quantification, but can also be deployed for absolute quantification i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bennett RJ,Simpson DM,Holman SW,Ryan S,Brownridge P,Eyers CE,Colyer J,Beynon RJ

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether N-acetylaspartate (NAA) depletions documented in schizophrenia patients might be due to the disease progression or medications. Here we investigated longitudinal NAA changes in drug-naïve first-episode patients (FEP) who are relatively free from chronicity. Forty-two drug-naïve FEP and 38 control...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zong X,Hu M,Li Z,Cao H,He Y,Liao Y,Zhou J,Sang D,Zhao H,Tang J,Lv L,Chen X

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing influence of Atlantic water in the Arctic Ocean has the potential to significantly impact regional water temperature and salinity. Here we use a rDNA barcoding approach to reveal how microbial communities are partitioned into distinct assemblages across a gradient of Atlantic-Polar Water influence in the No...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Carter-Gates M,Balestreri C,Thorpe SE,Cottier F,Baylay A,Bibby TS,Moore CM,Schroeder DC

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasite death via ion channel activations is the hallmark of anthelmintic and antiparasitic drugs. Glutamate gated chloride channel (GluCl) is a prominent targets for drug selection and design in parasitology. We report several iodine-fluorine based lead activators of GluCl by computational studies and structure-acti...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Rajasekharan SK,Lee JH,Ravichandran V,Kim JC,Park JG,Lee J

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Social immunity forms an essential part of the defence repertoire of social insects. In response to infestation by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor and its associated viruses, honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) have developed a specific behaviour (varroa-sensitive hygiene, or VSH) that helps protect the colony from th...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Mondet F,Kim SH,de Miranda JR,Beslay D,Le Conte Y,Mercer AR

更新日期：2016-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether any brain MR abnormalities, including enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS), were associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as an inflammatory activity. One hundred and thirty SLE patients with normal MR findings were assessed. With regard to MRI abnormalities, patients ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Miyata M,Kakeda S,Iwata S,Nakayamada S,Ide S,Watanabe K,Moriya J,Tanaka Y,Korogi Y

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection after renal transplantation remains a major cause of morbidity and death, especially infection from the extensively drug-resistant bacteria, A. baumannii. A total of fourteen A. baumannii isolates were isolated from the donors' preserved fluid from DCD (donation after cardiac death) renal transplantation and...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Jiang H,Cao L,Qu L,Qu T,Liu G,Wang R,Li B,Wang Y,Ying C,Chen M,Lu Y,Feng S,Xiao Y,Wang J,Wu J,Chen J

更新日期：2017-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The major components of vitelline membrane (VM) are ovomucin, VM outer (VMO) I and VMO II. At present, the distribution pattern of maternal cells on the VM has not been described in detail. In this study, the existence and distribution characteristics of maternal cells on VM were observed. There were more than 3.2 × 1...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li Q,Li W,Li X,Liu L,Zhang Y,Guo Y,Chen X,Xu G,Zheng J

更新日期：2017-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Culturomics is a high-throughput culture approach that has dramatically contributed to the recent renewal of culture. While metagenomics enabled substantial advances in exploring the microbiota, culturomics significantly expanded our knowledge regarding the bacterial gut repertoire through the discovery and the descri...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Diakite A,Dubourg G,Dione N,Afouda P,Bellali S,Ngom II,Valles C,Tall ML,Lagier JC,Raoult D

更新日期：2020-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:RT-qPCR offers high sensitivity, for accurate interpretations of qPCR results however, normalisation using suitable reference genes is fundamental. Androgens can regulate transcriptional expression including reference gene expression in prostate cancer. In this study, we evaluated ten mRNA and six non-protein coding R...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Zhao H,Ma TF,Lin J,Liu LL,Sun WJ,Guo LX,Wang SQ,Otecko NO,Zhang YP

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is involved in inflammatory response during acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Growing body of evidence support strategies of RAGE inhibition in experimental lung injury, but its modalities and effects remain underinvestigated. Anesthetised C57BL/6JRj mi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Blondonnet R,Audard J,Belville C,Clairefond G,Lutz J,Bouvier D,Roszyk L,Gross C,Lavergne M,Fournet M,Blanchon L,Vachias C,Damon-Soubeyrand C,Sapin V,Constantin JM,Jabaudon M

更新日期：2017-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical antennas can be used to manipulate the direction and polarization of radiation from an emitter. Usually, these metallic nanostructures utilize localized plasmon resonances to generate highly directional and strongly polarized emission, which is determined predominantly by the antenna geometry alone, and is thu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ghimire A,Shafran E,Gerton JM

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of post-deposition tetrafluoromethane (CF4) plasma treatment on the physical and electrical characteristics of an In2TiO5 based electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor (EIS) sensor was investigated. Post-deposition CF4 plasma treatment typically improved the crystalline structure and repaired dan...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lin CF,Kao CH,Lin CY,Liu CS,Liu YW

更新日期：2019-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The SLRP opticin (OPTC) has been demonstrated to be produced and degraded in osteoarthritic (OA) human cartilage. Here, we investigated the in vivo effect of OPTC deficiency in OA cartilage. OA was induced in 10-week-old Optc -/- and Optc +/+ mice. Ten weeks post-surgery, cartilage was processed for histology and immu...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Farrán A,Valverde-Franco G,Tío L,Lussier B,Fahmi H,Pelletier JP,Bishop PN,Monfort J,Martel-Pelletier J

更新日期：2018-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, minocycline, a tetracycline antibiotic, has been reported to improve symptoms of psychiatric disorders and to facilitate sober decision-making in healthy human subjects. Here we show that minocycline also reduces the risk of the 'honey trap' during an economic exchange. Males tend to cooperate with physicall...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Watabe M,Kato TA,Tsuboi S,Ishikawa K,Hashiya K,Monji A,Utsumi H,Kanba S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow of non-Newtonian fluids through topologically complex structures is ubiquitous in most biological, industrial and environmental settings. The interplay between local hydrodynamics and the fluid's constitutive law determines the distribution of flow paths. Consequently the spatial heterogeneity of the viscous resi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Eberhard U,Seybold HJ,Secchi E,Jiménez-Martínez J,Rühs PA,Ofner A,Andrade JS Jr,Holzner M

更新日期：2020-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 wild type and its mutant ΔomcA/mtrC are capable of transforming Au(III) into Au nanoparticles (AuNPs). Cyclic voltammetry reveals a decrease in redox current after the wild type is exposed to Au(III) but an increase in oxidation current for the mutant. The peak current of the wild type ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu R,Cui L,Chen L,Wang C,Cao C,Sheng G,Yu H,Zhao F

更新日期：2013-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The impacts of flooding are expected to rise due to population increases, economic growth and climate change. Hence, understanding the physical and spatiotemporal characteristics of risk drivers (hazard, exposure and vulnerability) is required to develop effective flood mitigation measures. Here, the long-term trend i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tanoue M,Hirabayashi Y,Ikeuchi H

更新日期：2016-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The push for a semiconductor-based quantum information technology has renewed interest in the spin states and optical transitions of shallow donors in silicon, including the donor bound exciton transitions in the near-infrared and the Rydberg, or hydrogenic, transitions in the mid-infrared. The deepest group V donor i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Saeedi K,Szech M,Dluhy P,Salvail JZ,Morse KJ,Riemann H,Abrosimov NV,Nötzel N,Litvinenko KL,Murdin BN,Thewalt ML

更新日期：2015-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of pruritic (itchy) stimuli is mediated by a variety of receptors and channels expressed by primary sensory neurons. The G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) MRGPRD is selectively expressed by a subset of mouse non-peptidergic nociceptors and functions as the molecular receptor for the itch-inducing chemica...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong P,Guo C,Huang S,Ma M,Liu Q,Luo W

更新日期：2017-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that LIM1863 colorectal cancer (CRC) cells secrete three distinct extracellular vesicle subtypes - two subpopulations of exosomes (apical EpCAM-Exos and basolateral A33-Exos) and shed microvesicles (sMVs) - with distinct protein and miRNA signatures. Here, we extend our omics approach to underst...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen M,Xu R,Ji H,Greening DW,Rai A,Izumikawa K,Ishikawa H,Takahashi N,Simpson RJ

更新日期：2016-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin (Mstn) is a conserved negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass in mammals. However, whether precise disruption of Mstn in livestock can be achieved and safely used to improve meat productivity has not been proven. We applied CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate Mstn knock-out (KO) rabbits and goats and then anal...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Guo R,Wan Y,Xu D,Cui L,Deng M,Zhang G,Jia R,Zhou W,Wang Z,Deng K,Huang M,Wang F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments on the Ultimatum Game (UG) repeatedly show that people's behaviour is far from rational. In UG experiments, a subject proposes how to divide a pot and the other can accept or reject the proposal, in which case both lose everything. While rational people would offer and accept the minimum possible amount, i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Han X,Cao S,Bao JZ,Wang WX,Zhang B,Gao ZY,Sánchez A

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:During locomotion, the human ankle-foot system dynamically alters its gearing, or leverage of the ankle joint on the ground. Shifting ankle-foot gearing regulates speed of plantarflexor (i.e., calf muscle) contraction, which influences economy of force production. Here, we tested the hypothesis that manipulating ankle...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Ray SF,Takahashi KZ

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00