A unique clade of light-driven proton-pumping rhodopsins evolved in the cyanobacterial lineage.

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between sleep duration and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in a community-based cohort. The current analysis included 95,023 Chinese participants who were free of stroke at the baseline survey (2006-2007). Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculat...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Song Q,Liu X,Zhou W,Wang L,Zheng X,Wang X,Wu S

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Although biophysical yield responses to local warming have been studied, we know little about how crop yield growth-a function of climate and technology-responds to global temperature and socioeconomic changes. Here, we present the yield growth of major crops under warming conditions from preindustrial levels as simul...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Iizumi T,Furuya J,Shen Z,Kim W,Okada M,Fujimori S,Hasegawa T,Nishimori M

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Strengthening by precipitation of second phase is the guiding principle for the development of a host of high strength structural alloys, in particular, aluminium alloys for transportation sector. Higher efficiency and lower emission demands use of alloys at higher operating temperatures (200 °C-250 °C) and stresses, ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kumar Makineni S,Sugathan S,Meher S,Banerjee R,Bhattacharya S,Kumar S,Chattopadhyay K

更新日期：2017-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyramidal neurons in the rodent hippocampus exhibit spatial tuning during spatial navigation, and they are reactivated in specific temporal order during sharp-wave ripples observed in quiet wakefulness or slow wave sleep. However, analyzing representations of sleep-associated hippocampal ensemble spike activity remain...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Chen Z,Grosmark AD,Penagos H,Wilson MA

更新日期：2016-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:NiFe nanoparticles-decorated & N-doped graphene is introduced as an effective and stable non-precious electrocatalyst for ORR in the acid medium. Compared to conventional Pt/C electrodes under the same conditions, the proposed nanocatalyst shows closer onset potential and current density. Typically, the observed onset...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Barakat NAM,El-Deen AG,Ghouri ZK,Al-Meer S

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that make major contributions to the production of the oxygen in the Earth atmosphere. The photosynthetic machinery in cyanobacterial cells is housed in flattened membrane structures called thylakoids. The structural organization of cyanobacterial cells and the arrangement ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Stingaciu LR,O'Neill H,Liberton M,Urban VS,Pakrasi HB,Ohl M

更新日期：2016-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Astragalus membranaceus (HUANG QI, HQ) is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Researchers have widely concerned its antitumor effect. At present, there is still a lack of research on the treatment of laryngeal cancer with HQ. In this study, we integrated data from the weighted gene co-expression network of larynge...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Dong KF,Huo MQ,Sun HY,Li TK,Li D

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effectiveness of losartan 50 mg on post dialysis euvolemic hypertensive patients against standard antihypertensive pharmacotherapy. A multicentre, prospective, randomized, single-blind trial was conducted to assess the effect of losartan 50 mg every other day (EOD), once a morning (OM) among post-dialysi...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Aftab RA,Khan AH,Adnan AS,Sulaiman SAS,Khan TM

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by neurodegeneration and progressive loss of semantic knowledge. Unlike many other forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), svPPA has a highly consistent underlying pathology composed of TDP-43 (a regulator of RN...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Bonham LW,Steele NZR,Karch CM,Broce I,Geier EG,Wen NL,Momeni P,Hardy J,Miller ZA,Gorno-Tempini ML,Hess CP,Lewis P,Miller BL,Seeley WW,Manzoni C,Desikan RS,Baranzini SE,Ferrari R,Yokoyama JS,International FTD-Genomic

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is associated with dysregulated lipid metabolism and adipokine secretion. Our group has previously reported obesity and adipokines are associated with % total fatty acid (FA) differences in plasma phospholipids. The objective of our current study was to identify in which complex lipid species (i.e., phosphatid...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pickens CA,Vazquez AI,Jones AD,Fenton JI

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important foodborne pathogen. The increasing incidence of non-O157 STEC has posed a great risk to public health. Besides the Shiga toxin (Stx), the adherence factor, intimin, coded by eae gene plays a critical role in STEC pathogenesis. In this study, we investigated...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Yang X,Sun H,Fan R,Fu S,Zhang J,Matussek A,Xiong Y,Bai X

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Miscanthus is a promising lignocellulosic bioenergy crop for bioethanol production. To identify candidate genes and regulation networks involved in secondary cell wall (SCW) development in Miscanthus, we performed de novo transcriptome analysis of a developing internode. According to the histological and in-situ histo...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu R,Xu Y,Yu C,He K,Tang Q,Jia C,He G,Wang X,Kong Y,Zhou G

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Long interspersed nuclear elements-1 (L1s) are a large family of retrotransposons. Retrotransposons are repetitive sequences that are capable of autonomous mobility via a copy-and-paste mechanism. In most copy events, only the L1 sequence is inserted, however, they can also mobilize the flanking non-repetitive region ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pradhan B,Cajuso T,Katainen R,Sulo P,Tanskanen T,Kilpivaara O,Pitkänen E,Aaltonen LA,Kauppi L,Palin K

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite strong evidence for NMDA receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction as an underlying factor for cognitive disorders, the precise roles of various NMDAR subtypes remains unknown. The GluN2C-containing NMDARs exhibit unique biophysical properties and expression pattern, and lower expression of GluN2C subunit has been reporte...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gupta SC,Ravikrishnan A,Liu J,Mao Z,Pavuluri R,Hillman BG,Gandhi PJ,Stairs DJ,Li M,Ugale RR,Monaghan DT,Dravid SM

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased p66Shc expression has been associated with diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, whether p66Shc can serve as a potential biomarker for tubular oxidative injury in DN is unknown. We measured the expression of p66Shc in peripheral blood monocytes (PBMs) and renal biopsy tissues from DN patients and then analysed...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Xu X,Zhu X,Ma M,Han Y,Hu C,Yuan S,Yang Y,Xiao L,Liu F,Kanwar YS,Sun L

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreatable bacterial infections caused by a perpetual increase of antibiotic resistant strains represent a serious threat to human healthcare in the 21(st) century. Conjugative DNA transfer is the most important mechanism for antibiotic resistance and virulence gene dissemination among bacteria and is mediated by a p...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Fercher C,Probst I,Kohler V,Goessweiner-Mohr N,Arends K,Grohmann E,Zangger K,Meyer NH,Keller W

更新日期：2016-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaf functional traits have attracted the attention of ecologists for several decades, but few studies have systematically assessed leaf morphological traits (termed "economic traits"), stomatal (termed "hydraulic"), and anatomical traits of entire forest communities, thus it is unclear whether their relationships are...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Liu C,Li Y,Xu L,Chen Z,He N

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Garnet is the archetypal cubic mineral, occurring in a wide variety of rock types in Earth's crust and upper mantle. Owing to its prevalence, durability and compositional diversity, garnet is used to investigate a broad range of geological processes. Although birefringence is a characteristic feature of rare Ca-Fe3+ g...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Cesare B,Nestola F,Johnson T,Mugnaioli E,Della Ventura G,Peruzzo L,Bartoli O,Viti C,Erickson T

更新日期：2019-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of clinically-relevant early diagnostic and prognostic protein biomarkers is essential to maximize therapeutic efficacy and prevent cancer progression. The aim of the current study is to determine whether aberrant plasma protein profile can be applied as a surrogate tool for early diagnosis of bladd...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Nedjadi T,Benabdelkamal H,Albarakati N,Masood A,Al-Sayyad A,Alfadda AA,Alanazi IO,Al-Ammari A,Al-Maghrabi J

更新日期：2020-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial genome almost exclusively encodes a handful of transmembrane constituents of the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. Coordinated expression of these genes ensures the correct stoichiometry of the system's components. Translation initiation in mitochondria is assisted by two general initiation ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuzmenko A,Derbikova K,Salvatori R,Tankov S,Atkinson GC,Tenson T,Ott M,Kamenski P,Hauryliuk V

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with type 1 diabetes have lower bone mineral density and higher risk of fractures. The role of osteoblasts in diabetes-related osteoporosis is well acknowledged whereas the role of osteoclasts (OCLs) is still unclear. We hypothesize that OCLs participate in pathological bone remodeling. We conducted studies i...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Reni C,Mangialardi G,Meloni M,Madeddu P

更新日期：2016-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a virus-like particle (VLP)-based therapeutic vaccine against angiotensin II receptor type 1, ATR-AP205-001, which could significantly reduce the blood pressure and protect target organs of hypertensive animals. In this study, we focused on the immunological effect and safety of the VLP-based vaccine. By ...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Hu X,Deng Y,Chen X,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Wu H,Yang S,Chen F,Zhou Z,Wang M,Qiu Z,Liao Y

更新日期：2017-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we proposed that age-related mitochondrial respiration defects observed in elderly subjects are partially due to age-associated downregulation of nuclear-encoded genes, including serine hydroxymethyltransferase 2 (SHMT2), which is involved in mitochondrial one-carbon (1C) metabolism. This assertio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Tani H,Mito T,Velagapudi V,Ishikawa K,Umehara M,Nakada K,Suomalainen A,Hayashi JI

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the periodic double-layer graphene ribbon arrays placed near a metallic ground plate coated by a dielectric layer are proposed and analyzed by the coupled-mode theory (CMT) to predict the perfect absorption response in the mid-infrared region. Numerical simulations of the finite-difference time-domain (...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Li H,Wang L,Zhai X

更新日期：2016-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been an impressively fast technological progress in the development of highly efficient lead halide perovskite solar cells. However, the stability of perovskite films and respective solar cells is still an open point of concern and calls for advanced characterization methods. In this work, w...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Pistor P,Ruiz A,Cabot A,Izquierdo-Roca V

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we propose and demonstrate an air-mode photonic crystal ring resonator (PhCRR) on silicon-on-insulator platform. Air mode is utilized to confine the optical field into photonic crystal (PhC) air holes, which is confirmed by the three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation. PhCRR structure...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Gao G,Zhang Y,Zhang H,Wang Y,Huang Q,Xia J

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many basic properties of the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire require clarification, and the changes occurring in the TCR repertoire during carcinogenesis, especially during precancerous stages, remain unclear. This study used deep sequencing analyses to examine 41 gastric tissue samples at different pathological stag...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Kuang M,Cheng J,Zhang C,Feng L,Xu X,Zhang Y,Zu M,Cui J,Yu H,Zhang K,Yang A,Cheng S

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial suppression of the spectral diffusion of quantum dot (QD) excitons tuned to resonance of a nano-photonic cavity is reported. The suppression is caused by the Purcell enhancement of the QD-exciton recombination rate, which alters the rate of charging of the solid-state environment by the QD itself. The effect c...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Lyasota A,Jarlov C,Rudra A,Dwir B,Kapon E

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of standardization and unblinding threaten the research of mechanisms involved in expectancy effects on pain. We evaluated a computer-controlled virtual experimenter (VEx) to avoid these issues. Fifty-four subjects underwent a baseline-retest heat pain protocol. Between sessions, they received an expectancy manip...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Horing B,Beadle SC,Inks Z,Robb A,Muth ER,Babu SV

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:T helper 17 (Th17) cells not only play critical roles in protecting against bacterial and fungal infections but are also involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The retinoic acid-related orphan receptor (RORγt) is a key transcription factor involved in Th17 cell differentiation through direct transcriptio...

journal_title：Scientific reports

authors： Wu Q,Nie J,Gao Y,Xu P,Sun Q,Yang J,Han L,Chen Z,Wang X,Lv L,Tsun A,Shen J,Li B

更新日期：2015-11-09 00:00:00