abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is the most common form of intellectual disability. The cognitive alterations in DS are thought to depend on brain regions critical for learning and memory such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and the hippocampus (HPC). Neuroimaging studies suggest that increased brain connectivity correlates with lo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Alemany-González M,Gener T,Nebot P,Vilademunt M,Dierssen M,Puig MV

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Across the Upper Missouri River Basin, the recent drought of 2000 to 2010, known as the "turn-of-the-century drought," was likely more severe than any in the instrumental record including the Dust Bowl drought. However, until now, adequate proxy records needed to better understand this event with regard to long-term v...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Martin JT,Pederson GT,Woodhouse CA,Cook ER,McCabe GJ,Anchukaitis KJ,Wise EK,Erger PJ,Dolan L,McGuire M,Gangopadhyay S,Chase KJ,Littell JS,Gray ST,St George S,Friedman JM,Sauchyn DJ,St-Jacques JM,King J

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Lineage plasticity is a prominent feature of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) cells, which can occur via deregulation of lineage-specifying transcription factors. Here, we show that the zinc finger protein ZBED2 is aberrantly expressed in PDA and alters tumor cell identity in this disease. Unexpectedly, our epig...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Somerville TDD,Xu Y,Wu XS,Maia-Silva D,Hur SK,de Almeida LMN,Preall JB,Koo PK,Vakoc CR

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The versatility of CRISPR-Cas endonucleases as a tool for biomedical research has led to diverse applications in gene editing, programmable transcriptional control, and nucleic acid detection. Most CRISPR-Cas systems, however, suffer from off-target effects and unpredictable nonspecific binding that negatively impact ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Specht DA,Xu Y,Lambert G

更新日期：2020-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Patchy particles with shape complementarity can serve as building blocks for assembling colloidal superstructures. Alternatively, encoding information on patches using DNA can direct assembly into a variety of crystalline or other preprogrammed structures. Here, we present a tool where DNA is used both to engineer sha...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Diaz A JA,Oh JS,Yi GR,Pine DJ

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pair-bond formation depends vitally on neuromodulatory signaling within the nucleus accumbens, but the neuronal dynamics underlying this behavior remain unclear. Using 1-photon in vivo Ca2+ imaging in monogamous prairie voles, we found that pair bonding does not elicit differences in overall nucleus accumbens Ca2+ act...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Scribner JL,Vance EA,Protter DSW,Sheeran WM,Saslow E,Cameron RT,Klein EM,Jimenez JC,Kheirbek MA,Donaldson ZR

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we show how a simple inorganic salt can spontaneously form autocatalytic sets of replicating inorganic molecules that work via molecular recognition based on the {PMo12} ≡ [PMo12O40]3- Keggin ion, and {Mo36} ≡ [H3Mo57M6(NO)6O183(H2O)18]22- cluster. These small clusters are able to catalyze their own formation via...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Miras HN,Mathis C,Xuan W,Long DL,Pow R,Cronin L

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have measured the angle-resolved transverse resistivity (ARTR), a sensitive indicator of electronic anisotropy, in high-quality thin films of the unconventional superconductor Sr2RuO4 grown on various substrates. The ARTR signal, heralding the electronic nematicity or a large nematic susceptibility, is present and ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wu J,Nair HP,Bollinger AT,He X,Robinson I,Schreiber NJ,Shen KM,Schlom DG,Božović I

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergies are highly prevalent, and allergic responses can be triggered even in the absence of allergens due to Pavlovian conditioning to a specific cue. Here we show in humans suffering from allergic rhinitis that merely reencountering the environmental context in which an allergen was administered a week earlier is ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Besedovsky L,Benischke M,Fischer J,Yazdi AS,Born J

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Migrations allow animals to track seasonal changes in resources, find mates, and avoid harsh climates, but these regular, long-distance movements also have implications for parasite dynamics and animal health. Migratory animals have been dubbed "superspreaders" of infection, but migration can also reduce parasite burd...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Peacock SJ,Krkošek M,Lewis MA,Molnár PK

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:While the concept of intercellular mechanical communication has been revealed, the mechanistic insights have been poorly evidenced in the context of myofibroblast-fibroblast interaction during fibrosis expansion. Here we report and systematically investigate the mechanical force-mediated myofibroblast-fibroblast cross...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liu L,Yu H,Zhao H,Wu Z,Long Y,Zhang J,Yan X,You Z,Zhou L,Xia T,Shi Y,Xiao B,Wang Y,Huang C,Du Y

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The circadian clock in eukaryotes controls transcriptional and posttranscriptional events, including regulation of the levels and phosphorylation state of translation factors. However, the mechanisms underlying clock control of translation initiation, and the impact of this potential regulation on rhythmic protein syn...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Karki S,Castillo K,Ding Z,Kerr O,Lamb TM,Wu C,Sachs MS,Bell-Pedersen D

更新日期：2020-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) gene is a neural immediate early gene that is involved in synaptic downscaling and is robustly induced by prolonged wakefulness in rodent brains. Converging evidence has led to the hypothesis that wakefulness potentiates, and sleep reduces, synaptic strength...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Suzuki A,Yanagisawa M,Greene RW

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a recessive disease caused by mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The most common symptoms include progressive lung disease and chronic digestive conditions. CF is the first human genetic disease to benefit from having five different species of animal models. De...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kim K,Lane EA,Saftien A,Wang H,Xu Y,Wirtz-Peitz F,Perrimon N

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The antigen-presenting molecule MR1 presents riboflavin-based metabolites to Mucosal-Associated Invariant T (MAIT) cells. While MR1 egress to the cell surface is ligand-dependent, the ability of small-molecule ligands to impact on MR1 cellular trafficking remains unknown. Arising from an in silico screen of the MR1 li...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Salio M,Awad W,Veerapen N,Gonzalez-Lopez C,Kulicke C,Waithe D,Martens AWJ,Lewinsohn DM,Hobrath JV,Cox LR,Rossjohn J,Besra GS,Cerundolo V

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-1 maturation involves conversion of the immature Gag polyprotein lattice, which lines the inner surface of the viral membrane, to the mature capsid protein (CA) lattice, which encloses the viral RNA. Maturation inhibitors such as bevirimat (BVM) bind within six-helix bundles, formed by a segment that spans the jun...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gupta S,Louis JM,Tycko R

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of harmful species, including invasive species, pests, parasites, and diseases, is a major global challenge. Harmful species cause severe damage to ecosystems, biodiversity, agriculture, and human health. In particular, managing harmful species often requires cooperation among multiple agents, such as l...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lampert A

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of insect resistance to pesticides poses a continuing threat to agriculture and human health. While much is known about the proximate molecular and biochemical mechanisms that confer resistance, far less is known about the regulation of the specific genes/gene families involved, particularly by trans-act...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yang X,Deng S,Wei X,Yang J,Zhao Q,Yin C,Du T,Guo Z,Xia J,Yang Z,Xie W,Wang S,Wu Q,Yang F,Zhou X,Nauen R,Bass C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathway proteomics strategies measure protein expression changes in specific cellular processes that carry out related functions. Using targeted tandem mass tags-based sample multiplexing, hundreds of proteins can be quantified across 10 or more samples simultaneously. To facilitate these highly complex experiments, w...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yu Q,Xiao H,Jedrychowski MP,Schweppe DK,Navarrete-Perea J,Knott J,Rogers J,Chouchani ET,Gygi SP

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemics demonstrate the global threat of Zika virus (ZIKV), a flavivirus transmitted by mosquitoes. Although infection is usually asymptomatic or mild, newborns of infected mothers can display severe symptoms, including neurodevelopmental abnormalities and microcephaly. Given the large-scale spread, symptom s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Esswein SR,Gristick HB,Jurado A,Peace A,Keeffe JR,Lee YE,Voll AV,Saeed M,Nussenzweig MC,Rice CM,Robbiani DF,MacDonald MR,Bjorkman PJ

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:High magnetic fields have revealed a surprisingly small Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates, possibly resulting from Fermi-surface reconstruction due to an order parameter that breaks translational symmetry of the crystal lattice. A crucial issue concerns the doping extent of such a state and its relationship to the ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chan MK,McDonald RD,Ramshaw BJ,Betts JB,Shekhter A,Bauer ED,Harrison N

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although pain is a prevalent nonmotor symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD), it is undertreated, in part because of our limited understanding of the underlying mechanisms. Considering that the basal ganglia are implicated in pain sensation, and that their synaptic outputs are controlled by the subthalamic nucleus (STN),...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Luan Y,Tang D,Wu H,Gu W,Wu Y,Cao JL,Xiao C,Zhou C

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent detection of an exoplanet orbiting Fomalhaut was announced in 2008. However, subsequent observations of Fomalhaut b raised questions about its status: Unlike other exoplanets, it is bright in the optical and nondetected in the infrared, and its orbit appears to cross the debris ring around the star withou...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Gáspár A,Rieke GH

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Active matter, both synthetic and biological, demonstrates complex spatiotemporal self-organization and the emergence of collective behavior. A coherent rotational motion, the vortex phase, is of great interest because of its ability to orchestrate well-organized motion of self-propelled particles over large distances...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Han K,Kokot G,Tovkach O,Glatz A,Aranson IS,Snezhko A

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrogenesis is repressed in the early embryonic period and occurs in the late embryonic period. A variety of external and internal signals contribute to the sequential differentiation of neural stem cells. Here, we discovered that immune-related CD93 plays a critical negative role in the regulation of astrogenesis in...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Liang Q,Su L,Zhang D,Jiao J

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Remarkable progress has come from whole-brain models linking anatomy and function. Paradoxically, it is not clear how a neuronal dynamical system running in the fixed human anatomical connectome can give rise to the rich changes in the functional repertoire associated with human brain function, which is impossible to ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kringelbach ML,Cruzat J,Cabral J,Knudsen GM,Carhart-Harris R,Whybrow PC,Logothetis NK,Deco G

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasma membrane (PM) is composed of heterogeneous subdomains, characterized by differences in protein and lipid composition. PM receptors can be dynamically sorted into membrane domains to underpin signaling in response to extracellular stimuli. In plants, the plasmodesmal PM is a discrete microdomain that hosts s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cheval C,Samwald S,Johnston MG,de Keijzer J,Breakspear A,Liu X,Bellandi A,Kadota Y,Zipfel C,Faulkner C

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin is the most widely prescribed biopharmaceutical in production globally. Its potent anticoagulant activity and safety makes it the drug of choice for preventing deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. In 2008, adulterated material was introduced into the heparin supply chain, resulting in several hundred d...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Weiss RJ,Spahn PN,Toledo AG,Chiang AWT,Kellman BP,Li J,Benner C,Glass CK,Gordts PLSM,Lewis NE,Esko JD

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyploidy, which results from whole genome duplication (WGD), has shaped the long-term evolution of eukaryotic genomes in all kingdoms. Polyploidy is also implicated in adaptation, domestication, and speciation. Yet when WGD newly occurs, the resulting neopolyploids face numerous challenges. A particularly pernicious...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Morgan C,Zhang H,Henry CE,Franklin FCH,Bomblies K

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Micron-scale robots require systems that can morph into arbitrary target configurations controlled by external agents such as heat, light, electricity, and chemical environment. Achieving this behavior using conventional approaches is challenging because the available materials at these scales are not programmable lik...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Agrawal M,Glotzer SC

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islets regulate glucose homeostasis through coordinated actions of hormone-secreting cells. What underlies the function of the islet as a unit is the close approximation and communication among heterogeneous cell populations, but the structural mediators of islet cellular cross talk remain incompletely char...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hughes JW,Cho JH,Conway HE,DiGruccio MR,Ng XW,Roseman HF,Abreu D,Urano F,Piston DW

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple-choice examinations play a critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these examinations deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test-takers. We consider data from a large-scale, high-stakes policy change t...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Coffman KB,Klinowski D

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of human colonization of East Polynesia, a vast area lying between Hawai'i, Rapa Nui, and New Zealand, is much debated and the underlying causes of this great migration have been enigmatic. Our study generates evidence for human dispersal into eastern Polynesia from islands to the west from around AD 900 an...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sear DA,Allen MS,Hassall JD,Maloney AE,Langdon PG,Morrison AE,Henderson ACG,Mackay H,Croudace IW,Clarke C,Sachs JP,Macdonald G,Chiverrell RC,Leng MJ,Cisneros-Dozal LM,Fonville T,Pearson E

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotic photosynthetic organisms, the conversion of solar into chemical energy occurs in thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast. How thylakoid membranes are formed and maintained is poorly understood. However, previous observations of vesicles adjacent to the stromal side of the inner envelope membrane of the ch...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hertle AP,García-Cerdán JG,Armbruster U,Shih R,Lee JJ,Wong W,Niyogi KK

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrashort light pulses can selectively excite charges, spins, and phonons in materials, providing a powerful approach for manipulating their properties. Here we use femtosecond laser pulses to coherently manipulate the electron and phonon distributions, and their couplings, in the charge-density wave (CDW) material 1...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zhang Y,Shi X,You W,Tao Z,Zhong Y,Cheenicode Kabeer F,Maldonado P,Oppeneer PM,Bauer M,Rossnagel K,Kapteyn H,Murnane M

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Climate change impacts island communities all over the world. Sea-level rise, an increase in the frequency and intensity of severe weather events, and changes in distribution and health of marine organisms are among the most significant processes affecting island communities worldwide. On islands of the Caribbean and ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Douglass K,Cooper J

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In bacteria, the first two steps of gene expression-transcription and translation-are spatially and temporally coupled. Uncoupling may lead to the arrest of transcription through RNA polymerase backtracking, which interferes with replication forks, leading to DNA double-stranded breaks and genomic instability. How tra...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Stevenson-Jones F,Woodgate J,Castro-Roa D,Zenkin N

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The necroptosis cell death pathway has been implicated in host defense and in the pathology of inflammatory diseases. While phosphorylation of the necroptotic effector pseudokinase Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like (MLKL) by the upstream protein kinase RIPK3 is a hallmark of pathway activation, the precise checkpoints ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Petrie EJ,Birkinshaw RW,Koide A,Denbaum E,Hildebrand JM,Garnish SE,Davies KA,Sandow JJ,Samson AL,Gavin X,Fitzgibbon C,Young SN,Hennessy PJ,Smith PPC,Webb AI,Czabotar PE,Koide S,Murphy JM

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Human tuberculosis is caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) that vary in virulence and transmissibility. While genome-wide association studies have uncovered several mutations conferring drug resistance, much less is known about the factors underlying other bacterial phenotypes. Variation ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Øyås O,Borrell S,Trauner A,Zimmermann M,Feldmann J,Liphardt T,Gagneux S,Stelling J,Sauer U,Zampieri M

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipedalism is a defining trait of the hominin lineage, associated with a transition from a more arboreal to a more terrestrial environment. While there is debate about when modern human-like bipedalism first appeared in hominins, all known South African hominins show morphological adaptations to bipedalism, suggesting...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Georgiou L,Dunmore CJ,Bardo A,Buck LT,Hublin JJ,Pahr DH,Stratford D,Synek A,Kivell TL,Skinner MM

更新日期：2020-04-14 00:00:00