Scientific Reports Table of Contents e-alert: 3 September 2013

03 September 2013      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports             Jump to the content that matters to you ▼ Biological Sciences   ▼ Chemical Sciences   ▼ Physical Sciences   ▼ Earth & Environmental Sciences   ▼ Health Sciences               Biological Sciences ▲ top               Damped propagation of cell polarization explains distinct PCP phenotypes of epithelial patterning ▶     Hao Zhu, Markus R. Owen     During epithelial patterning in metazoans cells are polarized in the plane of a tissue, a process referred to as planar cell polarity (PCP). Interactions between a few molecules …             The Herbaspirillum seropedicae SmR1 Fnr orthologs controls the cytochrome composition of the electron transport chain ▶     Marcelo B. Batista, Michelle Z. T. Sfeir, Helisson Faoro et al.     The transcriptional regulatory protein Fnr, acts as an intracellular redox sensor regulating a wide range of genes in response to changes in oxygen levels. Genome sequencing of …             Deletions within its subcellular targeting domain enhance the axon protective capacity of Nmnat2 in vivo ▶     Stefan Milde, A. Nicole Fox, Marc R. Freeman et al.     The NAD-synthesising enzyme Nmnat2 is a critical survival factor for axons in vitro and in vivo. We recently reported that loss of axonal transport vesicle association through …             Bacteria Mediate Oviposition by the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) ▶     Longyu Zheng, Tawni L. Crippen, Leslie Holmes et al.     There can be substantial negative consequences for insects colonizing a resource in the presence of competitors. We hypothesized that bacteria, associated with an oviposition …             IGF-1R/epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) crosstalk suppresses the erlotinib-sensitizing effect of EGFR exon 19 deletion mutations ▶     Alejandro Vazquez-Martin, Sílvia Cufí, Cristina Oliveras-Ferraros et al.     Using non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells harboring the erlotinib-sensitizing Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) exon 19 mutation delE746-A750, we developed …             Toll-like Receptor agonists and alpha-galactosylceramide synergistically enhance the production of interferon-gamma in murine splenocytes ▶     Tatsuya Ando, Hiroyasu Ito, Hirofumi Ohtaki et al.     Vα14 natural killer T (iNKT) cells activated by alpha-galactosylceramide (GalCer) secrete a large amount of cytokines. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a critical role in the …             Predicted spatio-temporal dynamics of radiocesium deposited onto forests following the Fukushima nuclear accident ▶     Shoji Hashimoto, Toshiya Matsuura, Kazuki Nanko et al.     The majority of the area contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident is covered by forest. To facilitate effective countermeasure strategies to mitigate …             The flavonoid apigenin improves glucose tolerance through inhibition of microRNA maturation in miRNA103 transgenic mice ▶     Motoko Ohno, Chikako Shibata, Takahiro Kishikawa et al.     Polyphenols are representative bioactive substances with diverse biological effects. Here, we show that apigenin, a flavonoid, has suppressive effects on microRNA (miRNA) …             Diversity and functional significance of cellulolytic microbes living in termite, pill-bug and stem-borer guts ▶     Zeenat Bashir, Vamsi Krishna Kondapalli, Nidhi Adlakha et al.     Arthropods living on plants are able to digest plant biomass with the help of microbial flora in their guts. This study considered three arthropods from different niches - …             Whales Use Distinct Strategies to Counteract Solar Ultraviolet Radiation ▶     Laura M. Martinez-Levasseur, Mark A. Birch-Machin, Amy Bowman et al.     A current threat to the marine ecosystem is the high level of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV). Large whales have recently been shown to suffer sun-induced skin damage from …             Sex differences in sensation-seeking: a meta-analysis ▶     Catharine P. Cross, De-Laine M. Cyrenne, Gillian R. Brown     Men score higher than women on measures of sensation-seeking, defined as a willingness to engage in novel or intense activities. This sex difference has been explained in terms of …             Magnetoresistive Emulsion Analyzer ▶     Gungun Lin, Larysa Baraban, Luyang Han et al.     We realize a magnetoresistive emulsion analyzer capable of detection, multiparametric analysis and sorting of ferrofluid-containing nanoliter-droplets. The operation of the device …             Digital Imprinting of RNA Recognition and Processing on a Self-Assembled Nucleic Acid Matrix ▶     Shiv K. Redhu, Matteo Castronovo, Allen W. Nicholson     The accelerating progress of research in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology has included initiatives to develop highly-sensitive, high-throughput methods to detect biomarkers at …             Integrative transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of canonical cancer molecular pathways in placenta leading to preeclampsia ▶     Roxana Moslehi, James L. Mills, Caroline Signore et al.     We previously suggested links between specific XPD mutations in the fetal genome and the risk of placental maldevelopment and preeclampsia, possibly due to impairment of …             Probing the Transmembrane Structure and Topology of Microsomal Cytochrome-P450 by Solid-State NMR on Temperature-Resistant Bicelles ▶     Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Melissa Gildenberg, Shivani Ahuja et al.     Though the importance of high-resolution structure and dynamics of membrane proteins has been well recognized, optimizing sample conditions to retain the native-like folding and …             A natural variant of NAL1, selected in high-yield rice breeding programs, pleiotropically increases photosynthesis rate ▶     Toshiyuki Takai, Shunsuke Adachi, Fumio Taguchi-Shiobara et al.     Improvement of leaf photosynthesis is an important strategy for greater crop productivity. Here we show that the quantitative trait locus GPS (GREEN FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS) in rice (…             Non-uniformity of cell density and networks in the monkey brain ▶     Masanori Shimono     The brain is a very complex structure. Over the past several decades, many studies have aimed to understand how various non-uniform variables relate to each other. The current …             Dynamic Interaction Between Membrane-Bound Full-Length Cytochrome P450 and Cytochrome b5 Observed by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy ▶     Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Ulrich H. N. Dürr, Jiadi Xu et al.     Microsomal monoxygenase enzymes of the cytochrome-P450 family are found in all biological kingdoms, and play a central role in the breakdown of metabolic as well as xenobiotic, …             microRNA-9 targets the long non-coding RNA MALAT1 for degradation in the nucleus ▶     Eleonora Leucci, Francesca Patella, Johannes Waage et al.     microRNAs regulate the expression of over 60% of protein coding genes by targeting their mRNAs to AGO2-containing complexes in the cytoplasm and promoting their translational …             Fossilization causes organisms to appear erroneously primitive by distorting evolutionary trees ▶     Robert S. Sansom, Matthew A. Wills     Fossils are vital for calibrating rates of molecular and morphological change through geological time, and are the only direct source of data documenting macroevolutionary …             Daily rhythms in antennal protein and olfactory sensitivity in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae ▶     Samuel S. C. Rund, Nicolle A. Bonar, Matthew M. Champion et al.     We recently characterized 24-hr daily rhythmic patterns of gene expression in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. These include numerous odorant binding proteins (OBPs), soluble odorant …             A plausible mechanism for the antimalarial activity of artemisinin: A computational approach ▶     Ashutosh Shandilya, Sajeev Chacko, B. Jayaram et al.     Artemisinin constitutes the frontline treatment to aid rapid clearance of parasitaemia and quick resolution of malarial symptoms. However, the widespread promiscuity about its …             Expression and localization of aging markers in lacrimal gland of chronic graft-versus-host disease ▶     Masataka Kawai, Yoko Ogawa, Shigeto Shimmura et al.     Aging is commonly defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes in cells and tissues with advancing age. To investigate whether aging changes are involved in the …             Understanding the interactions between bacteria in the human gut through metabolic modeling ▶     Saeed Shoaie, Fredrik Karlsson, Adil Mardinoglu et al.     The human gut microbiome plays an influential role in maintaining human health, and it is a potential target for prevention and treatment of disease. Genome-scale metabolic models …             Recurrent connections form a phase-locking neuronal tuner for frequency-dependent selective communication ▶     Dongkwan Shin, Kwang-Hyun Cho     The brain requires task-dependent interregional coherence of information flow in the anatomically connected neural network. However, it is still unclear how a neuronal group can …             Modelling dynamics of plasmid-gene mediated antimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteria using stochastic differential equations ▶     Victoriya V. Volkova, Zhao Lu, Cristina Lanzas et al.     The ubiquitous commensal bacteria harbour genes of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), often on conjugative plasmids. Antimicrobial use in food animals subjects their enteric …             Ligand modified nanoparticles increases cell uptake, alters endocytosis and elevates glioma distribution and internalization ▶     Huile Gao, Zhi Yang, Shuang Zhang et al.     Nanoparticles (NPs) were widely used in drugs/probes delivery for improved disease diagnosis and/or treatment. Targeted delivery to cancer cells is a highly attractive application …             Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy and the most efficient prognostic factors of breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma ▶     Si-Qi Qiu, Xiao-Long Wei, Wen-He Huang et al.     We analyzed the clinicopathological features of 9 breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) patients. Immunohistochemistry was used to make both diagnosis and differential …             Identification of FDA-approved Drugs Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells Along With Biomarkers of Sensitivity ▶     Poornima Bhat-Nakshatri, Chirayu P. Goswami, Sunil Badve et al.     Recently developed genomics-based tools are allowing repositioning of Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drugs as cancer treatments, which were employed to identify drugs …             Mammalian cortical bone in tension is non-Haversian ▶     Ashwij Mayya, Anuradha Banerjee, R. Rajesh     Cortical bone, found in the central part of long bones like femur, is known to adapt to local mechanical stresses. This adaptation has been linked exclusively with Haversian …             The face inversion effect in non-human primates revisited - an investigation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) ▶     Christoph D. Dahl, Malte J. Rasch, Masaki Tomonaga et al.     Faces presented upside-down are harder to recognize than presented right-side up, an effect known as the face inversion effect. With inversion the perceptual processing of the …             Subdiffusion Supports Joining Of Correct Ends During Repair Of DNA Double-Strand Breaks ▶     S. Girst, V. Hable, G. A. Drexler et al.     The mobility of damaged chromatin regions in the nucleus may affect the probability of mis-repair. In this work, live-cell observation and distance tracking of GFP-tagged DNA …             A coevolving model based on preferential triadic closure for social media networks ▶     Menghui Li, Hailin Zou, Shuguang Guan et al.     The dynamical origin of complex networks, i.e., the underlying principles governing network evolution, is a crucial issue in network study. In this paper, by carrying out analysis …                 LEARNING IN THE DIGITAL AGE Nature and Scientific American collaborate to probe the revolution underway in education and discuss what it means for learning, teaching and research.   Access the Special online or via specials in the NatureJournals app          Chemical Sciences ▲ top               Short peptide-directed synthesis of one-dimensional platinum nanostructures with controllable morphologies ▶     Kai Tao, Jiqian Wang, Yanpeng Li et al.     Although one dimensional (1D) Pt nanostructures with well-defined sizes and shapes have fascinating physiochemical properties, their preparation remains a great challenge. Here we …             Kinetic Evidence of an Apparent Negative Activation Enthalpy in an Organocatalytic Process ▶     Xiao Han, Richmond Lee, Tao Chen et al.     A combined kinetic and computational study on our tryptophan-based bifunctional thiourea catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reactions reveals an apparent negative activation enthalpy. …             Rationally designed porous polystyrene encapsulated zirconium phosphate nanocomposite for highly efficient fluoride uptake in waters ▶     Qingrui Zhang, Qing Du, Tifeng Jiao et al.     Fluoride pollution in waters has engulfed worldwide regions and an excess of fluoride intake always causes skeletal fluorosis. Herein, a novel hybrid nanomaterial ZrP-MPN was …             Acoustic-like dynamics of amorphous drugs in the THz regime ▶     E. A. A. Pogna, C. Rodríguez-Tinoco, M. Krisch et al.     The high frequency dynamics of Indomethacin and Celecoxib glasses has been investigated by inelastic x-ray scattering, accessing a momentum-energy region still unexplored in …             Probing the Transmembrane Structure and Topology of Microsomal Cytochrome-P450 by Solid-State NMR on Temperature-Resistant Bicelles ▶     Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Melissa Gildenberg, Shivani Ahuja et al.     Though the importance of high-resolution structure and dynamics of membrane proteins has been well recognized, optimizing sample conditions to retain the native-like folding and …             Determination of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Water Using Highly Sensitive Mid-Infrared Sensor Technology ▶     Rui Lu, Boris Mizaikoff, Wen-Wei Li et al.     Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (CHCs) are toxic and carcinogenic contaminants commonly found in environmental samples, and efficient …                     Physical Sciences ▲ top               Short peptide-directed synthesis of one-dimensional platinum nanostructures with controllable morphologies ▶     Kai Tao, Jiqian Wang, Yanpeng Li et al.     Although one dimensional (1D) Pt nanostructures with well-defined sizes and shapes have fascinating physiochemical properties, their preparation remains a great challenge. Here we …             Realization of ferromagnetic graphene oxide with high magnetization by doping graphene oxide with nitrogen ▶     Yuan Liu, Nujiang Tang, Xiangang Wan et al.     The long spin diffusion length makes graphene very attractive for novel spintronic devices, and thus has triggered a quest for integrating the charge and spin degrees of freedom. …             Photo-induced persistent inversion of germanium in a 200-nm-deep surface region ▶     T. Prokscha, K. H. Chow, E. Stilp et al.     The controlled manipulation of the charge carrier concentration in nanometer thin layers is the basis of current semiconductor technology and of fundamental importance for device …             Co3O4 nanocages with highly exposed {110} facets for high-performance lithium storage ▶     Dequan Liu, Xi Wang, Xuebin Wang et al.     Functional materials with both exposed highly reactive planes and hollow structures have attracted considerable attentions with respect to improved catalytic activity and enhanced …             Toll-like Receptor agonists and alpha-galactosylceramide synergistically enhance the production of interferon-gamma in murine splenocytes ▶     Tatsuya Ando, Hiroyasu Ito, Hirofumi Ohtaki et al.     Vα14 natural killer T (iNKT) cells activated by alpha-galactosylceramide (GalCer) secrete a large amount of cytokines. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a critical role in the …             Kinetic Evidence of an Apparent Negative Activation Enthalpy in an Organocatalytic Process ▶     Xiao Han, Richmond Lee, Tao Chen et al.     A combined kinetic and computational study on our tryptophan-based bifunctional thiourea catalyzed asymmetric Mannich reactions reveals an apparent negative activation enthalpy. …             Transition of refractive index contrast in course of grating growth ▶     Tina Sabel, Michael Zschocher     Studies on the dynamics of holographic pattern formation in photosensitive polymers, gaining deeper insight into the specific material transformations, are essential for …             Rationally designed porous polystyrene encapsulated zirconium phosphate nanocomposite for highly efficient fluoride uptake in waters ▶     Qingrui Zhang, Qing Du, Tifeng Jiao et al.     Fluoride pollution in waters has engulfed worldwide regions and an excess of fluoride intake always causes skeletal fluorosis. Herein, a novel hybrid nanomaterial ZrP-MPN was …             Acoustic-like dynamics of amorphous drugs in the THz regime ▶     E. A. A. Pogna, C. Rodríguez-Tinoco, M. Krisch et al.     The high frequency dynamics of Indomethacin and Celecoxib glasses has been investigated by inelastic x-ray scattering, accessing a momentum-energy region still unexplored in …             Neural networks using two-component Bose-Einstein condensates ▶     Tim Byrnes, Shinsuke Koyama, Kai Yan et al.     The authors previously considered a method of solving optimization problems by using a system of interconnected network of two component Bose-Einstein condensates (Byrnes, Yan, …             Directly measuring of thermal pulse transfer in one-dimensional highly aligned carbon nanotubes ▶     Guang Zhang, Changhong Liu, Shoushan Fan     Using a simple and precise instrument system, we directly measured the thermo-physical properties of one-dimensional highly aligned carbon nanotubes (CNTs). A kind of CNT-based …             Observation of antiferromagnetic order collapse in the pressurized insulator LaMnPO ▶     Jing Guo, J. W. Simonson, Liling Sun et al.     The emergence of superconductivity in the iron pnictide or cuprate high temperature superconductors usually accompanies the suppression of a long-ranged antiferromagnetic (AFM) …             {110} Slip with {112} slip traces in bcc Tungsten ▶     Cecile Marichal, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Steven Van Petegem et al.     While propagation of dislocations in body centered cubic metals at low temperature is understood in terms of elementary steps on {110} planes, slip traces correspond often with …             Digital Imprinting of RNA Recognition and Processing on a Self-Assembled Nucleic Acid Matrix ▶     Shiv K. Redhu, Matteo Castronovo, Allen W. Nicholson     The accelerating progress of research in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology has included initiatives to develop highly-sensitive, high-throughput methods to detect biomarkers at …             Magnetoresistive Emulsion Analyzer ▶     Gungun Lin, Larysa Baraban, Luyang Han et al.     We realize a magnetoresistive emulsion analyzer capable of detection, multiparametric analysis and sorting of ferrofluid-containing nanoliter-droplets. The operation of the device …             Probing the Transmembrane Structure and Topology of Microsomal Cytochrome-P450 by Solid-State NMR on Temperature-Resistant Bicelles ▶     Kazutoshi Yamamoto, Melissa Gildenberg, Shivani Ahuja et al.     Though the importance of high-resolution structure and dynamics of membrane proteins has been well recognized, optimizing sample conditions to retain the native-like folding and …             Manipulating Acoustic Wavefront by Inhomogeneous Impedance and Steerable Extraordinary Reflection ▶     Jiajun Zhao, Baowen Li, Zhining Chen et al.     We unveil the connection between the acoustic impedance along a flat surface and the reflected acoustic wavefront, in order to empower a wide wariety of novel applications in …             Strain engineering induced interfacial self-assembly and intrinsic exchange bias in a manganite perovskite film ▶     B. Cui, C. Song, G. Y. Wang et al.     The control of complex oxide heterostructures at atomic level generates a rich spectrum of exotic properties and unexpected states at the interface between two separately prepared …             Reflected wavefront manipulation based on ultrathin planar acoustic metasurfaces ▶     Yong Li, Bin Liang, Zhong-ming Gu et al.     The introduction of metasurfaces has renewed the Snell's law and opened up new degrees of freedom to tailor the optical wavefront at will. Here, we theoretically demonstrate that …             Electric-field-induced metal maintained by current of the Mott insulator Ca2RuO4 ▶     Fumihiko Nakamura, Mariko Sakaki, Yuya Yamanaka et al.     Recently, "application of electric field (E-field)" has received considerable attention as a new method to induce novel quantum phenomena since application of E-field can tune the …             Determination of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Water Using Highly Sensitive Mid-Infrared Sensor Technology ▶     Rui Lu, Boris Mizaikoff, Wen-Wei Li et al.     Chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (CHCs) are toxic and carcinogenic contaminants commonly found in environmental samples, and efficient …             Long-term biopersistence of tangled oxidized carbon nanotubes inside and outside macrophages in rat subcutaneous tissue ▶     Yoshinori Sato, Atsuro Yokoyama, Yoshinobu Nodasaka et al.     Because of their mechanical strength, chemical stability, and low molecular weight, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are attractive biological implant materials. Biomaterials are typically …             Activating the Microscale Edge Effect in a Hierarchical Surface for Frosting Suppression and Defrosting Promotion ▶     Xuemei Chen, Ruiyuan Ma, Hongbo Zhou et al.     Despite extensive progress, current icephobic materials are limited by the breakdown of their icephobicity in the condensation frosting environment. In particular, the frost …             Deciphering the global organization of clustering in real complex networks ▶     Pol Colomer-de-Simón, M. Ángeles Serrano, Mariano G. Beiró et al.     We uncover the global organization of clustering in real complex networks. To this end, we ask whether triangles in real networks organize as in maximally random graphs with given …             Tactile Feedback Display with Spatial and Temporal Resolutions ▶     Siarhei Vishniakou, Brian W. Lewis, Xiaofan Niu et al.     We report the electronic recording of the touch contact and pressure using an active matrix pressure sensor array made of transparent zinc oxide thin-film transistors and tactile …             Perfect imaging, epsilon-near zero phenomena and waveguiding in the scope of nonlocal effects ▶     C. David, N. A. Mortensen, J. Christensen     Plasmons in metals can oscillate on a sub-wavelength length scale and this large-k response constitutes an inherent prerequisite for fascinating effects such as perfect imaging …             Facile and Green Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles-Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Material with High Catalytic Activity ▶     Tai Sun, Zheye Zhang, Junwu Xiao et al.     We report a facile and green method to synthesize a new type of catalyst by coating Pd nanoparticles (NPs) on reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposite. An …             Towards real-time image deconvolution: application to confocal and STED microscopy ▶     R. Zanella, G. Zanghirati, R. Cavicchioli et al.     Although deconvolution can improve the quality of any type of microscope, the high computational time required has so far limited its massive spreading. Here we demonstrate the …             Virality Prediction and Community Structure in Social Networks ▶     Lilian Weng, Filippo Menczer, Yong-Yeol Ahn     How does network structure affect diffusion? Recent studies suggest that the answer depends on the type of contagion. Complex contagions, unlike infectious diseases (simple …             Mammalian cortical bone in tension is non-Haversian ▶     Ashwij Mayya, Anuradha Banerjee, R. Rajesh     Cortical bone, found in the central part of long bones like femur, is known to adapt to local mechanical stresses. This adaptation has been linked exclusively with Haversian …             Porous Carbon Nanoparticle Networks with Tunable Absorbability ▶     Wei Dai, Seong Jin Kim, Won-Kyeong Seong et al.     Porous carbon materials with high specific surface areas and superhydrophobicity have attracted much research interest due to their potential application in the areas of water …             Examining non-locality and quantum coherent dynamics induced by a common reservoir ▶     Guang-Yin Chen, Shin-Liang Chen, Che-Ming Li et al.     If two identical emitters are coupled to a common reservoir, entanglement can be generated during the decay process. When using Bell's inequality to examine the non-locality, …             A coevolving model based on preferential triadic closure for social media networks ▶     Menghui Li, Hailin Zou, Shuguang Guan et al.     The dynamical origin of complex networks, i.e., the underlying principles governing network evolution, is a crucial issue in network study. In this paper, by carrying out analysis …             Subdiffusion Supports Joining Of Correct Ends During Repair Of DNA Double-Strand Breaks ▶     S. Girst, V. Hable, G. A. Drexler et al.     The mobility of damaged chromatin regions in the nucleus may affect the probability of mis-repair. In this work, live-cell observation and distance tracking of GFP-tagged DNA …               Earth & Environmental Sciences ▲ top               Predicted spatio-temporal dynamics of radiocesium deposited onto forests following the Fukushima nuclear accident ▶     Shoji Hashimoto, Toshiya Matsuura, Kazuki Nanko et al.     The majority of the area contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident is covered by forest. To facilitate effective countermeasure strategies to mitigate …             Co3O4 nanocages with highly exposed {110} facets for high-performance lithium storage ▶     Dequan Liu, Xi Wang, Xuebin Wang et al.     Functional materials with both exposed highly reactive planes and hollow structures have attracted considerable attentions with respect to improved catalytic activity and enhanced …             Emission of spherical cesium-bearing particles from an early stage of the Fukushima nuclear accident ▶     Kouji Adachi, Mizuo Kajino, Yuji Zaizen et al.     The Fukushima nuclear accident released radioactive materials into the environment over the entire Northern Hemisphere in March 2011, and the Japanese government is spending large …             Whales Use Distinct Strategies to Counteract Solar Ultraviolet Radiation ▶     Laura M. Martinez-Levasseur, Mark A. Birch-Machin, Amy Bowman et al.     A current threat to the marine ecosystem is the high level of solar ultraviolet radiation (UV). Large whales have recently been shown to suffer sun-induced skin damage from …             Fossilization causes organisms to appear erroneously primitive by distorting evolutionary trees ▶     Robert S. Sansom, Matthew A. Wills     Fossils are vital for calibrating rates of molecular and morphological change through geological time, and are the only direct source of data documenting macroevolutionary …             Expression and localization of aging markers in lacrimal gland of chronic graft-versus-host disease ▶     Masataka Kawai, Yoko Ogawa, Shigeto Shimmura et al.     Aging is commonly defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes in cells and tissues with advancing age. To investigate whether aging changes are involved in the …             Adaptive behavior of marine cellular clouds ▶     Ilan Koren, Graham Feingold     Shallow marine clouds appear in two formations - open cells that are weakly reflective and closed cells that are more reflective and hence more effective at cooling the climate …               Health Sciences ▲ top               A Predictive Model for SIVH risk in Preterm Infants and Targeted Indomethacin Therapy for Prevention ▶     Rachana Singh, Samuel V. Gorstein, Frank Bednarek et al.     Prophylactic indomethacin may decrease Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage (SIVH). Our goal was to develop a predictive model for SIVH using parameters available by six hours of …             IGF-1R/epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) crosstalk suppresses the erlotinib-sensitizing effect of EGFR exon 19 deletion mutations ▶     Alejandro Vazquez-Martin, Sílvia Cufí, Cristina Oliveras-Ferraros et al.     Using non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cells harboring the erlotinib-sensitizing Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) exon 19 mutation delE746-A750, we developed …             Toll-like Receptor agonists and alpha-galactosylceramide synergistically enhance the production of interferon-gamma in murine splenocytes ▶     Tatsuya Ando, Hiroyasu Ito, Hirofumi Ohtaki et al.     Vα14 natural killer T (iNKT) cells activated by alpha-galactosylceramide (GalCer) secrete a large amount of cytokines. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a critical role in the …             Integrative transcriptome analysis reveals dysregulation of canonical cancer molecular pathways in placenta leading to preeclampsia ▶     Roxana Moslehi, James L. Mills, Caroline Signore et al.     We previously suggested links between specific XPD mutations in the fetal genome and the risk of placental maldevelopment and preeclampsia, possibly due to impairment of …             Sex differences in sensation-seeking: a meta-analysis ▶     Catharine P. Cross, De-Laine M. Cyrenne, Gillian R. Brown     Men score higher than women on measures of sensation-seeking, defined as a willingness to engage in novel or intense activities. This sex difference has been explained in terms of …             Digital Imprinting of RNA Recognition and Processing on a Self-Assembled Nucleic Acid Matrix ▶     Shiv K. Redhu, Matteo Castronovo, Allen W. Nicholson     The accelerating progress of research in nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology has included initiatives to develop highly-sensitive, high-throughput methods to detect biomarkers at …             A longitudinal study on α-synuclein in blood plasma as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease ▶     Penelope G. Foulds, Peter Diggle, J. Douglas Mitchell et al.     There have been no longitudinal studies on α-synuclein as a potential biomarker for the progression of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, blood plasma 'total α-synuclein' and …             Daily rhythms in antennal protein and olfactory sensitivity in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae ▶     Samuel S. C. Rund, Nicolle A. Bonar, Matthew M. Champion et al.     We recently characterized 24-hr daily rhythmic patterns of gene expression in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. These include numerous odorant binding proteins (OBPs), soluble odorant …             Expression and localization of aging markers in lacrimal gland of chronic graft-versus-host disease ▶     Masataka Kawai, Yoko Ogawa, Shigeto Shimmura et al.     Aging is commonly defined as the accumulation of diverse deleterious changes in cells and tissues with advancing age. To investigate whether aging changes are involved in the …             Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy and the most efficient prognostic factors of breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma ▶     Si-Qi Qiu, Xiao-Long Wei, Wen-He Huang et al.     We analyzed the clinicopathological features of 9 breast malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) patients. Immunohistochemistry was used to make both diagnosis and differential …             Modelling dynamics of plasmid-gene mediated antimicrobial resistance in enteric bacteria using stochastic differential equations ▶     Victoriya V. Volkova, Zhao Lu, Cristina Lanzas et al.     The ubiquitous commensal bacteria harbour genes of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), often on conjugative plasmids. Antimicrobial use in food animals subjects their enteric …             Ligand modified nanoparticles increases cell uptake, alters endocytosis and elevates glioma distribution and internalization ▶     Huile Gao, Zhi Yang, Shuang Zhang et al.     Nanoparticles (NPs) were widely used in drugs/probes delivery for improved disease diagnosis and/or treatment. 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