Scientific Reports Table of Contents e-alert: 24 February 2015

24 February 2015      • 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               Fgk3 glycogen synthase kinase is important for development, pathogenesis, and stress responses in Fusarium graminearum ▶     Jun Qin, Guanghui Wang, Cong Jiang et al.     Wheat scab caused by Fusarium graminearum is an important disease. In a previous study, the FGK3 glycogen synthase kinase gene orthologous to mammalian GSK3 was identified as an …             Proteins interacting with cloning scars: a source of false positive protein-protein interactions ▶     Charles A. S. Banks, Gina Boanca, Zachary T. Lee et al.     A common approach for exploring the interactome, the network of protein-protein interactions in cells, uses a commercially available ORF library to express affinity tagged bait …             Higher-level phylogeny of paraneopteran insects inferred from mitochondrial genome sequences▶     Hu Li, Renfu Shao, Nan Song et al.     Mitochondrial (mt) genome data have been proven to be informative for animal phylogenetic studies but may also suffer from systematic errors, due to the effects of accelerated …             On the Origin of Protein Superfamilies and Superfolds ▶     Abram Magner, Wojciech Szpankowski, Daisuke Kihara     Distributions of protein families and folds in genomes are highly skewed, having a small number of prevalent superfamiles/superfolds and a large number of families/folds of a …             Suppression of CYP2C9 by MicroRNA hsa-miR-128-3p in Human Liver Cells and Association with Hepatocellular Carcinoma ▶     Dianke Yu, Bridgett Green, April Marrone et al.     Published studies have identified genetic variants, somatic mutations, and changes in gene expression profiles that are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), …             Efficient Demyristoylase Activity of SIRT2 Revealed by Kinetic and Structural Studies ▶     Yan-Bin Teng, Hui Jing, Pornpun Aramsangtienchai et al.     Sirtuins are a class of enzymes originally identified as nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent protein lysine deacetylases. Among the seven mammalian sirtuins, …             Comparative analysis of KRAS codon 12, 13, 18, 61, and 117 mutations using human MCF10A isogenic cell lines ▶     Britta Stolze, Stefanie Reinhart, Lars Bulllinger et al.     KRAS mutations occur in one third of human cancers and cluster in several hotspots, with codons 12 and 13 being most commonly affected. It has been suggested that the position …             Diversity in gut bacterial community of school-age children in Asia ▶     Jiro Nakayama, Koichi Watanabe, Jiahui Jiang et al.     Asia differs substantially among and within its regions populated by diverse ethnic groups, which maintain their own respective cultures and dietary habits. To address the …             Bridging topological and functional information in protein interaction networks by short loops profiling ▶     Sun Sook Chung, Alessandro Pandini, Alessia Annibale et al.     Protein-protein interaction networks (PPINs) have been employed to identify potential novel interconnections between proteins as well as crucial cellular functions. In this study …             Chromatin compaction under mixed salt conditions: Opposite effects of sodium and potassium ions on nucleosome array folding ▶     Abdollah Allahverdi, Qinming Chen, Nikolay Korolev et al.     It is well known that chromatin structure is highly sensitive to the ionic environment. However, the combined effects of a physiologically relevant mixed ionic environment of K, …             Prejudiced interactions: implicit racial bias reduces predictive simulation during joint action with an out-group avatar ▶     Lucia Maria Sacheli, Andrea Christensen, Martin A. Giese et al.     During social interactions people automatically apply stereotypes in order to rapidly categorize others. Racial differences are among the most powerful cues that drive these …             Impact of Sox9 Dosage and Hes1-mediated Notch Signaling in Controlling the Plasticity of Adult Pancreatic Duct Cells in Mice ▶     Shinichi Hosokawa, Kenichiro Furuyama, Masashi Horiguchi et al.     In the adult pancreas, there has been a long-standing dispute as to whether stem/precursor populations that retain plasticity to differentiate into endocrine or acinar cell types …             Toll-like receptor-2 deficiency induces schizophrenia-like behaviors in mice ▶     Se Jin Park, Jee Youn Lee, Sang Jeong Kim et al.     Dysregulation of the immune system contributes to the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. Here, we demonstrated that toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, a …             Inflammation-induced endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles modulate the cellular status of pericytes ▶     Seiji Yamamoto, Shumpei Niida, Erika Azuma et al.     Emerging lines of evidence have shown that extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate cell-to-cell communication by exporting encapsulated materials, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), to …             Neuroinflammation and Aβ Accumulation Linked To Systemic Inflammation Are Decreased By Genetic PKR Down-Regulation ▶     Anne-Sophie Carret-Rebillat, Clarisse Pace, Sarah Gourmaud et al.     Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, marked by senile plaques composed of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide, neurofibrillary tangles, neuronal loss and …             No difference in small bowel microbiota between patients with irritable bowel syndrome and healthy controls ▶     Aldona Dlugosz, Björn Winckler, Elin Lundin et al.     Several studies have indicated that colonic microbiota may exhibit important differences between patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy controls. Less is known …             Insights into the Role of Substrates on the Interaction between Cytochrome b5 and Cytochrome P450 2B4 by NMR ▶     Meng Zhang, Stéphanie V. Le Clair, Rui Huang et al.     Mammalian cytochrome b5 (cyt b5) is a membrane-bound protein capable of donating an electron to cytochrome P450 (P450) in the P450 catalytic cycle. The interaction between cyt b5 …             Simultaneous submicrometric 3D imaging of the micro-vascular network and the neuronal system in a mouse spinal cord ▶     Michela Fratini, Inna Bukreeva, Gaetano Campi et al.     Faults in vascular (VN) and neuronal networks of spinal cord are responsible for serious neurodegenerative pathologies. Because of inadequate investigation tools, the lacking …             Delay-induced patterns in a two-dimensional lattice of coupled oscillators ▶     Markus Kantner, Eckehard Schöll, Serhiy Yanchuk     We show how a variety of stable spatio-temporal periodic patterns can be created in 2D-lattices of coupled oscillators with non-homogeneous coupling delays. The results are …             MDR1 siRNA loaded hyaluronic acid-based CD44 targeted nanoparticle systems circumvent paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer ▶     Xiaoqian Yang, Arun K. lyer, Amit Singh et al.     Development of multidrug resistance (MDR) is an almost universal phenomenon in patients with ovarian cancer, and this severely limits the ultimate success of chemotherapy in the …             Application of IL-36 receptor antagonist weakens CCL20 expression and impairs recovery in the late phase of murine acetaminophen-induced liver injury ▶     Patrick Scheiermann, Malte Bachmann, Lorena Härdle et al.     Overdosing of the analgesic acetaminophen (APAP, paracetamol) is a major cause of acute liver injury. Whereas toxicity is initiated by hepatocyte necrosis, course of disease is …             Static stretch affects neural stem cell differentiation in an extracellular matrix-dependent manner▶     Janahan Arulmoli, Medha M. Pathak, Lisa P. McDonnell et al.     Neural stem and progenitor cell (NSPC) fate is strongly influenced by mechanotransduction as modulation of substrate stiffness affects lineage choice. Other types of mechanical …                 nature.com webcasts  Join us for our upcoming webcast with live Q&A: BioPharma Dealmakers: Drug Delivery Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Time: 8AM PST, 11AM EST, 4PM GMT, 5PM CET Register for FREE  Sponsored by: Polymer Factory, Pulmatrix, Phosphorex, Nanovelos         Chemical Sciences ▲ top               Room temperature synthesis of cobalt-manganese-nickel oxalates micropolyhedrons for high-performance flexible electrochemical energy storage device ▶     Yi-Zhou Zhang, Junhong Zhao, Jing Xia et al.     Cobalt-manganese-nickel oxalates micropolyhedrons were successfully fabricated by a room temperature chemical co-precipitation method. Interestingly, the Co0.5Mn0.4Ni0.1C2O4*nH2O …             Structural basis for PPARγ transactivation by endocrine-disrupting organotin compounds ▶     Shusaku Harada, Youhei Hiromori, Shota Nakamura et al.     Organotin compounds such as triphenyltin (TPT) and tributyltin (TBT) act as endocrine disruptors through the peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ (PPARγ) signaling …             Unveiling the Dependence of Glass Transitions on Mixing Thermodynamics in Miscible Systems▶     Wenkang Tu, Yunxi Wang, Xin Li et al.     The dependence of the glass transition in mixtures on mixing thermodynamics is examined by focusing on enthalpy of mixing, ΔHmix with the change in sign (positive vs. negative) …             Large-Scale Synthesis of Palladium Concave Nanocubes with High-Index Facets for Sustainable Enhanced Catalytic Performance ▶     Xiaobin Xie, Guanhui Gao, Zhengyin Pan et al.     The catalytic activity of palladium (Pd) nanostructures highly relies on their size and morphology, especially enclosed with high-index facets, which provide more active sites so …             Rutile TiO2 Mesocrystals/Reduced Graphene Oxide with High-Rate and Long-Term Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Tongbin Lan, Heyuan Qiu, Fengyan Xie et al.     An in situ hydrothermal route is developed for fabricating rutile TiO2 mesocrystals/reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (TGR) hybrids in the presence of dodecylbenzenesulphonic …             Insights into the Role of Substrates on the Interaction between Cytochrome b5 and Cytochrome P450 2B4 by NMR ▶     Meng Zhang, Stéphanie V. Le Clair, Rui Huang et al.     Mammalian cytochrome b5 (cyt b5) is a membrane-bound protein capable of donating an electron to cytochrome P450 (P450) in the P450 catalytic cycle. The interaction between cyt b5 …                   Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology Focus on Paediatric cancer   Paediatric oncology is a bustling field with a wide remit, from genomic studies to surgical innovations. This Focus issue aims to look at a number of the key issues, and the cutting-edge research, surrounding treating arguably our most vulnerable patients.   Produced with support of a grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb         Physical Sciences ▲ top               Nanomechanical behavior of MoS2 and WS2 multi-walled nanotubes and Carbon nanohorns ▶     Dave Maharaj, Bharat Bhushan     Nano-objects have been investigated for drug delivery, oil detection, contaminant removal, and tribology applications. In some applications, they are subjected to friction and …             High pressure Raman spectroscopy of H2O-CH3OH mixtures ▶     Wen-Pin Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang Chien     Complex intra-molecular interactions and the hydrogen-bonding network in H2O-volatile mixtures play critical roles in many dynamics processes in physical chemistry, biology, and …             Probing the electronic and spintronic properties of buried interfaces by extremely low energy photoemission spectroscopy ▶     Roman Fetzer, Benjamin Stadtmüller, Yusuke Ohdaira et al.     Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) is a powerful tool to study the electronic spin and symmetry features at both surfaces and interfaces to ultrathin top layers. …             Room temperature synthesis of cobalt-manganese-nickel oxalates micropolyhedrons for high-performance flexible electrochemical energy storage device ▶     Yi-Zhou Zhang, Junhong Zhao, Jing Xia et al.     Cobalt-manganese-nickel oxalates micropolyhedrons were successfully fabricated by a room temperature chemical co-precipitation method. Interestingly, the Co0.5Mn0.4Ni0.1C2O4*nH2O …             Enhanced Surface-and-Interface Coupling in Pd-Nanoparticle-coated LaAlO3/SrTiO3Heterostructures: Strong Gas- and Photo-Induced Conductance Modulation ▶     Haeri Kim, Ngai Yui Chan, Ji-yan Dai et al.     Pd nanoparticle (NP) coated LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) heterointerface exhibits more notable conductance (G) change while varying the ambient gas (N2, H2/N2, and O2) and …             Fermi Arcs vs. Fermi Pockets in Electron-doped Perovskite Iridates ▶     Junfeng He, H. Hafiz, Thomas R. Mion et al.     We report on an angle resolved photoemission (ARPES) study of bulk electron-doped perovskite iridate, (Sr1−xLax)3Ir2O7. Fermi surface pockets are observed with a total electron …             On the Origin of Protein Superfamilies and Superfolds ▶     Abram Magner, Wojciech Szpankowski, Daisuke Kihara     Distributions of protein families and folds in genomes are highly skewed, having a small number of prevalent superfamiles/superfolds and a large number of families/folds of a …             Bridging topological and functional information in protein interaction networks by short loops profiling ▶     Sun Sook Chung, Alessandro Pandini, Alessia Annibale et al.     Protein-protein interaction networks (PPINs) have been employed to identify potential novel interconnections between proteins as well as crucial cellular functions. In this study …             Structural basis for PPARγ transactivation by endocrine-disrupting organotin compounds ▶     Shusaku Harada, Youhei Hiromori, Shota Nakamura et al.     Organotin compounds such as triphenyltin (TPT) and tributyltin (TBT) act as endocrine disruptors through the peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ (PPARγ) signaling …             Revealing backward rescattering photoelectron interference of molecules in strong infrared laser fields ▶     Min Li, Xufei Sun, Xiguo Xie et al.     Photoelectrons ionized from atoms and molecules in a strong laser field are either emitted directly or rescattered by the nucleus, both of which can serve as efficiently useful …             Ultra-fast and energy-efficient sintering of ceramics by electric current concentration ▶     E. Zapata-Solvas, D. Gómez-García, A. Domínguez-Rodríguez et al.     Electric current activated/assisted sintering (ECAS) techniques, such as electrical discharge sintering (EDS) or resistive sintering (RS), have been intensively investigated for …             Mid-infrared laser filaments in the atmosphere ▶     A. V. Mitrofanov, A. A. Voronin, D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov et al.     Filamentation of ultrashort laser pulses in the atmosphere offers unique opportunities for long-range transmission of high-power laser radiation and standoff detection. With the …             A General Design Rule to Manipulate Photocarrier Transport Path in Solar Cells and Its Realization by the Plasmonic-Electrical Effect ▶     Wei E. I. Sha, Hugh L. Zhu, Luzhou Chen et al.     It is well known that transport paths of photocarriers (electrons and holes) before collected by electrodes strongly affect bulk recombination and thus electrical properties of …             On-chip Fabrication of High Performance Nanostructured ZnO UV Detectors ▶     Mohammad R. Alenezi, Simon J. Henley, S. R. P. Silva     Developing rationally controlled bottom-up device fabrication processes is essential for the achievement of high performance optimal devices. We report a controlled, seedless and …             Controlling the Spins Angular Momentum in Ferromagnets with Sequences of Picosecond Acoustic Pulses ▶     Ji-Wan Kim, Mircea Vomir, Jean-Yves Bigot     Controlling the angular momentum of spins with very short external perturbations is a key issue in modern magnetism. For example it allows manipulating the magnetization for …             Reversible monolayer-to-crystalline phase transition in amphiphilic silsesquioxane at the air-water interface ▶     R. Banerjee, M. K. Sanyal, M. K. Bera et al.     We report on the counter intuitive reversible crystallisation of two-dimensional monolayer of Trisilanolisobutyl Polyhedral Oligomeric SilSesquioxane (TBPOSS) on water surface …             Large-Scale Synthesis of Palladium Concave Nanocubes with High-Index Facets for Sustainable Enhanced Catalytic Performance ▶     Xiaobin Xie, Guanhui Gao, Zhengyin Pan et al.     The catalytic activity of palladium (Pd) nanostructures highly relies on their size and morphology, especially enclosed with high-index facets, which provide more active sites so …             Rutile TiO2 Mesocrystals/Reduced Graphene Oxide with High-Rate and Long-Term Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries ▶     Tongbin Lan, Heyuan Qiu, Fengyan Xie et al.     An in situ hydrothermal route is developed for fabricating rutile TiO2 mesocrystals/reduced graphene oxide nanosheets (TGR) hybrids in the presence of dodecylbenzenesulphonic …             Shape-modification of patterned nanoparticles by an ion beam treatment ▶     Kyong Chan Heo, Jin Seog Gwag     This paper evaluated a practical approach to the fabrication of arrays of non-spherical nanoparticles by colloidal etching without a mask involving exposure to a low energy ion …             Unveiling the Dependence of Glass Transitions on Mixing Thermodynamics in Miscible Systems▶     Wenkang Tu, Yunxi Wang, Xin Li et al.     The dependence of the glass transition in mixtures on mixing thermodynamics is examined by focusing on enthalpy of mixing, ΔHmix with the change in sign (positive vs. negative) …             Two-component energy spectrum of cuprates in the pseudogap phase and its evolution with temperature and at charge ordering ▶     Lev P. Gor'kov, Gregory B. Teitel'baum     In the search for mechanisms of high-temperature superconductivity it is critical to know the electronic spectrum in the pseudogap phase from which superconductivity evolves. The …             Strongly anisotropic in-plane thermal transport in single-layer black phosphorene ▶     Ankit Jain, Alan J. H. McGaughey     Using first principles calculations, we predict the thermal conductivity of the two-dimensional materials black phosphorene and blue phosphorene. Black phosphorene has an …             Design and fabrication of far ultraviolet filters based on π-multilayer technology in high-kmaterials ▶     Xiao-Dong Wang, Bo Chen, Hai-Feng Wang et al.     Application of π-multilayer technology is extended to high extinction coefficient materials, which is introduced into metal-dielectric filter design. Metal materials often have …             Delay-induced patterns in a two-dimensional lattice of coupled oscillators ▶     Markus Kantner, Eckehard Schöll, Serhiy Yanchuk     We show how a variety of stable spatio-temporal periodic patterns can be created in 2D-lattices of coupled oscillators with non-homogeneous coupling delays. The results are …             MDR1 siRNA loaded hyaluronic acid-based CD44 targeted nanoparticle systems circumvent paclitaxel resistance in ovarian cancer ▶     Xiaoqian Yang, Arun K. lyer, Amit Singh et al.     Development of multidrug resistance (MDR) is an almost universal phenomenon in patients with ovarian cancer, and this severely limits the ultimate success of chemotherapy in the …             Insights into the Role of Substrates on the Interaction between Cytochrome b5 and Cytochrome P450 2B4 by NMR ▶     Meng Zhang, Stéphanie V. Le Clair, Rui Huang et al.     Mammalian cytochrome b5 (cyt b5) is a membrane-bound protein capable of donating an electron to cytochrome P450 (P450) in the P450 catalytic cycle. The interaction between cyt b5 …             Simultaneous submicrometric 3D imaging of the micro-vascular network and the neuronal system in a mouse spinal cord ▶     Michela Fratini, Inna Bukreeva, Gaetano Campi et al.     Faults in vascular (VN) and neuronal networks of spinal cord are responsible for serious neurodegenerative pathologies. Because of inadequate investigation tools, the lacking …             Static stretch affects neural stem cell differentiation in an extracellular matrix-dependent manner▶     Janahan Arulmoli, Medha M. Pathak, Lisa P. McDonnell et al.     Neural stem and progenitor cell (NSPC) fate is strongly influenced by mechanotransduction as modulation of substrate stiffness affects lineage choice. Other types of mechanical …               Earth & Environmental Sciences ▲ top               High pressure Raman spectroscopy of H2O-CH3OH mixtures ▶     Wen-Pin Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang Chien     Complex intra-molecular interactions and the hydrogen-bonding network in H2O-volatile mixtures play critical roles in many dynamics processes in physical chemistry, biology, and …               Health Sciences ▲ top               Normal Values of Hertel Exophthalmometry in a Chinese Han Population from Shenyang, Northeast China ▶     Dan Wu, Xin Liu, Di Wu et al.     Aims of this study were to determine the normal range of absolute and relative Hertel exophthalmometric values (EVs) in a Chinese Han population. This population-based …             Comparison of dementia risk between end stage renal disease patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis - a population based study ▶     Yi-Ting Lin, Ping-Hsun Wu, Mei-Chuan Kuo et al.     A higher risk of dementia was reported in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD) compared to those undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Selection bias and competing …             Efficacy and biological safety of lopinavir/ritonavir based anti-retroviral therapy in HIV-1-infected patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials ▶     Xiaojie Huang, Yuanlong Xu, Qiuying Yang et al.     Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) is the first ritonavir-boosted protease-inhibitor used in second-line anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited regions. To evaluate the …             Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and the Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiological Observational Studies ▶     Yu Feng, Song Wang, Runsen Chen et al.     Epidemiological studies have reported conflicting results regarding the association between maternal folic acid supplementation and the risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs). …             Inflammation-induced endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles modulate the cellular status of pericytes ▶     Seiji Yamamoto, Shumpei Niida, Erika Azuma et al.     Emerging lines of evidence have shown that extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate cell-to-cell communication by exporting encapsulated materials, such as microRNAs (miRNAs), to …             Toll-like receptor-2 deficiency induces schizophrenia-like behaviors in mice ▶     Se Jin Park, Jee Youn Lee, Sang Jeong Kim et al.     Dysregulation of the immune system contributes to the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. Here, we demonstrated that toll-like receptor (TLR)-2, a …             Functional variants regulating LGALS1 (Galectin 1) expression affect human susceptibility to influenza A(H7N9) ▶     Yu Chen, Jie Zhou, Zhongshan Cheng et al.     The fatality of avian influenza A(H7N9) infection in humans was over 30%. To identify human genetic susceptibility to A(H7N9) infection, we performed a genome-wide association …             No difference in small bowel microbiota between patients with irritable bowel syndrome and healthy controls ▶     Aldona Dlugosz, Björn Winckler, Elin Lundin et al.     Several studies have indicated that colonic microbiota may exhibit important differences between patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and healthy controls. Less is known …             Application of IL-36 receptor antagonist weakens CCL20 expression and impairs recovery in the late phase of murine acetaminophen-induced liver injury ▶     Patrick Scheiermann, Malte Bachmann, Lorena Härdle et al.     Overdosing of the analgesic acetaminophen (APAP, paracetamol) is a major cause of acute liver injury. 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