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|  | | 19 March 2014 |  | | Featured image: |  |  |  | | Liu et al. observe two successive coronal mass ejections from the Sun that lead to an extreme space weather event. | | | | | |  | Advertisement |  | | |  | | | | | Latest Articles | View all Articles | | | | | Observations of an extreme storm in interplanetary space caused by successive coronal mass ejections |  | | Ying D. Liu, Janet G. Luhmann, Primož Kajdič, Emilia K.J. Kilpua, Noé Lugaz, Nariaki V. Nitta, Christian Möstl, Benoit Lavraud, Stuart D. Bale, Charles J. Farrugia and Antoinette B. Galvin |  | | Coronal mass ejections are large expulsions of plasma from the solar corona into space, and are drivers of major space weather effects. Here, the authors report observations of two successive ejections, whose interaction led to extremely enhanced magnetic fields and high solar wind speeds near 1 AU. |  | | 18 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4481 |  | | Physical Sciences Astronomy Fluids and plasma physics | 


| Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance OPEN |  | | Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo, Manuel Gloor, Michael Keller, Yadvinder Malhi, Sassan Saatchi, Bruce Nelson, Raimundo C. Oliveira Junior, Cleuton Pereira, Jon Lloyd, Steve Frolking, Michael Palace, Yosio E. Shimabukuro, Valdete Duarte, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Gabriela López-González, Tim R. Baker, Ted R. Feldpausch, Roel J.W. Brienen, Gregory P. Asner, Doreen S. Boyd et al. |  | | The world's tropical forests represent a terrestrial carbon sink, yet its size is uncertain. Espírito-Santo et al. characterize full Amazon disturbances combining forest inventories and remote sensing data, and use statistical modelling to quantify the Amazon aboveground forest carbon balance. |  | | 18 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4434 |  | | Earth Sciences Climate science | 

| Ligand substitutions between ruthenium–cymene compounds can control protein versus DNA targeting and anticancer activity OPEN |  | | Zenita Adhireksan, Gabriela E. Davey, Pablo Campomanes, Michael Groessl, Catherine M. Clavel, Haojie Yu, Alexey A. Nazarov, Charmian Hui Fang Yeo, Wee Han Ang, Peter Dröge, Ursula Rothlisberger, Paul J. Dyson and Curt A. Davey |  | | Ruthenium-cymene-based compounds are investigated as potential anticancer drugs. Here, Adhireksan et al. study two ruthenium-containing compounds with varying cytotoxicity and show that differences in ligand structure may explain their activity and binding to different subcellular targets. |  | | 18 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4462 |  | | Chemical Sciences Chemical biology Medicinal chemistry | 
| Blockade of TLR3 protects mice from lethal radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome OPEN |  | | Naoki Takemura, Takumi Kawasaki, Jun Kunisawa, Shintaro Sato, Aayam Lamichhane, Kouji Kobiyama, Taiki Aoshi, Junichi Ito, Kenji Mizuguchi, Thangaraj Karuppuchamy, Kouta Matsunaga, Shoichiro Miyatake, Nobuko Mori, Tohru Tsujimura, Takashi Satoh, Yutaro Kumagai, Taro Kawai, Daron M. Standley, Ken J. Ishii, Hiroshi Kiyono et al. |  | | Ionizing radiation damages small intestinal crypt cells, including epithelial stem cells and their progeny. Here the authors show that radiation-induced crypt cell death is amplified by the release of cellular RNA from apoptotic epithelial cells, which then triggers pro-apoptotic TLR3 signalling on neighbouring cells. |  | | 18 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4492 |  | | Biological Sciences Medical research | 



| Microtubule acetylation amplifies p38 kinase signalling and anti-inflammatory IL-10 production |  | | Bin Wang, Yan-Hua Rao, Makoto Inoue, Rui Hao, Chun-Hsiang Lai, David Chen, Stacey L. McDonald, Moon-Chang Choi, Qiu Wang, Mari L. Shinohara and Tso-Pang Yao |  | | α-tubulin acetylation is an evolutionarily conserved modification but despite its prevalence, the physiological function of this process remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that α-tubulin acetylation regulates p38 kinase signalling and expression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in macrophages. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4479 |  | | Biological Sciences Cell biology Immunology | 
| Metabolome-based genome-wide association study of maize kernel leads to novel biochemical insights OPEN |  | | Weiwei Wen, Dong Li, Xiang Li, Yanqiang Gao, Wenqiang Li, Huihui Li, Jie Liu, Haijun Liu, Wei Chen, Jie Luo and Jianbing Yan |  | | Plants produce a variety of metabolites that have a critical role in growth and development. Here, the authors carry out a genome-wide association analysis of metabolites and metabolite features in maize and identify candidate genes involved in secondary metabolism, and a potential biomarker for the genetic improvement of the crop. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4438 |  | | Biological Sciences Genetics Plant sciences | 
| Reduced methylation of PFKFB3 in cancer cells shunts glucose towards the pentose phosphate pathway OPEN |  | | Takehiro Yamamoto, Naoharu Takano, Kyoko Ishiwata, Mitsuyo Ohmura, Yoshiko Nagahata, Tomomi Matsuura, Aki Kamata, Kyoko Sakamoto, Tsuyoshi Nakanishi, Akiko Kubo, Takako Hishiki and Makoto Suematsu |  | | Haem oxygenase 1 produces carbon monoxide and this byproduct is known to alter cellular signalling. Here, the authors show that carbon monoxide alters the methylation of PFKFB3 in cancer cells resulting in deregulated cellular metabolism and the shunting of glucose into the pentose phosphate pathway. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4480 |  | | Biological Sciences Cancer | 




| Direct observation of dynamic charge stripes in La2–xSrxNiO4 |  | | S. Anissimova, D. Parshall, G.D. Gu, K. Marty, M.D. Lumsden, Songxue Chi, J.A. Fernandez-Baca, D.L. Abernathy, D. Lamago, J.M. Tranquada and D. Reznik |  | | In materials with strongly correlated electrons, charge carriers can separate into stripes of different electronic phases. Here, Anissimova et al. present evidence that in La2-xSrxNiO4 these stripes can dynamically fluctuate, which helps to understand phenomena such as insulator–metal transitions. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4467 |  | | Physical Sciences Condensed matter | 
| MTSS1 is a metastasis driver in a subset of human melanomas |  | | Kirsten D. Mertz, Gaurav Pathria, Christine Wagner, Juha Saarikangas, Andrea Sboner, Julia Romanov, Melanie Gschaider, Florian Lenz, Friederike Neumann, Wolfgang Schreiner, Maria Nemethova, Alexander Glassmann, Pekka Lappalainen, Georg Stingl, J. Victor Small, Dieter Fink, Lynda Chin and Stephan N. Wagner |  | | Complex genomic alterations segregate melanoma into different molecular subsets, but for most subsets it is unclear whether they drive a distinct clinical behaviour. Here, the authors use gene-expression data from melanoma patients to search for outlier genes that correlate with survival and identify that MTSS1 is associated with metastasis. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4465 |  | | Biological Sciences Cancer | 


| Platelet production proceeds independently of the intrinsic and extrinsic apoptosis pathways |  | | Emma C. Josefsson, Deborah L. Burnett, Marion Lebois, Marlyse A. Debrincat, Michael J. White, Katya J. Henley, Rachael M. Lane, Diane Moujalled, Simon P. Preston, Lorraine A. O'Reilly, Marc Pellegrini, Donald Metcalf, Andreas Strasser and Benjamin T. Kile |  | | Platelet production has been suggested to occur by apoptosis of megakaryocytes, but mitochondrially mediated apoptosis is known to be dispensable. Here, the authors show that death receptor-mediated apoptosis in mouse megakaryocytes is also not required for platelet biogenesis. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4455 |  | | Biological Sciences Cell biology Developmental biology | 
| PI3Kδ inhibition reduces TNF secretion and neuroinflammation in a mouse cerebral stroke model |  | | Pei Ching Low, Silvia Manzanero, Nika Mohannak, Vinod K. Narayana, Tam H. Nguyen, David Kvaskoff, Faith H. Brennan, Marc J. Ruitenberg, Mathias Gelderblom, Tim Magnus, Hyun Ah Kim, Brad R. S. Broughton, Christopher G. Sobey, Bart Vanhaesebroeck, Jennifer L. Stow, Thiruma V. Arumugam and Frédéric A. Meunier |  | | PI 3-kinase is a major regulator of inflammatory responses. In this study, the authors show that inhibition of the delta isoform of PI 3-kinase attenuates the release of tumour necrosis factor from microglia as well as the signs and symptoms associated with cerebral stroke in an in vivo mouse model. |  | | 14 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4450 |  | | Biological Sciences Neuroscience | 
| Self-recognition of the endothelium enables regulatory T-cell trafficking and defines the kinetics of immune regulation OPEN |  | | Hongmei Fu, Madhav Kishore, Beartice Gittens, Guosu Wang, David Coe, Izabela Komarowska, Elvira Infante, Anne J. Ridley, Dianne Cooper, Mauro Perretti and Federica M. Marelli-Berg |  | | Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are important for the maintenance of self-tolerance and this requires their trafficking to the lymph nodes and target tissues. Here, the authors show that the recognition of self-antigens expressed by endothelial cells in target tissue is instrumental for efficient Treg recruitment in vivo. |  | | 14 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4436 |  | | Biological Sciences Immunology | 

| High-efficiency motor neuron differentiation from human pluripotent stem cells and the function of Islet-1 |  | | Qiuhao Qu, Dong Li, Kathleen R. Louis, Xiangzhen Li, Hong Yang, Qinyu Sun, Shane R. Crandall, Stephanie Tsang, Jiaxi Zhou, Charles L. Cox, Jianjun Cheng and Fei Wang |  | | Motor neurons generated from human pluripotent stem cells are used for disease modelling and drug screening. Here the authors present a protocol for efficient generation of mature spinal motor neurons from human pluripotent stem cells by precisely timing the application of the neural patterning molecule retinoic acid. |  | | 13 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4449 |  | | Biological Sciences Developmental biology Neuroscience | 

| 2'-OMe-phosphorodithioate-modified siRNAs show increased loading into the RISC complex and enhanced anti-tumour activity |  | | Sherry Y. Wu, Xianbin Yang, Kshipra M. Gharpure, Hiroto Hatakeyama, Martin Egli, Michael H. McGuire, Archana S. Nagaraja, Takahito M. Miyake, Rajesha Rupaimoole, Chad V. Pecot, Morgan Taylor, Sunila Pradeep, Malgorzata Sierant, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo, Hyun J. Choi, Rebecca A. Previs, Guillermo N. Armaiz-Pena, Li Huang, Carlos Martinez, Tom Hassell et al. |  | | Short interfering siRNAs—siRNAs—have therapeutic potential in the treatment of disease; however, their delivery to target tissues is difficult. Here, Wu et al. chemically modify siRNAs and show that this improves loading into the siRNA silencing machinery and thus efficacy in eliminating cancer cells in mice. |  | | 12 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4459 |  | | Biological Sciences Biochemistry Cancer | 

| Ablation of TrkB signalling in CCK neurons results in hypercortisolism and obesity |  | | Mirjam Geibel, Sylvia Badurek, Jacqueline M. Horn, Chinnavuth Vatanashevanopakorn, Juraj Koudelka, Claudia M. Wunderlich, Hella S. Brönneke, F. Thomas Wunderlich and Liliana Minichiello |  | | Glucocorticoid levels in the body are controlled by an intricate feedback system acting on the hypothalamus. Here the authors provide molecular insight into this process, identifying TrkB signalling in cholecystokinin-GABAergic neurons as a key component of hypothalamic glucocorticoid signalling. |  | | 12 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4427 |  | | Biological Sciences Medical research Neuroscience | 

| Restoration of the third law in spin ice thin films OPEN |  | | L. Bovo, X. Moya, D. Prabhakaran, Yeong-Ah Soh, A.T. Boothroyd, N.D. Mathur, G. Aeppli and S.T. Bramwell |  | | In bulk, the spin ice Dy2Ti2O7 has posed an enigma because – due to its slow dynamics – it is unclear whether and how the material will reach a zero entropy state at zero temperature. Here, the authors show that in thin films of Dy2Ti2O7 a zero entropy state is induced at 0.4 K, plausibly by lattice strain. |  | | 12 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4439 |  | | Physical Sciences Condensed matter Materials science | 
| | | | | | | | | | Latest Erratum | | | | | | Erratum: Genomic insights into salt adaptation in a desert poplar |  | | Tao Ma, Junyi Wang, Gongke Zhou, Zhen Yue, Quanjun Hu, Yan Chen, Bingbing Liu, Qiang Qiu, Zhuo Wang, Jian Zhang, Kun Wang, Dechun Jiang, Caiyun Gou, Lili Yu, Dongliang Zhan, Ran Zhou, Wenchun Luo, Hui Ma, Yongzhi Yang, Shengkai Pan et al. |  | | 17 March 2014 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms4454 |  | | Biological Sciences Evolution Genetics | | | | | |  | | |  |  |  |  |  |  | Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here.
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