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26 August 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Biological Sciences               Non-Polio Enteroviruses from Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance in Shandong Province, China, 1988–2013 ▶     Zexin Tao, Haiyan Wang, Yao Liu et al.     Enteroviruses (EVs) are important human pathogens associated with various clinical syndromes. This study represents an overview of non-polio enteroviruses (NPEVs) isolated from …             Bmi1 expression in long-term germ stem cells ▶     Yoshihiro Komai, Toshihiro Tanaka, Yoko Tokuyama et al.     Asingle cells in undifferentiated spermatogonia are considered to be the most primitive forms of germ stem cells (GSCs). Although GFRα1 is thought to be a marker of Asingle cells, …             Association of MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms with non-Hodgkin lymphoma susceptibility: Evidence from a meta-analysis ▶     Jing He, Xiao-Yu Liao, Jin-Hong Zhu et al.     Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is an important enzyme involved in folate metabolism and DNA synthesis. A number of studies have examined the association of MTHFR …             Tissue-specific mechanical and geometrical control of cell viability and actin cytoskeleton alignment ▶     Dong Wang, Wenfu Zheng, Yunyan Xie et al.     Different tissues have specific mechanical properties and cells of different geometries, such as elongated muscle cells and polygonal endothelial cells, which are precisely …             First evidence of chitin in calcified coralline algae: new insights into the calcification process of Clathromorphum compactum ▶     M. Azizur Rahman, Jochen Halfar     Interest in calcifying coralline algae has been increasing over the past years due to the discovery of extensive coralline algal dominated ecosystems in Arctic and Subarctic …             Genetic evidence suggests that Spata22 is required for the maintenance of Rad51 foci in mammalian meiosis ▶     Satoshi Ishishita, Yoichi Matsuda, Kazuhiro Kitada     Meiotic nodules are the sites of double-stranded DNA break repair. Rpa is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein, and Rad51 is a protein that assists in the repair of DNA double …             Microneedle-mediated immunization of an adenovirus-based malaria vaccine enhances antigen-specific antibody immunity and reduces anti-vector responses compared to the intradermal route ▶     John B. Carey, Anto Vrdoljak, Conor O'Mahony et al.     Substantial effort has been placed in developing efficacious recombinant attenuated adenovirus-based vaccines. However induction of immunity to the vector is a significant …             Feasibility of Amylin Imaging in Pancreatic Islets with β-Amyloid Imaging Probes ▶     Masashi Yoshimura, Masahiro Ono, Hiroyuki Watanabe et al.     Islet amyloid deposition composed of amylin aggregates is regarded as one of the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). For the diagnosis of T2DM, several nuclear medical …             Establishing a panel of chemo-resistant mesothelioma models for investigating chemo-resistance and identifying new treatments for mesothelioma ▶     Amanda L. Hudson, Chris Weir, Elizabeth Moon et al.     Mesothelioma is inherently chemo-resistant with only 50% of patients responding to the standard of care treatments, and consequently it has a very grim prognosis. The aim of this …             Sapodilla Plum (Achras sapota) Induces Apoptosis in Cancer Cell Lines and Inhibits Tumor Progression in Mice ▶     Mrinal Srivastava, Mahesh Hegde, Kishore K. Chiruvella et al.     Intake of fruits rich in antioxidants in daily diet is suggested to be cancer preventive. Sapota is a tropical fruit grown and consumed extensively in several countries including …             DNA G-segment bending is not the sole determinant of topology simplification by type II DNA topoisomerases ▶     Neil H. Thomson, Sergio Santos, Lesley A. Mitchenall et al.     DNA topoisomerases control the topology of DNA. Type II topoisomerases exhibit topology simplification, whereby products of their reactions are simplified beyond that expected …             Identification of Essential Histidine Residues Involved in Heme Binding and Hemozoin Formation in Heme Detoxification Protein from Plasmodium falciparum ▶     Keisuke Nakatani, Haruto Ishikawa, Shigetoshi Aono et al.     Malaria parasites digest hemoglobin within a food vacuole to supply amino acids, releasing the toxic product heme. During the detoxification, toxic free heme is converted into an …             The Regulatory Effect of UL-16 Binding Protein-3 Expression on the Cytotoxicity of NK Cells in Cancer Patients ▶     Xiao Mou, Yuepeng Zhou, Peng Jiang et al.     The activating immunoreceptor NKG2D (natural killer group 2, member D) and its ligands play important roles in the innate and adaptive immune responses. UL16-binding protein 3 (UL…             Tissue multifractality and Born approximation in analysis of light scattering: a novel approach for precancers detection ▶     Nandan Das, Subhasri Chatterjee, Satish Kumar et al.     Multifractal, a special class of complex self-affine processes, are under recent intensive investigations because of their fundamental nature and potential applications in diverse …             Regulation of HPV16 E6 and MCL1 by SF3B1 inhibitor in head and neck cancer cells ▶     Yang Gao, Sumita Trivedi, Robert L. Ferris et al.     ABT-737 inhibits the anti-apoptotic proteins B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) and BCL-XL. Meayamycin B switches the splicing pattern of myeloid cell leukemia factor 1 (MCL1) pre-mRNA. …             Optical mapping of optogenetically shaped cardiac action potentials ▶     Sarah A. Park, Shin-Rong Lee, Leslie Tung et al.     Light-mediated silencing and stimulation of cardiac excitability, an important complement to electrical stimulation, promises important discoveries and therapies. To date, cardiac …             Graphene oxide amplifies the phytotoxicity of arsenic in wheat ▶     Xiangang Hu, Jia Kang, Kaicheng Lu et al.     Graphene oxide (GO) is widely used in various fields and is considered to be relatively biocompatible. Herein, “indirect” nanotoxicity is first defined as toxic amplification of …             Detecting protein–protein interactions based on kinase-mediated growth induction of mammalian cells ▶     Satoru Mabe, Teruyuki Nagamune, Masahiro Kawahara     Detection of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is important for understanding numerous processes in mammalian cells; however, existing PPI detection methods often give …             Ovulation and extra-ovarian origin of ovarian cancer ▶     Yang Yang-Hartwich, Marta Gurrea-Soteras, Natalia Sumi et al.     The mortality rate of ovarian cancer remains high due to late diagnosis and recurrence. 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