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16 September 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Biological Sciences               Developing conversed microsatellite markers and their implications in evolutionary analysis of the Bemisia tabaci complex ▶     Hua-Ling Wang, Jiao Yang, Laura M. Boykin et al.     The study of population genetics among the Bemisia tabaci complex is limited due to the lack of conserved molecular markers. In this study, 358, 433 and 322 new polynucleotide …             Characterizing the pocketome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and application in rationalizing polypharmacological target selection ▶     Praveen Anand, Nagasuma Chandra     Polypharmacology is beginning to emerge as an important concept in the field of drug discovery. However, there are no established approaches to either select appropriate target …             Earthworms increase plant production: a meta-analysis ▶     Jan Willem van Groenigen, Ingrid M. Lubbers, Hannah M. J. Vos et al.     To meet the challenge of feeding a growing world population with minimal environmental impact, we need comprehensive and quantitative knowledge of ecological factors affecting …             Cup-Shaped Superparamagnetic Hemispheres for Size-Selective Cell Filtration ▶     Hyonchol Kim, Hideyuki Terazono, Hiroyuki Takei et al.     We propose a new method of size separation of cells exploiting precisely size-controlled hemispherical superparamagnetic microparticles. A three-layered structure of a 2-nm nickel …             Randomness and preserved patterns in cancer network ▶     Aparna Rai, A. Vipin Menon, Sarika Jalan     Breast cancer has been reported to account for the maximum cases among all female cancers till date. In order to gain a deeper insight into the complexities of the disease, we …             Regulation of T cell proliferation by JMJD6 and PDGF-BB during chronic hepatitis B infection ▶     Cai-Feng Chen, Xia Feng, Hui-Yu Liao et al.     T cell functional exhaustion during chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection may contribute to the failed viral clearance; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain …             Filamin A-interacting protein (FILIP) is a region-specific modulator of myosin 2b and controls spine morphology and NMDA receptor accumulation ▶     Hideshi Yagi, Takashi Nagano, Min-Jue Xie et al.     Learning and memory depend on morphological and functional changes to neural spines. Non-muscle myosin 2b regulates actin dynamics downstream of long-term potentiation induction. …             The impact of tumor location and multifocality on prognosis for patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a meta-analysis ▶     YunJian Wu, Qiang Dong, LiangRen Liu et al.     There is lack of consensus regarding the prognostic significance of primary tumor location of upper tract urothelial carcinoma(UTUC). We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the …             Male motion coordination in anopheline mating swarms ▶     Daigo Shishika, Nicholas C. Manoukis, Sachit Butail et al.     The Anopheles gambiae species complex comprises the primary vectors of malaria in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Most of the mating in these species occurs in swarms composed almost …             Notoginsenoside R1 increases neuronal excitability and ameliorates synaptic and memory dysfunction following amyloid elevation ▶     Shijun Yan, Zhi Li, Hang Li et al.     Neurodegeneration and synaptic dysfunction observed in Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been associated with progressive decrease in neuronal activity. Here, we investigated the …             GSAASeqSP: A Toolset for Gene Set Association Analysis of RNA-Seq Data ▶     Qing Xiong, Sayan Mukherjee, Terrence S. Furey     RNA-Seq is quickly becoming the preferred method for comprehensively characterizing whole transcriptome activity, and the analysis of count data from RNA-Seq requires new …             A Neurostimulant para-Chloroamphetamine Inhibits the Arginylation Branch of the N-end Rule Pathway ▶     Yanxialei Jiang, Won Hoon Choi, Jung Hoon Lee et al.     In the arginylation branch of the N-end rule pathway, unacetylated N-terminal destabilizing residues function as essential determinants of protein degradation signals (N-degron). …             Effects of young poplar plantations on understory plant diversity in the Dongting Lake wetlands, China ▶     Youzhi Li, Xinsheng Chen, Yonghong Xie et al.     This study evaluated the effects of young poplar plantations on understory plant diversity in the Dongting Lake wetlands, China. Poplar plantations resulted in a higher species …             Changes of the human gut microbiome induced by a fermented milk product ▶     Patrick Veiga, Nicolas Pons, Anurag Agrawal et al.     The gut microbiota (GM) consists of resident commensals and transient microbes conveyed by the diet but little is known about the role of the latter on GM homeostasis. Here we …             Highly efficient generation of induced neurons from human fibroblasts that survive transplantation into the adult rat brain ▶     Maria Pereira, Ulrich Pfisterer, Daniella Rylander et al.     Induced neurons (iNs) offer a novel source of human neurons that can be explored for applications of disease modelling, diagnostics, drug screening and cell replacement therapy. …             Methylation Patterns of the IFN-γ Gene in Cervical Cancer Tissues ▶     Dong Ma, Chunyang Jiang, Xiaoli Hu et al.     Objective: To explore the relationship between methylation of interferon gamma (IFN-γ) gene and tumorigenesis in cervical cancer tissues, the biopsy specimens of cervical cancer …             Glucose induces intestinal human UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A1 to prevent neonatal hyperbilirubinemia ▶     Naoya Aoshima, Yoshiko Fujie, Tomoo Itoh et al.     Inadequate calorie intake or starvation has been suggested as a cause of neonatal jaundice, which can further cause permanent brain damage, kernicterus. This study experimentally …             Potentially functional polymorphisms in the ERCC2 gene and risk of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Chinese populations ▶     Mei-Ling Zhu, Jing He, MengYun Wang et al.     ERCC2 is indispensable for nucleotide excision repair pathway, and its functional polymorphisms may be associated with cancer risk. In a large case-control study of 1126 …             An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy ▶     Xiaolin Wang, Taissa Rodrigues, Shunxing Jiang et al.     The Aptian Jiufotang Formation of northeast China is a Konservat Lagerstätte particularly rich in pterosaurs, notably azhdarchoids. Here we describe a new genus and species of …             Cancer Therapy Using Ultrahigh Hydrophobic Drug-Loaded Graphene Derivatives ▶     Surajit Some, A-Ryeong Gwon, Eunhee Hwang et al.     This study aimed to demonstrate that curcumin (Cur)-containing graphene composites have high anticancer activity. Specifically, graphene-derivatives were used as nanovectors for …             Real-Time Discrimination between Proliferation and Neuronal and Astroglial Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells ▶     Rimi Lee, Il-Sun Kim, Nalae Han et al.     Neural stem cells (NSCs) are characterized by a capacity for self-renewal, differentiation into multiple neural lineages, all of which are considered to be promising components …             Stage of Breast Cancer Progression Influences Cellular Response to Activation of the WNT/Planar Cell Polarity Pathway ▶     Connor D. MacMillan, Hon S. Leong, David W. Dales et al.     Planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling has been shown in different studies to either promote or inhibit the malignancy of breast cancer. Using the 21T cell lines, which were derived …             Medullary bone-like tissue in the mandibular symphyses of a pterosaur suggests non-reproductive significance ▶     Edina Prondvai, Koen H. W. Stein     Medullary bone is a special bone tissue forming on the endosteal surface of the medullary cavity in the bones of female birds prior to and during egg-laying to serve as a calcium …             Live cell imaging of membrane / cytoskeleton interactions and membrane topology ▶     Luca Chierico, Adrian S. Joseph, Andrew L. Lewis et al.     We elucidate the interaction between actin and specific membrane components, using real time live cell imaging, by delivering probes that enable access to components, that cannot …             Remote Control of Tissue Interactions via Engineered Photo-switchable Cell Surfaces ▶     Wei Luo, Abigail Pulsipher, Debjit Dutta et al.     We report a general cell surface molecular engineering strategy via liposome fusion delivery to create a dual photo-active and bio-orthogonal cell surface for remote controlled …             Hypoxia regulates CD9-mediated keratinocyte migration via the P38/MAPK pathway ▶     Xupin Jiang, Xiaowei Guo, Xue Xu et al.     Keratinocyte migration is an early event in the wound healing process. Although we previously found that CD9 downregulation is required for the keratinocyte migration during wound …             Alloparenting for chimpanzee twins ▶     Takeshi Kishimoto, Juko Ando, Seiki Tatara et al.     In April 2009, a female chimpanzee named Sango, living in a captive group at the Noichi Zoo, Japan, gave birth to dizygotic male-female twin chimpanzees (male: Daiya, female: …             NAMPT and NAPRT1: novel polymorphisms and distribution of variants between normal tissues and tumor samples ▶     Sara Duarte-Pereira, Sarah S. Silva, Luísa Azevedo et al.     Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) and nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase domain containing 1 (NAPRT1) are the main human NAD salvage enzymes. NAD regulates energy …             Screening of Clock Gene Polymorphisms Demonstrates Association of a PER3 Polymorphism with Morningness–Eveningness Preference and Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder ▶     Akiko Hida, Shingo Kitamura, Yasuko Katayose et al.     A system of self-sustained biological clocks controls the 24-h rhythms of behavioral and physiological processes such as the sleep–wake cycle. The circadian clock system is …             Crucial involvement of xanthine oxidase in the intracellular signalling networks associated with human myeloid cell function ▶     Maryam Abooali, Gurprit S. Lall, Karen Coughlan et al.     Xanthine oxidase (XOD) is an enzyme which plays a central role in purine catabolism by converting hypoxanthine into xanthine and then further into uric acid. Here we report that …             First Fatality Associated with Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus 5 in an Asian Elephant: Pathological Findings and Complete Viral Genome Sequence ▶     Gavin S. Wilkie, Andrew J. Davison, Karen Kerr et al.     Infections of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) with elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) can cause a rapid, highly lethal, hemorrhagic disease, which primarily affects …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Post Doctoral Fellow     University of Pittsburgh            PhD position     Istituto Clinico Humanitas            Post-Doctoral Research Fellow     Anglia Ruskin University            2 Full-time Research Fellow Positions     ETH Zurich            Research Associate     The University of Warwick            Group Leaders     University of Bergen            Postdocoral fellow     University of South Alabama            Research Associate     University College London (UCL)            Research Associate     University of Glasgow            Research Technician     Imperial College London          No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. 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