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16 December 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Biological Sciences               Coral spawning in the Gulf of Oman and relationship to latitudinal variation in spawning season in the northwest Indian Ocean ▶     E. J. Howells, D. Abrego, G. O. Vaughan et al.     Despite a wealth of information on sexual reproduction in scleractinian corals, there are regional gaps in reproductive records. In the Gulf of the Oman in the Arabian Sea, …             Centuries of domestication has not impaired oviposition site-selection function in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori ▶     Kamala Jayanthi Pagadala Damodaram, Vivek Kempraj, Ravindra Mahadappa Aurade et al.     Oviposition site-selection in insects is mediated through innate recognition templates (IRTs) tuned to specific chemical cues. These cues aid gravid insects in choosing suitable …             The regions within the N-terminus critical for human glucagon like peptide-1 receptor (hGLP-1R) cell Surface expression ▶     Aiysha Thompson, Venkateswarlu Kanamarlapudi     The hGLP-1R is a target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and belongs to the class B family of GPCRs. Like other class B GPCRs, the GLP-1R contains an N-terminal signal …             Association between changes in reproductive activity and D-glucose metabolism in the tephritid fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) ▶     Daifeng Cheng, Langjie Chen, Chunyan Yi et al.     Reproduction is an important life process in insects; however, few studies have attempted to demonstrate the association between reproductive activity and energy metabolism. To …             High levels of SIRT1 expression enhance tumorigenesis and associate with a poor prognosis of colorectal carcinoma patients ▶     Xiaojing Chen, Kai Sun, Shufan Jiao et al.     SIRT1, a NAD dependent class III deacetylase, takes part in many important biological processes. Previous studies show that SIRT1 is overexpressed in some cancers and plays an …             Enhanced cytotoxic activity of cetuximab in EGFR-positive lung cancer by conjugating with gold nanoparticles ▶     Yichun Qian, Mantang Qiu, Qingquan Wu et al.     Cetuximab (C225) is a unique agent, targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive cancer. However, the therapeutic effect of C225 in EGFR high-expressing non-small …             A hybrid method for identification of structural domains ▶     Yongpan Hua, Min Zhu, Yuelong Wang et al.     Structural domains in proteins are the basic units to form various proteins. In the protein's evolution and functioning, domains play important roles. But the definition of …             Inhibition of pathogenic non-enveloped viruses by 25-hydroxycholesterol and 27-hydroxycholesterol ▶     Andrea Civra, Valeria Cagno, Manuela Donalisio et al.     Recent studies reported a broad but selective antiviral activity of 25-hydroxycholesterol (25HC) against enveloped viruses, being apparently inactive against non-enveloped …             How is water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems distributed and changing on Earth? ▶     Xuguang Tang, Hengpeng Li, Ankur R. Desai et al.     A better understanding of ecosystem water-use efficiency (WUE) will help us improve ecosystem management for mitigation as well as adaption to global hydrological change. Here, …             Impacts of infection with different toxigenic Clostridium difficile strains on faecal microbiota in children ▶     Zongxin Ling, Xia Liu, Xiaoyun Jia et al.     Increasing evidence suggests that altered intestinal microbial composition and function result in an increased risk of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD); however, …             Arsenolipids in oil from blue whiting Micromesistius poutassou – evidence for arsenic-containing esters ▶     Mojtaba S. Taleshi, Georg Raber, John S. Edmonds et al.     Arsenic-containing lipids in the oil from the blue whiting fish (Micromesistius poutassou) were separated into three broad polarity groups and investigated by HPLC and mass …             Bilirubin Modulates Acetylcholine Receptors In Rat Superior Cervical Ganglionic Neurons In a Bidirectional Manner ▶     Chengmi Zhang, Zhenmeng Wang, Jing Dong et al.     Autonomic dysfunction as a partial contributing factor to cardiovascular instability in jaundiced patients is often associated with increased serum bilirubin levels. Whether …             Single-cell analysis reveals gene-expression heterogeneity in syntrophic dual-culture of Desulfovibrio vulgaris with Methanosarcina barkeri ▶     Zhenhua Qi, Guangsheng Pei, Lei Chen et al.     Microbial syntrophic metabolism has been well accepted as the heart of how methanogenic and other anaerobic microbial communities function. In this work, we applied a single-cell …             Queen signals in a stingless bee: suppression of worker ovary activation and spatial distribution of active compounds ▶     Túlio M. Nunes, Sidnei Mateus, Arodi P. Favaris et al.     In most species of social insect the queen signals her presence to her workers via pheromones. Worker responses to queen pheromones include retinue formation around the queen, …             Liquid but Durable: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Explain the Unique Properties of Archaeal-Like Membranes ▶     Anton O. Chugunov, Pavel E. Volynsky, Nikolay A. Krylov et al.     Archaeal plasma membranes appear to be extremely durable and almost impermeable to water and ions, in contrast to the membranes of Bacteria and Eucaryota. Additionally, they …             Do good actions inspire good actions in others? ▶     Valerio Capraro, Alessandra Marcelletti     Actions such as sharing food and cooperating to reach a common goal have played a fundamental role in the evolution of human societies. Despite the importance of such good …             A Low-Noise Solid-State Nanopore Platform Based on a Highly Insulating Substrate ▶     Min-Hyun Lee, Ashvani Kumar, Kyeong-Beom Park et al.     A solid-state nanopore platform with a low noise level and sufficient sensitivity to discriminate single-strand DNA (ssDNA) homopolymers of poly-A40 and poly-T40 using ionic …             n-3 PUFA supplementation benefits microglial responses to myelin pathology ▶     Songela Chen, Haiyue Zhang, Hongjian Pu et al.     Microglia represent rational but challenging targets for improving white matter integrity because of their dualistic protective and toxic roles. The present study examines the …             SIRT1 protects against apoptosis by promoting autophagy in degenerative human disc nucleus pulposus cells ▶     Wei Jiang, Xuemei Zhang, Jie Hao et al.     SIRT1 could protect degenerative human NP cells against apoptosis, and there were extensive and intimate connection between apoptosis and autophagy. Up to now, the role of …             Two functional loci in the promoter of EPAS1 gene involved in high-altitude adaptation of Tibetans ▶     Xiang-Hong Xu, Xue-Wen Huang, Li Qun et al.     EPAS1 involves in the hypoxic response and is suggested to be responsible for the genetic adaptation of high-altitude hypoxia in Tibetans. However, the detailed molecular …             Health Services Utilisation in Breast Cancer Survivors in Taiwan ▶     Yong A. Wang, An-Chen Feng, Patricia A. Ganz     Surveillance guidelines for breast cancer survivors recommend regular history and physical and mammography, and against routine imaging for detecting distant metastasis. Stage 0, …             Genome dynamics and evolution of Salmonella Typhi strains from the typhoid-endemic zones ▶     Ramani Baddam, Narender Kumar, Sabiha Shaik et al.     Typhoid fever poses significant burden on healthcare systems in Southeast Asia and other endemic countries. Several epidemiological and genomic studies have attributed …             Survival analysis of infected mice reveals pathogenic variations in the genome of avian H1N1 viruses ▶     Zeynep A. Koçer, Yiping Fan, Robert Huether et al.     Most influenza pandemics have been caused by H1N1 viruses of purely or partially avian origin. Here, using Cox proportional hazard model, we attempt to identify the genetic …             p38α (MAPK14) critically regulates the immunological response and the production of specific cytokines and chemokines in astrocytes ▶     U. Lo, V. Selvaraj, J. M. Plane et al.     In CNS lesions, “reactive astrocytes” form a prominent cellular response. However, the nature of this astrocyte immune activity is not well understood. In order to study …             Taurine in drinking water recovers learning and memory in the adult APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease ▶     Hye Yun Kim, Hyunjin V. Kim, Jin H. Yoon et al.     Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a lethal progressive neurological disorder affecting the memory. Recently, US Food and Drug Administration mitigated the standard for drug approval, …             Detecting Causality from Nonlinear Dynamics with Short-term Time Series ▶     Huanfei Ma, Kazuyuki Aihara, Luonan Chen     Quantifying causality between variables from observed time series data is of great importance in various disciplines but also a challenging task, especially when the observed …             How water molecules affect the catalytic activity of hydrolases - A XANES study of the local structures of peptide deformylase ▶     Peixin Cui, Yu Wang, Wangsheng Chu et al.     Peptide deformylase (PDF) is a prokaryotic enzyme that catalyzes the deformylation of nascent peptides generated during protein synthesis and water molecules play a key role in …             Evolutionary link between metazoan RHIM motif and prion-forming domain of fungal heterokaryon incompatibility factor HET-s/HET-s ▶     Andrey V. Kajava, Karsten Klopffleisch, Shuhua Chen et al.     The Rip homotypic interaction motif (RHIM) is a short, non-globular sequence stretch that mediates a key interaction of mammalian necroptosis signaling. In order to understand …             Exposure to endosulfan influences sperm competition in Drosophila melanogaster ▶     Snigdha Misra, Ajay Kumar, Ch. Ratnasekhar et al.     Dwindling male fertility due to xenobiotics is of global concern. Accordingly, male reproductive toxicity assessment of xenobiotics through semen quality analysis in exposed …             Evolutionary Importance of the Intramolecular Pathways of Hydrolysis of Phosphate Ester Mixed Anhydrides with Amino Acids and Peptides ▶     Ziwei Liu, Damien Beaufils, Jean-Christophe Rossi et al.     Aminoacyl adenylates (aa-AMPs) constitute essential intermediates of protein biosynthesis. Their polymerization in aqueous solution has often been claimed as a potential route to …             Azithromycin suppresses CD4+ T-cell activation by direct modulation of mTOR activity ▶     F. Ratzinger, H. Haslacher, W. Poeppl et al.     Advanced macrolides, such as azithromycin (AZM) or clarithromycin (CLM), are antibiotics with immunomodulatory properties. Here we have sought to evaluate their in vitro …             Double dissociation of neural responses supporting perceptual and cognitive components of social cognition: Evidence from processing of others' pain ▶     Paola Sessa, Federica Meconi, Shihui Han     Models on how perceptual and cognitive information on others' mental states are treated by the cognitive architecture are often framed as duplex models considering two …             Automatic Correction of Hand Pointing in Stereoscopic Depth ▶     Yalin Song, Yaoru Sun, Jinhua Zeng et al.     In order to examine whether stereoscopic depth information could drive fast automatic correction of hand pointing, an experiment was designed in a 3D visual environment in which …             Functional Role of Calstabin2 in Age-related Cardiac Alterations ▶     Qi Yuan, Zheng Chen, Gaetano Santulli et al.     Calstabin2 is a component of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) macromolecular complex, which modulates Ca2 release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in cardiomyocytes. Previous …             Temporal dynamics of the ABC transporter response to insecticide treatment: insights from the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi ▶     Sara Epis, Daniele Porretta, Valentina Mastrantonio et al.     In insects, ABC transporters have been shown to contribute to defence/resistance to insecticides by reducing toxic concentrations in cells/tissues. Despite the extensive studies …             Development of self-control in children aged 3 to 9 years: Perspective from a dual-systems model ▶     Ting Tao, Ligang Wang, Chunlei Fan et al.     The current study tested a set of interrelated theoretical propositions based on a dual-systems model of self-control. Data were collected from 2135 children aged 3 to 9 years. …             Genetic variants in let-7/Lin28 modulate the risk of oral cavity cancer in a Chinese Han Population ▶     Yu Zhang, Longbiao zhu, Ruixia Wang et al.     Let-7 and Lin28 establish a double-negative feedback loop to affect several biological processes, such as differentiation of stem cell, invasion and metastasis, and …             Moderate inappropriately high aldosterone/NaCl constellation in mice: cardiovascular effects and the role of cardiovascular epidermal growth factor receptor ▶     Barbara Schreier, Sindy Rabe, Sabrina Winter et al.     Non-physiological activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), e.g. by aldosterone under conditions of high salt intake, contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular …             Single-channel multiplexing without melting curve analysis in real-time PCR ▶     Young-Jo Lee, Daeyoung Kim, Kihoon Lee et al.     Multiplex real-time PCR with quantification of targets in a single fluorescence channel has been the demand in biotechnology industry. Here, we develop a novel analytical …             Pressure Ulcers in the Hospitalized Neonate: Rates and Risk Factors ▶     Marty Visscher, Teresa Taylor     Pressure ulcers (PU) are serious, reportable events causing pain, infection and prolonged hospitalization, particularly among critically ill patients. The literature on PUs in …             The phytoplasmal virulence factor TENGU causes plant sterility by downregulating of the jasmonic acid and auxin pathways ▶     Nami Minato, Misako Himeno, Ayaka Hoshi et al.     Despite plants infected by pathogens are often unable to produce offspring, it remains unclear how sterility is induced in host plants. In this study, we demonstrate that TENGU, …             The dengue virus conceals double-stranded RNA in the intracellular membrane to escape from an interferon response ▶     Leo Uchida, Lyre Anni Espada-Murao, Yuki Takamatsu et al.     The dengue virus (DENV) circulates between humans and mosquitoes and requires no other mammals or birds for its maintenance in nature. The virus is well-adapted to humans, as …             Vector modifications to eliminate transposase expression following piggyBac-mediated transgenesis ▶     Syandan Chakraborty, HaYeun Ji, Jack Chen et al.     Transgene insertion plays an important role in gene therapy and in biological studies. Transposon-based systems that integrate transgenes by transposase-catalyzed “cut-and-paste” …             Contrast normalization in colour vision: the effect of luminance contrast on colour contrast detection ▶     Kathy T. Mullen, Yeon Jin Kim, Mina Gheiratmand     While contrast normalization is well known to occur in luminance vision between overlaid achromatic contrasts, and in colour vision between overlaid colour contrasts, it is …             Formation of Well-defined Embryoid Bodies from Dissociated Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells using Microfabricated Cell-repellent Microwell Arrays ▶     Giuseppe Pettinato, Xuejun Wen, Ning Zhang     A simple, scalable, and reproducible technology that allows direct formation of large numbers of homogeneous and synchronized embryoid bodies (EBs) of defined sizes from …             Visualization of Freezing Process in situ upon Cooling and Warming of Aqueous Solutions ▶     Anatoli Bogdan, Mario J. Molina, Heikki Tenhu et al.     The freezing of aqueous solutions and reciprocal distribution of ice and a freeze-concentrated solution (FCS) are poorly understood in spite of their importance in fields ranging …             Soil nitric oxide emissions from terrestrial ecosystems in China: a synthesis of modeling and measurements ▶     Yong Huang, Dejun Li     Soils are among the major sources of atmospheric nitric oxide (NO), which play a crucial role in atmospheric chemistry. Here we systematically synthesized the modeling studies …             The establishment of the infant intestinal microbiome is not affected by rotavirus vaccination ▶     Li Ang, Silvia Arboleya, Guo Lihua et al.     The microbial colonization of the intestine during the first months of life constitutes the most important process for the microbiota-induced host-homeostasis. Alterations in …             Increased expression of the Th17-IL-6R/pSTAT3/BATF/RorγT-axis in the tumoural region of adenocarcinoma as compared to squamous cell carcinoma of the lung ▶     Ljubov Balabko, Katerina Andreev, Nadine Burmann et al.     Here we describe increased expression of IL6R in the tumoural region of lung tissue from patients affected by lung adenocarcinoma as compared to squamous cell lung carcinoma. …             A G-quadruplex DNA-based, Label-Free and Ultrasensitive Strategy for microRNA Detection ▶     Li Yan, Yiyong Yan, Lei Pei et al.     MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been considered to be potent biomarkers for early disease diagnosis and for cancer therapy. The rapid and selective detection of miRNAs without reverse …             Functional interpretation of metabolomics data as a new method for predicting long-term side effects: treatment of atopic dermatitis in infants ▶     Seul Ji Lee, Sung-il Woo, Soo Hyun Ahn et al.     Topical steroids are used for the treatment of primary atopic dermatitis (AD); however, their associated risk of serious complications is great due to the presence of vulnerable …             Delivery of inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4) gene significantly inhibits proliferation and invasion and promotes apoptosis of human osteosarcoma cells ▶     Mei Li, Ye Zhu, Hongbin Zhang et al.     Growing evidence has suggested that inhibitor of growth 4 (ING4), a novel member of ING family proteins, plays a critical role in the development and progression of different …             Ultrasensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on three-dimensional network of ZnO-CuO hierarchical nanocomposites by electrospinning ▶     Chunyang Zhou, Lin Xu, Jian Song et al.     Three-dimensional (3D) porous ZnO–CuO hierarchical nanocomposites (HNCs) nonenzymatic glucose electrodes with different thicknesses were fabricated by coelectrospinning and …             Llama immunization with full-length VAR2CSA generates cross-reactive and inhibitory single-domain antibodies against the DBL1X domain ▶     Sofia Nunes-Silva, Stéphane Gangnard, Marta Vidal et al.     VAR2CSA stands today as the leading vaccine candidate aiming to protect future pregnant women living in malaria endemic areas against the severe clinical outcomes of pregnancy …             Steady-State BOLD Response Modulates Low Frequency Neural Oscillations ▶     Yi-Feng Wang, Feng Liu, Zhi-Liang Long et al.     Neural oscillations are the intrinsic characteristics of brain activities. Traditional electrophysiological techniques (e.g., the steady-state evoked potential, SSEP) have …             Protopanaxatriol, a novel PPARγ antagonist from Panax ginseng, alleviates steatosis in mice ▶     Yu Zhang, Lijing Yu, Wujie Cai et al.     Obesity is prevalent worldwide, and is highly associated with metabolic disorders, such as insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia and steatosis. Ginseng has been used as food and …             Natural RNA interference directs a heritable response to the environment ▶     Daniel Schott, Itai Yanai, Craig P. Hunter     RNA interference can induce heritable gene silencing, but it remains unexplored whether similar mechanisms play a general role in responses to cues that occur in the wild. We …             Lethal effects of short-wavelength visible light on insects ▶     Masatoshi Hori, Kazuki Shibuya, Mitsunari Sato et al.     We investigated the lethal effects of visible light on insects by using light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The toxic effects of ultraviolet (UV) light, particularly shortwave (i.e., UV…             A Corin Variant Identified in Hypertensive Patients That Alters Cytoplasmic Tail and Reduces Cell Surface Expression and Activity ▶     Yue Zhang, Hui Li, Jianping Zhou et al.     Corin is a membrane-bound protease that regulates blood pressure by activating the natriuretic peptides. CORIN variants have been associated with hypertension and heart disease …             Role of Dermatopontin in re-epithelialization: Implications on keratinocyte migration and proliferation ▶     Venkat Raghavan Krishnaswamy, Purna Sai Korrapati     Re-epithelialization is a key event in wound healing and any impairment in that process is associated with various pathological conditions. Epidermal keratinocyte migration and …             Separable Bilayer Microfiltration Device for Viable Label-free Enrichment of Circulating Tumour Cells ▶     Ming-Da Zhou, Sijie Hao, Anthony J. Williams et al.     The analysis of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in cancer patients could provide important information for therapeutic management. Enrichment of viable CTCs could permit …             A chancelloriid-like metazoan from the early Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, China ▶     Xianguang Hou, Mark Williams, David J. 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