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MicroRNA-mediated conversion of human fibroblasts to neurons 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Yoo AS Sun AX Li L Shcheglovitov A Portmann T Li Y Lee-Messer C Dolmetsch RE Tsien RW Crabtree GR 《Nature》2011,476(7359):228-231
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Ricardo F. Antunes Cláudia Brandão Gonçalo Carvalho Cristina Girão Fernando A. Arosa 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2009,66(20):3387-3398
Red blood cells (RBC) have emerged as a novel regulatory cell type endowed with bioactivities toward activated human T cells.
Herein we show that the RBC bioactivities act on intracellular pathways initiated by T cell receptor (TCR)-dependent and -independent
stimuli, including IL-2, IL-15, and the mixture of phorbol dibutyrate and ionomycin. The RBC bioactivities preserve the antioxidant
status and are capable of rescuing activated T cells from cell death induced by serum deprivation. They are not mediated by
glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked receptors or sialic acids, and kinetic studies revealed that they hasten the entrance
into the cell cycle. By using cyclosporine A (CsA) and rapamycin (Rapa) we show that the RBC bioactivities are calcineurin-dependent.
Thus, treatment of T cells with CsA, but not Rapa, impaired RBC bioactivities, and preincubation of RBC with CsA completely
abolished their bioactivities. We have demonstrated that RBC carry out bioactivities that are sensitive to CsA. 相似文献
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Rapid renewal of auditory hair bundles 总被引:14,自引:0,他引:14
Stereocilia, also known as hair bundles, are mechanosensitive organelles of the sensory hair cells of the inner ear that can detect displacements on a nanometre scale and are supported by a rigid, dense core of actin filaments. Here we show that these actin-filament arrays are continuously remodelled by the addition of actin monomers to the stereocilium tips, and that the entire core of the stereocilium is renewed every 48 hours. This unexpected dynamic feature of stereocilia will help our understanding of how auditory sensory function develops and is maintained. 相似文献
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Diana Cholico-González NoemíOrtiz Lara Mario Alberto Sánchez Miranda Ricardo Morales Es-trella Ramiro Escudero García Carlos A.León Patiño 《矿物冶金与材料学报》2021,28(4):603-611
The reduction behavior and metallization degree of magnetite concentrate with agave bagasse were investigated in an inert atmosphere. The effects of temperature, biomass content, and residence time on reduction experiments and metallization degree were investigated by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Compared with other types of biomass, agave bagasse had lower contents of nitrogen, sulfur, and ash. X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the metallization degree improved with increasing temperature and biomass content. Complete metallization was achieved at 1100°C for 30 min with 65:35 and 50:50 ratios of the magnetite concentrate to the agave bagasse. These results demonstrate that agave bagasse promotes the efficient metallization of magnetite concentrate without the external addition of a reducing agent. Therefore, this biomass is a technical suitable alternative to replace fossil fuels in steelmaking. 相似文献
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Ricardo A. Rodriguez-Ulloa 《Systemic Practice and Action Research》1988,1(3):243-257
The aim of this article is to obtain specific and general learning lessons pertaining to Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) and related human activities. Some of these activities, which are of particular concern in this paper, occur within a problem-solving system (PSS), i.e., when an analyst playing the role of problem solver tackles a problem-situation (P-S)-here known as the problem-content system (PCS). It is postulated that on many occasions, depending on the way the P-S is faced, the PSS may become another PCS depending on the behavior of the solvers when facing that P-S. Such behavior is subject not only to intellectuality but also to ethics and beliefs. Initially I draw up distinctions between a PSS and a PCS and, at once, define several important terms used in SSM. An overview of three case studies carried out in Peru is presented next. Some specific and general learning lessons obtained from the analysis are then presented. Although the studies relate to concepts of SSM, the conclusions that emerge are equally applicable to many P-S's and problem-solving approaches. 相似文献
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The mutational deterministic hypothesis for the origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction posits that sex enhances the ability of natural selection to purge deleterious mutations after recombination brings them together into single genomes. This explanation requires negative epistasis, a type of genetic interaction where mutations are more harmful in combination than expected from their separate effects. The conceptual appeal of the mutational deterministic hypothesis has been offset by our inability to identify the mechanistic and evolutionary bases of negative epistasis. Here we show that negative epistasis can evolve as a consequence of sexual reproduction itself. Using an artificial gene network model, we find that recombination between gene networks imposes selection for genetic robustness, and that negative epistasis evolves as a by-product of this selection. Our results suggest that sexual reproduction selects for conditions that favour its own maintenance, a case of evolution forging its own path. 相似文献
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Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Behrenfeld MJ O'Malley RT Siegel DA McClain CR Sarmiento JL Feldman GC Milligan AJ Falkowski PG Letelier RM Boss ES 《Nature》2006,444(7120):752-755
Contributing roughly half of the biosphere's net primary production (NPP), photosynthesis by oceanic phytoplankton is a vital link in the cycling of carbon between living and inorganic stocks. Each day, more than a hundred million tons of carbon in the form of CO2 are fixed into organic material by these ubiquitous, microscopic plants of the upper ocean, and each day a similar amount of organic carbon is transferred into marine ecosystems by sinking and grazing. The distribution of phytoplankton biomass and NPP is defined by the availability of light and nutrients (nitrogen, phosphate, iron). These growth-limiting factors are in turn regulated by physical processes of ocean circulation, mixed-layer dynamics, upwelling, atmospheric dust deposition, and the solar cycle. Satellite measurements of ocean colour provide a means of quantifying ocean productivity on a global scale and linking its variability to environmental factors. Here we describe global ocean NPP changes detected from space over the past decade. The period is dominated by an initial increase in NPP of 1,930 teragrams of carbon a year (Tg C yr(-1)), followed by a prolonged decrease averaging 190 Tg C yr(-1). These trends are driven by changes occurring in the expansive stratified low-latitude oceans and are tightly coupled to coincident climate variability. This link between the physical environment and ocean biology functions through changes in upper-ocean temperature and stratification, which influence the availability of nutrients for phytoplankton growth. The observed reductions in ocean productivity during the recent post-1999 warming period provide insight on how future climate change can alter marine food webs. 相似文献
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The problem of prediction in time series using nonparametric functional techniques is considered. An extension of the local linear method to regression with functional explanatory variable is proposed. This forecasting method is compared with the functional Nadaraya–Watson method and with finite‐dimensional nonparametric predictors for several real‐time series. Prediction intervals based on the bootstrap and conditional distribution estimation for those nonparametric methods are also compared. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Information about interpopulational variation of diet is important for thoroughly understanding the ecological niche of a species, the possible attributes that have allowed it to live in different habitats and ecosystems (if it is the case) and the degree of dietary specialization. This study compared dietary composition and diversity, size of prey consumed and feeding intensity between two geographically proximate populations of Craugastor alfredi, inhabiting contrasting habitats: one located in a remnant tropical rainforest and the other population located within a cave entrance, in eastern Mexico. A total of 118 frogs (50 from rainforest and 68 from cave) were stomach-flushed and, from those, 86 had at least one prey item (42 from rainforest and 44 from cave). Consumption proportions of orthopterans differed between habitats, with frogs from the cave having higher importance values of this prey than frogs from the rainforest. Additionally, both dietary diversity and feeding intensity were higher in the rainforest population. It was concluded that the generalized diet of C. alfredi, besides the high consumption of orthopterans by the cave population, may have contributed to its success in cave entrances. Nonetheless, other non-feeding attributes like small body size, direct development and semiarboreality may also facilitate the use of rock crevices in caves for foraging and reproduction. 相似文献