GPD activates the AMPKα and/or JNK pathways in SK-MEL-28 human melanoma cells. by Soouk Kang (617946)

“…(D) The phosphorylation of c-Jun after GPD treatment was dramatically decreased by co-treatment with the JNK inhibitor SP600125, whereas it decreased slightly in the presence of SB202180, a p38 inhibitor. …”

BMP2 regulates LPLI-mediated osteogenic differentiation, but not cellular proliferation. by Jyun-Yi Wu (103136)

“…(<b>B</b>) D1 cells were irradiated with or without LPLI (4 J/cm²) and cultured with a BMP2 neutralizing antibody (anti-BMP2, 10 µg/ml) or the same amount of a control antibody (anti-IgG2a, 10 µg/ml). …”

Increased miR-155 levels result in reduced protein levels of several HIV-1 dependency factors. by Gokul Swaminathan (134124)

“…(C) Ectopic expression of miR-155 led to decreased levels of ADAM10, LEDGF and Nup153, but not TNPO3 (not shown), with some donor-to-donor variation; three out of a total five donors are shown. …”

Bone mechanical properties assessed by three-point bending tests in rat femur. by Bruno Vidal (685974)

“…<p>Results showed that arthritic rats at day 22 have decreased properties at yield point, related to displacement (A), strength (B) and energy (elastic energy) (C). …”

Reliability plot and Brier Skill Score. by Jonathan Kim (2601136)

“…The best BSS occurred with SPH of 1 minute and SOP of 10 minutes. An increase in SPH correlates with a decline in BSS, and analogously, as the SOP decreases, model performance also decreases, indicating that prediction with increasing lead-times and increasing temporal resolution becomes more challenging.…”

Revised conceptual model plant and microbial contributions to driving DIN (our indicator of R*) in this annual system. by Stephanie G. Yelenik (623662)

“…<p>In contrast to models shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0106059#pone-0106059-g001" target="_blank">Figure 1</a>, in this model, DIN decreases as plant N increases due to plant uptake (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0106059#pone-0106059-g003" target="_blank">Figure 3A</a>), similar to earlier predictions (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0106059#pone-0106059-g001" target="_blank">Figure 1A,B</a>). …”

Monthly changes in temperature and precipitation by latitudinal climatic zones. by Evan H. Girvetz (256065)

“…<p>The proportion of the area in (a) arctic, (c) northern temperate, (e) tropical, and (g) southern temperate climatic zones that have experienced significant (p<0.05) mean temperature and precipitation changes during 1951–2002 in the CRU TS 2.1 data set <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0008320#pone.0008320-Mitchell1" target="_blank">[10]</a> colored by the magnitude of change from <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0008320#pone-0008320-g004" target="_blank">Figure 4</a>. …”

Transient dynamics of the spiking network and IFA. by Natalie Schieferstein (17996519)

“…From bottom to top: SPW-like drive (<a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011886#pcbi.1011886.e112" target="_blank">Eq (17)</a>); histogram of membrane potentials (normalized), horizontal dotted lines: threshold and reset potential; raster plot showing spike times of 10 example units; population rate exhibiting transient ripple oscillation; wavelet spectrogram indicating instantaneous power (blue-yellow colorbar) for a frequency range of 0–400 Hz. …”

Solutions of the model describing transient and stable lamellipodia. by Juliane Zimmermann (520417)

“…Decreasing the capping rate has a similar effect as increasing the nucleation rate (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0087638#pone-0087638-g003" target="_blank">Fig. 3</a>). …”

Supplementation of fungal and/or bacterial phytase in broiler diets formulated with reduced phosphorus level and different calcium contents by Nicole Batelli de Souza Nardelli (4660966)

“…However, regardless of the supplemented phytase, the 7.5:1.0 Ca:aP ratio decreased the feed conversion. Best results for bone P deposition were observed using diets containing the 4.5:1.0 Ca:aP and fungal phytase or the 4.5:1 and 6.0:1 Ca:aP ratios using the bacterial phytase. …”

Effects of connectivity density upon network potentiation. by Christian G. Fink (351173)

“…Network potentiation is displayed as a function of and re-wiring probability, as in <a href="http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002939#pcbi-1002939-g002" target="_blank">Fig. 2</a>. …”

Results from stepwise regression to establish the SAM² predictors that explained variance in the valence × neuroticism interaction in Studies 1-all, 2, and 3 (Fig 8). by Léo Dutriaux (3153684)

“…The five primary SAM² predictors (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0286954#pone.0286954.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1</a>) were then added one at a time into the original regression to assess how much each alone decreased the coefficient for the valence × neuroticism interaction (est_V×N). …”

Results from stepwise regression to establish the SAM² predictors that explained variance in the valence × self-control interaction in Studies 1-all, 2, and 3 (Fig 7). by Léo Dutriaux (3153684)

“…The five primary SAM² predictors (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0286954#pone.0286954.g001" target="_blank">Fig 1</a>) were then added one at a time into the original regression to assess how much each alone decreased the coefficient for the valence × self-control interaction (est_V×S). …”

Spectral power peaks in the <i>δ</i>– and <i>α</i>–frequency range depend differently on the CTC delay. by Meysam Hashemi (4114738)

“…<p>(A) For <i>τ</i> < 0.022 sec no peak in <i>α</i>–range can be observed (marked by a horizontal red line), whereas for <i>τ</i> ≥ 0.022 sec the <i>α</i>–power frequency decreases rapidly. …”

Opacity axis is not aligned with the viewing axis, but fixed along the left-right (left), inferior-superior (middle), or antero-posterior (right) axis. by Chantal M. W. Tax (606885)

“…<p>Frames (a) and (b) illustrate the difference between the two opacity functions <i>α</i>_decreasing (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0139434#pone.0139434.e007" target="_blank">Eq (6)</a>) and <i>α</i>_increasing (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0139434#pone.0139434.e008" target="_blank">Eq (7)</a>) on global transparency rendering (<b><i>n</i></b>_scatter, <i>c</i> = 10), respectively. …”

Characteristics of the 25 study sites on the map in Fig. 1. by Birte Rancka (710499)

“…</p><p>^bTree species with > 10% of total basal area given in decreasing percentage order</p><p>^cBasal areas for Bondberget given earlier [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0120085#pone.0120085.ref037" target="_blank">37</a>] are incorrect.…”

Text S1 - Can Non-lytic CD8+ T Cells Drive HIV-1 Escape? by Nafisa-Katrin Seich al Basatena (201133)

“…<p>Supplementary <a href="http://www.plospathogens.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003656#ppat.1003656.s001" target="_blank">Text S1</a> contains the following: Figure S1. …”

Willingness of Students and Teachers to Use Cognitive Enhancers with Four Varying Characteristics. by Sebastian Sattler (434230)

“…<p>Each panel shows the mean willingness to use a CE pill on a 10-point Likert scale with the following anchors: 0 = “strongly against use” and 9 = “strongly in favor of use”. …”

Impact of modifications to periplasmic volume around optimal solution of ABC cell at nutrient concentration of 1 nM. by Noele Norris (10826554)

“…<p>To understand why the periplasm inflates as the nutrient concentration decreases to 1 nM, we plot the proportion of bound transport units (A) and effective half-saturation constant, K_M, (B) as we modify the periplasmic volume of the optimal solution for a nutrient concentration of 1 nM. …”

Effects of synaptic transmission on network bursts. by Davide Lonardoni (4282318)

“…<p>(A) Mean firing rate (MFR) as a function of the decreasing AMPA conductance in AG-networks (i.e., networks with AMPA and GABA conductance, dashed lines) and AGN-networks (i.e., networks with AMPA, GABA and NMDA conductance, solid lines). …”