Discerning the chemistry in individual organelles with small‐molecule fluorescent probes

W Xu, Z Zeng, JH Jiang, YT Chang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Principle has it that even the most advanced super‐resolution microscope would be futile in
providing biological insight into subcellular matrices without well‐designed fluorescent …

Molecular dynamics simulations of membrane permeability

RM Venable, A Kramer, RW Pastor - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review illustrates the evaluation of permeability of lipid membranes from molecular
dynamics (MD) simulation primarily using water and oxygen as examples. Membrane …

Lipid landscapes and pipelines in membrane homeostasis

JCM Holthuis, AK Menon - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The lipid composition of cellular organelles is tailored to suit their specialized tasks. A
fundamental transition in the lipid landscape divides the secretory pathway in early and late …

Two-dimensional adaptive membranes with programmable water and ionic channels

DV Andreeva, M Trushin, A Nikitina, MCF Costa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Membranes are ubiquitous in nature with primary functions that include adaptive filtering
and selective transport of chemical/molecular species. Being critical to cellular functions …

The Cell Wall, Cell Membrane and Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus aureus and Their Role in Antibiotic Resistance

P Nikolic, P Mudgil - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria are a serious threat to human health. With increasing
antibiotic resistance in common human pathogens, fewer antibiotics remain effective against …

Vesicle-based artificial cells: materials, construction methods and applications

Y Lu, G Allegri, J Huskens - Materials horizons, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The construction of artificial cells with specific cell-mimicking functions helps to explore
complex biological processes and cell functions in natural cell systems and provides an …

Interactions between dendrimer biocides and bacterial membranes

CZ Chen, SL Cooper - Biomaterials, 2002 - Elsevier
Dendrimer biocides have been shown to be more potent than their small molecule
counterparts. In this study, several techniques were utilized to investigate the interactions …

[PDF][PDF] Micellar solubilization of drugs

CO Rangel-Yagui, A Pessoa Jr, LC Tavares - J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci, 2005 - sites.ualberta.ca
PURPOSE: Micellar solubilization is a powerful alternative for dissolving hydrophobic drugs
in aqueous environments. In this work, we provide an insight into this subject. METHODS: A …

Anticancer peptides mechanisms, simple and complex

P Norouzi, M Mirmohammadi, MHH Tehrani - Chemico-Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Peptide therapy has started since 1920s with the advent of insulin application, and now it
has emerged as a new approach in treatment of diseases including cancer. Using anti …

Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering moving beyond binary compositional space–ordered nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials by design

L van't Hag, SL Gras, CE Conn… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ordered amphiphile self-assembly materials with a tunable three-dimensional (3D)
nanostructure are of fundamental interest, and crucial for progressing several biological and …