Biomaterials have had an increasingly important role in recent decades, in biomedical
device design and the development of tissue engineering solutions for cell delivery, drug …

Sphingolipids are a specialized group of lipids essential to the composition of the plasma
membrane of many cell types; however, they are primarily localized within the nervous …

Plasma membrane heterogeneity has been tied to a litany of cellular functions and is often
explained by analogy to membrane phase separation; however, models based on phase …

Cellular plasma membranes are laterally heterogeneous, featuring a variety of distinct
subcompartments that differ in their biophysical properties and composition. A large number …

Since its appearance, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2),
the causal agent of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), represents a global problem for …

Biological membranes are tricky to investigate. They are complex in terms of molecular
composition and structure, functional over a wide range of time scales, and characterized by …

Green tea is a beverage that is widely consumed worldwide and is believed to exert effects
on different diseases, including cancer. The major components of green tea are catechins, a …

About twenty years ago, the functional lipid raft model of the plasma membrane was
published. It took into account decades of research showing that cellular membranes are not …

Cholesterol/sphingolipid-rich membrane domains, known as lipid rafts or membrane rafts,
play a critical role in the compartmentalization of signaling pathways. Physical segregation …

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) is a respiratory infection caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originating in Wuhan, China in …