Membrane lipid nanodomains

M Cebecauer, M Amaro, P Jurkiewicz… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lipid membranes can spontaneously organize their components into domains of different
sizes and properties. The organization of membrane lipids into nanodomains might …

Biological membrane organization and cellular signaling

X Cheng, JC Smith - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
To execute their many vital functions, cell membranes are highly organized. Here, we review
how membrane structure shapes signal transduction across membranes. Recent …

[HTML][HTML] Physical mechanisms of micro-and nanodomain formation in multicomponent lipid membranes

F Schmid - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2017 - Elsevier
This article summarizes a variety of physical mechanisms proposed in the literature, which
can generate micro-and nanodomains in multicomponent lipid bilayers and biomembranes …

Critical phenomena in plasma membrane organization and function

TR Shaw, S Ghosh, SL Veatch - Annual review of physical …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Lateral organization in the plane of the plasma membrane is an important driver of biological
processes. The past dozen years have seen increasing experimental support for the notion …

[HTML][HTML] Sizes of lipid domains: What do we know from artificial lipid membranes? What are the possible shared features with membrane rafts in cells?

CM Rosetti, A Mangiarotti, N Wilke - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2017 - Elsevier
In model lipid membranes with phase coexistence, domain sizes distribute in a very wide
range, from the nanometer (reported in vesicles and supported films) to the micrometer …

Multiscale modeling of four-component lipid mixtures: domain composition, size, alignment, and properties of the phase interface

DG Ackerman, GW Feigenson - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Simplified lipid mixtures are often used to model the complex behavior of the cell plasma
membrane. Indeed, as few as four components a high-melting lipid, a nandomain-inducing …

Molecular dynamics simulations predict the pathways via which pristine fullerenes penetrate bacterial membranes

PC Hsu, D Jefferies, S Khalid - The journal of physical chemistry B, 2016 - ACS Publications
Carbon fullerenes are emerging as effective devices for different biomedical applications,
including the transportation of nanosized drugs and extraction of harmful oxidants and …

Vitamin E acetate as linactant in the pathophysiology of EVALI

H Lee - Medical hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent identification of Vitamin E acetate as one of the causal agents for the e-cigarette,
or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) is a major milestone. In membrane …

Millimeter-area, free standing, phospholipid bilayers

PJ Beltramo, R Van Hooghten, J Vermant - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Minimal model biomembrane studies have the potential to unlock the fundamental
mechanisms of cellular function that govern the processes upon which life relies. However …

Domain Size Regulation in Phospholipid Model Membranes Using Oil Molecules and Hybrid Lipids

L Scheidegger, L Stricker, PJ Beltramo… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The formation of domains in multicomponent lipid mixtures has been suggested to play a
role in moderating signal transduction in cells. Understanding how domain size may be …