[HTML][HTML] Biophysics of sphingolipids II. Glycosphingolipids: an assortment of multiple structural information transducers at the membrane surface

B Maggio, ML Fanani, CM Rosetti, N Wilke - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2006 - Elsevier
Glycosphingolipids are ubiquitous components of animal cell membranes. They are
constituted by the basic structure of ceramide with its hydroxyl group linked to single …

The many faces (and phases) of ceramide and sphingomyelin I–single lipids

ML Fanani, B Maggio - Biophysical reviews, 2017 - Springer
Ceramides, the simplest kind of two-chained sphingolipids, contain a single hydroxyl group
in position 1 of the sphingoid base. Sphingomyelins further contain a phosphocholine group …

[HTML][HTML] Phase behavior and molecular interactions in mixtures of ceramide with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

DC Carrer, B Maggio - Journal of lipid research, 1999 - ASBMB
In mixtures with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, ceramide induces broadening of the
calorimetric main phase transition that could be deconvoluted into at least three …

[HTML][HTML] Water dynamics in glycosphingolipid aggregates studied by LAURDAN fluorescence

LA Bagatolli, E Gratton, GD Fidelio - Biophysical journal, 1998 - cell.com
We have characterized the fluorescence properties of 6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylamine-
naphthalene (LAURDAN) in pure interfaces formed by sphingomyelin and 10 chemically …

Biophysical properties of lipid membranes from barley roots during low-temperature exposure and recovery

AC Vilchez, AL Villasuso, N Wilke - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glycerolipid remodeling, a dynamic mechanism for plant subsistence under cold stress, has
been posited to affect the biophysical properties of cell membranes. In barley roots …

[HTML][HTML] Langmuir films at the oil/water interface revisited

M Mottola, B Caruso, MA Perillo - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We studied monomolecular layers at the oil/water interface (O/Wint) in a Langmuir interfacial
trough using egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine (EPC)(the model phospholipid) and Vaseline …

[HTML][HTML] Laurdan properties in glycosphingolipid-phospholipid mixtures: a comparative fluorescence and calorimetric study

LA Bagatolli, B Maggio, F Aguilar, CP Sotomayor… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 1997 - Elsevier
Laurdan (6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylamine-naphthalene) is a fluorescent membrane probe of
recent characterization. It was shown that this probe discriminates between phase …

Surface potentials and electric dipole moments of ganglioside and phospholipid monolayers: contribution of the polar headgroup at the water/lipid interface

H Beitinger, V Vogel, D Möbius, H Rahmann - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 1989 - Elsevier
Monolayers of different gangliosides (G M1, G D1a, G T1b, G Mix), ceramide (Cer), sulfatide
(Sulf), phospholipids (DOPC, DPPE, DPPS, DOPA), a quaternary ammonium salt (DOMA) …

Molecular interactions and thermotropic behavior of glycosphingolipids in model membrane systems

B Maggio, GD Fidelio, FA Cumar, KY Robert - Chemistry and physics of …, 1986 - Elsevier
The oligosaccharide chain of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) has a marked influence on their
thermotropic behavior, intermolecular packing and surface electrical potential. The transition …

Thermodynamic-geometric correlations for the morphology of self-assembled structures of glycosphingolipids and their mixtures with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine

B Maggio, J Albert, KY Robert - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 1988 - Elsevier
The morphology of aqueous dispersions of five neutral glycosphingolipids (GalCer, GlcCer,
LacCer, asialo-G M2, asialo-G M1), sulfatide, and five gangliosides (G M3, G M2, G M1, G …