Interactions of bioactive molecules & nanomaterials with Langmuir monolayers as cell membrane models

TM Nobre, FJ Pavinatto, L Caseli, A Barros-Timmons… - Thin Solid Films, 2015 - Elsevier
Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface have been used for decades to mimic cell
membranes in attempts to determine the mechanisms behind the physiological action of …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of Brewster angle microscopy from biological materials to biological systems

W Daear, M Mahadeo, EJ Prenner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2017 - Elsevier
Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) is a powerful technique that allows for real-time
visualization of Langmuir monolayers. The lateral organization of these films can be …

How unsaturated fatty acids and plant stanols affect sterols plasma level and cellular membranes? Review on model studies involving the Langmuir monolayer …

JLF Rodríguez, P Dynarowicz-Latka… - Chemistry and Physics of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Langmuir monolayer technique has long been known for its usefulness to study the
interaction between molecules and mimic cellular membranes to understand the mechanism …

[HTML][HTML] Cholesterol strongly affects the organization of lipid monolayers studied as models of the milk fat globule membrane: Condensing effect and change in the …

AVR Murthy, F Guyomarc'h, G Paboeuf, V Vié… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
The biological membrane that surrounds the milk fat globules exhibits phase separation of
polar lipids that is poorly known. The objective of this study was to investigate the role …

The impact of auxins used in assisted phytoextraction of metals from the contaminated environment on the alterations caused by lead (II) ions in the organization of …

K Hąc-Wydro, A Sroka, K Jabłońska - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2016 - Elsevier
Auxins are successfully used to improve phytoextraction efficiency of metal ions from the
contaminated environment, however, the mechanism of their activity in this field is not …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of selected B-ring-substituted oxysterols on artificial model erythrocyte membrane and isolated red blood cells

M Targosz-Korecka, A Wnętrzak… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, systematic studies concerning the influence of selected oxysterols on the
structure and fluidity of human erythrocyte membrane modeled as Langmuir monolayers …

Albumin protein coronas render nanoparticles surface active: consonant interactions at air–water and at lipid monolayer interfaces

N Ganji, GD Bothun - Environmental Science: Nano, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein coronas are known to alter the physicochemical properties, colloidal stability, and
biological fate of nanoparticles. Using human serum albumin (HSA) and polystyrene …

The miscibility of milk sphingomyelin and cholesterol is affected by temperature and surface pressure in mixed Langmuir monolayers

K Cheng, MH Ropers, C Lopez - Food chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
The miscibility of milk sphingomyelin (milk-SM) and cholesterol was investigated in this
study. The effect of different physical states of milk-SM on its interactions with cholesterol …

Cholesterol regulates the incorporation and catalytic activity of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase in DPPC monolayers

R Derradi, M Bolean, AMS Simão, L Caseli, JL Millán… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Matrix vesicles (MVs) are a special class of extracellular vesicles that drive bone and dentin
mineralization by providing the essential enzymes and ions for the nucleation and …

pH dependence of daunorubicin interactions with model DMPC: cholesterol membranes

D Matyszewska, K Brzezińska, J Juhaniewicz… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Mixed monolayers composed of 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
(DMPC): Cholesterol 7: 3 prepared by the Langmuir-Blodgett method were used as model …