Lipid areas (A ℓ), bilayer area compressibilities (KA), bilayer bending constants (KC), and
monolayer spontaneous curvatures (c 0) from simulations using the CHARMM36 force field …

To execute their many vital functions, cell membranes are highly organized. Here, we review
how membrane structure shapes signal transduction across membranes. Recent …

Biological membranes, composed mainly of phospholipids and cholesterol, play a vital role
as cellular barriers. They undergo localized reshaping in response to environmental cues …

Biomembrane order, dynamics, and other essential physicochemical parameters are
controlled by cholesterol, a major component of mammalian cell membranes. Although …

Monolayer spontaneous curvatures for cholesterol, DOPE, POPE, DOPC, DPPC, DSPC,
POPC, SOPC, and egg sphingomyelin were obtained using small-angle X-ray scattering …

We have recently developed a novel computational methodology (termed RSF for Real-
Space Fluctuations) to quantify the bending rigidity and tilt modulus of lipid membranes from …

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is widely used in a number of biological and biotechnological
applications, mainly because of its effects on the cell plasma membrane, but the molecular …

The lipid raft hypothesis presents insights into how the cell membrane organizes proteins
and lipids to accomplish its many vital functions. Yet basic questions remain about the …

Whether lipid rafts are present in the membranes of living cells remains hotly disputed
despite their incontrovertible existence in liposomes at 298 K. In attempts to resolve this …

The bilayer bending modulus (K c) is one of the most important physical constants
characterizing lipid membranes, but precisely measuring it is a challenge, both …