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 …

Lipid composition determines membrane properties, and cholesterol plays a major role in
this determination as it regulates membrane fluidity and permeability, as well as induces the …

The lens of the eye has long been considered as a radiosensitive tissue, but recent research
has suggested that the radiosensitivity is even greater than previously thought. The 2012 …

Lipids rafts are considered to be functional nanoscale membrane domains enriched in
cholesterol and sphingolipids, characteristic in particular of the external leaflet of cell …

In the human eye, a transparent cornea and lens combine to form the" refracton" to focus
images on the retina. This requires the refracton to have a high refractive index" n," mediated …

Since its inception more than thirty years ago, electroformation has become the most
commonly used method for growing giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). Although the method …

Cholesterol (Chol) is an essential component of animal cell membranes and is most
abundant in plasma membranes (PMs) where its concentration typically ranges from 10 to …

The eye, with its distinctive anatomy, not only reflects a wide variety of diseases in life but
also undergoes a myriad of post-mortem changes. Consequently, the eye has long been an …

Cholesterol (Chol) is one of the major skin barrier lipids. The physiological level of Chol in
the stratum corneum (SC) appears to exceed its miscibility with other barrier lipids, as some …

Several discoveries show that with age and cataract formation, β-crystallin binds with the
lens membrane or associates with other lens proteins, which bind with the fiber cell plasma …