The use of new sophisticated and highly surface sensitive techniques as synchrotron based
X-ray scattering techniques and in-house infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy …

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 …

Ichthyoses comprise a heterogeneous group of genodermatoses characterized by abnormal
desquamation over the whole body, for which the genetic causes of several human forms …

The concept of membrane fluidity usually refers to a high molecular mobility inside the lipid
bilayer which enables lateral diffusion of embedded proteins. Fluids have the ability to flow …

We employed in a correlative manner an unconventional combination of methods,
comprising cathodoluminescence, cryo–scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and cryo …

Liquid-crystalline phases of stacked lipid bilayers represent a pervasive motif in
biomolecular assemblies. Here we report that, in addition to the usual smectic order …

The surface pressure–area (π–A) isotherms of DMPC, DPPC, and DSPC/cholesterol binary
monolayers were systematically measured with great care to gain insight into the lateral …

Cholesterol has been conjectured to be a modulator of the amyloid cascade, the mechanism
that produces the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's disease …

With the diversity of lipid-protein interactions, any observed membrane protein dynamics or
functions directly depend on the lipid bilayer selection. However, the implications of lipid …

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the formation of senile plaques, primarily
consisting of amyloid-(A) peptides. Peptide-membrane and peptide-lipid interactions are …