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 …

Surfactant protein C (SP-C) is an important player in enhancing the interfacial adsorption of
lung surfactant lipid films to the alveolar air-liquid interface. Doing so, surface tension drops …

The most unique feature of the eye lens fiber-cell plasma membrane is its extremely high
cholesterol content. Cholesterol saturates the bulk phospholipid bilayer and induces …

Purpose: This research was undertaken to document the changes in the organization and
properties of human lens lipid membranes that occur with age. Methods: Human lens lipid …

The influence of a variety of microenvironmental factors on the inherent reactivity of
membrane-located reagents is poorly understood. A goal of this review is to provide detailed …

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin-labeling methods make it possible not only to
discriminate the cholesterol bilayer domain (CBD) but also to obtain information about the …

The organization and physical properties of lens lipid membranes made from the total lipids
extracted from the human lens cortex and nucleus of 41-to 60-year-old donors were …

Saturation-recovery EPR along with DSC were used to determine the cholesterol content at
which pure cholesterol bilayer domains (CBDs) and cholesterol crystals begin to form in …

Cholesterol is an essential and representative lipid in higher eukaryotic cellular membranes
and is often found distributed nonrandomly in domains in biological membranes. A large …

Human lens-lipid membranes prepared from the total lipids extracted from clear and
cataractous lens cortexes and nuclei of 61–70-year-old donors by use of a rapid solvent …