The COVID‐19 epidemic is one of the most influential epidemics in history. Understanding
the impact of coronaviruses (CoVs) on host cells is very important for disease treatment. The …

Lipids in the brain are major components playing structural functions as well as
physiological roles in nerve cells, such as neural communication, neurogenesis, synaptic …

Neuroinflammation is a host defense mechanism associated with neutralization of an insult
and restoration of normal structure and function of brain. Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of …

Lipid rafts are specialized membrane microdomains that serve as organizing centers for
assembly of signaling molecules, influence membrane fluidity and trafficking of membrane …

Cxs (connexins), the protein subunits forming gap junction intercellular communication
channels, are transported to the plasma membrane after oligomerizing into hexameric …

The opportunistic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes chronic respiratory infections
in cystic fibrosis and immunocompromised individuals. Bacterial adherence to the …

Abstract Background Membrane proteins (MPs) play diverse and important functions in
living organisms. They constitute 20% to 30% of the known bacterial, archaean and …

Cholesterol and sphingolipids are abundant in neuronal membranes, where they help the
organisation of the membrane microdomains involved in major roles such as axonal and …

The amphipathic nature of the lipid molecule (hydrophilic head and hydrophobic tails)
enables it to act as a barrier between fluids with various properties and to sustain an …

Little is known about the critical metabolic changes that neural cells have to undergo during
development and how temporary shifts in this program can influence brain circuitries and …