The concept of transient nanometric domains known as lipid rafts has brought interest to
reassess the validity of the Singer–Nicolson model of a fluid bilayer for cell membranes …

It is well known that cholesterol modifies the physical properties of lipid bilayers. For
example, the much studied liquid-ordered L o phase contains rapidly diffusing lipids with …

Cholesterol plays an important role in determining the biophysical properties of biological
membranes, and its concentration is tightly controlled by homeostatic processes. The …

Sterols are a critical component of cell membranes of eukaryotes. In mammalian cells there
is approximately a six-fold range in the cholesterol content in various organelles. The …

Nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-labeled lipids are popular fluorescent membrane probes.
However, the understanding of important aspects of the photophysics of NBD remains …

Dynamics of confined water has interesting implications in the organization and function of
molecular assemblies such as membranes. A direct consequence of this type of …

As a result of their unique physical properties, biological membrane mimetics, such as
liposomes, are used in a broad range of scientific and technological applications …

Cholesterol is a multifunctional lipid in eukaryotic cells. It regulates the physical state of the
phospholipid bilayer, is crucially involved in the formation of membrane microdomains …

Cholesterol is a major constituent of the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells. It regulates
the physical state of the phospholipid bilayer and is crucially involved in the formation of …

Cholesterol transport between cellular organelles comprised vesicular trafficking and
nonvesicular exchange; these processes are often studied by quantitative fluorescence …