Exploring giant unilamellar vesicle production for artificial cells—Current challenges and future directions

L Van de Cauter, L van Buren, GH Koenderink… - Small …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Creating an artificial cell from the bottom up is a long‐standing challenge and, while
significant progress has been made, the full realization of this goal remains elusive …

Membrane models and experiments suitable for studies of the cholesterol bilayer domains

I Mardešić, Z Boban, WK Subczynski, M Raguz - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry of Single Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Reveals Compositional Variability

DS Grusky, A Bhattacharya… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are a widely used model system to interrogate lipid phase
behavior, study biomembrane mechanics, reconstitute membrane proteins, and provide a …

Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films Formed by Vesicle Fusion

Z Boban, I Mardešić, SP Jozić, J Šumanovac… - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are artificial membrane models which are of special
interest to researchers because of their similarity in size to eukaryotic cells. The most …

Electroformation and characterization of soybean protein isolate hydrolysates-modified liposomes

L Sun, L Zhao, Z Huang, F Wu, M Pan, D Yu - Food Hydrocolloids, 2025 - Elsevier
This research aimed to elucidate the application and feasibility of the enhancement of
liposome oxidative stability by the interaction of liposomes with soybean protein isolate …

Interaction of Bortezomib with cell membranes regulates its toxicity and resistance to therapy

MJ Ramalho, S Andrade, JA Loureiro, MC Pereira - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bortezomib (BTZ) is a potent proteasome inhibitor currently being used to treat multiple
myeloma. However, its high toxicity and resistance to therapy severely limit the treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Films in Conditions Involving High Cholesterol Contents, Charged Lipids, and Saline Solutions

I Mardešić, Z Boban, M Raguz - Membranes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are frequently used as membrane models in studies of
membrane properties. They are most often produced using the electroformation method …

Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films with a Focus on Vesicles with High Cholesterol Content

I Mardešić, Z Boban, M Raguz - Membranes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are membrane models used to study membrane
properties. Electroformation is one of the methods used to produce GUVs. During …

Quantification of membrane transport rates using optofluidics

M Fletcher - 2023 - repository.cam.ac.uk
The transport of ions and small molecules across membranes is a ubiquitous process in
biological systems. Effective studies of membrane transport phenomena require suitable …

Optimization of giant unilamellar vesicle electroformation for different lipid mixtures with a focus on high cholesterol concentrations

Z Boban - 2023 - repozitorij.pmfst.unist.hr
Sažetak Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are widely used as artificial cell membrane
models. Electroformation is the most commonly used method for their production. The …