Membrane-Accelerated Amyloid-β Aggregation and Formation of Cross-β Sheets

A Khondker, RJ Alsop, MC Rheinstädter - Membranes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Amyloid-β aggregates play a causative role in Alzheimer's disease. These aggregates are a
product of the physical environment provided by the basic neuronal membrane, composed …

Molecular simulation study of penetrant gas transport properties into the pure and nanosized silica particles filled polysulfone membranes

K Golzar, S Amjad-Iranagh, M Amani… - Journal of membrane …, 2014 - Elsevier
The simulation techniques have been utilized to investigate the structural, physical and
separation properties of penetrant gases including oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and …

Competing for the same space: protons and alkali ions at the interface of phospholipid bilayers

E Deplazes, J White, C Murphy, CG Cranfield… - Biophysical …, 2019 - Springer
Maintaining gradients of solvated protons and alkali metal ions such as Na+ and K+ across
membranes is critical for cellular function. Over the last few decades, both the interactions of …

Lamellarity-driven differences in surface structural features of DPPS lipids: spectroscopic, calorimetric and computational study

L Pašalić, B Pem, D Bakarić - Membranes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although single-lipid bilayers are usually considered models of eukaryotic plasma
membranes, their research drops drastically when it comes to exclusively anionic lipid …

Deciphering the origin of the melting profile of unilamellar phosphatidylcholine liposomes by measuring the turbidity of its suspensions

P Maleš, B Pem, D Petrov, DD Jurašin, D Bakarić - Soft matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The elucidation of the thermal properties of phosphatidylcholine liposomes is often based on
the analysis of the thermal capacity profiles of multilamellar liposomes (MLV), which may …

Membrane–ion interactions

R Friedman - The Journal of membrane biology, 2018 - Springer
Biomembranes assemble and operate at the interface with electrolyte solutions. Interactions
between ions in solutions and the lipid affect the membrane structure, dynamics and …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of the cholesterol reducing agent simvastatin with zwitterionic DPPC and charged DPPG phospholipid membranes

E Sariisik, M Koçak, FK Baloglu, F Severcan - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
Simvastatin is a lipid-lowering drug in the pharmaceutical group statins. Interaction of a drug
with lipids may define its role in the system and be critical for its pharmacological activity. We …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of guanidinium and ammonium cations with phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine lipid bilayers–Calorimetric, spectroscopic and molecular …

L Pašalić, B Pem, DD Jurašin, M Vazdar… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ability of arginine-rich peptides to cross the lipid bilayer and enter cytoplasm, unlike
their lysine-based analogues, is intensively studied in the context of cell-penetrating …

Interactions of bacterial quorum sensing signals with model lipid membranes: influence of membrane composition on membrane remodeling

CG Gahan, RC Van Lehn, HE Blackwell, DM Lynn - Langmuir, 2022 - ACS Publications
We report the influence of membrane composition on the multiscale remodeling of
multicomponent lipid bilayers initiated by contact with the amphiphilic bacterial quorum …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction study between maltose-modified PPI dendrimers and lipidic model membranes

D Wrobel, D Appelhans, M Signorelli, B Wiesner… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of maltose-modified poly (propylene imine)(PPI) dendrimers on
dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine …