Cholesterol and the cell membrane

PL Yeagle - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 1985 - Elsevier
Philip L. Yeagle Page 1 Biochimica et BiophysicaActa 822 (1985) 267-287 267 Elsevier
BBA85280 Cholesterol and the cell membrane Philip L. Yeagle Department of Biochemistry …

The role of cholesterol in membrane fusion

ST Yang, AJB Kreutzberger, J Lee, V Kiessling… - Chemistry and physics …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cholesterol modulates the bilayer structure of biological membranes in multiple ways. It
changes the fluidity, thickness, compressibility, water penetration and intrinsic curvature of …

Phase equilibria in the phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol system

JH Ipsen, G Karlström, OG Mourtisen… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 1987 - Elsevier
A thermodynamic and a microscopic interaction model are proposed to describe the phase
equilibria in the phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol system. The model calculations allow for a …

Allogeneic stimulation of cytotoxic T cells by supported planar membranes.

AA Brian, HM McConnell - Proceedings of the National …, 1984 - National Acad Sciences
Phospholipid vesicles containing the transmembrane protein H-2Kk spontaneously fuse to
form planar membranes when incubated on treated glass surfaces. Pattern photobleaching …

Characterization of lipid bilayer phases by confocal microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

J Korlach, P Schwille, WW Webb… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
We report the application of confocal imaging and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
(FCS) to characterize chemically well-defined lipid bilayer models for biomembranes. Giant …

[HTML][HTML] Seeing spots: complex phase behavior in simple membranes

SL Veatch, SL Keller - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2005 - Elsevier
Liquid domains in model lipid bilayers are frequently studied as models of raft domains in
cell plasma membranes. Micron-scale liquid domains are easily produced in vesicles …

[HTML][HTML] Ordering effects of cholesterol and its analogues

T Róg, M Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, I Vattulainen… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2009 - Elsevier
Without any exaggeration, cholesterol is one of the most important lipid species in eukaryotic
cells. Its effects on cellular membranes and functions range from purely mechanistic to …

[HTML][HTML] Insolubility of lipids in triton X-100: physical origin and relationship to sphingolipid/cholesterol membrane domains (rafts)

E London, DA Brown - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2000 - Elsevier
The insolubility of lipids in detergents is a useful method for probing the structure of
biological membranes. Insolubility in detergents like Triton X-100 is observed in lipid …

The structural role of cholesterol in cell membranes: from condensed bilayers to lipid rafts

MR Krause, SL Regen - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Defining the two-dimensional structure of cell membranes represents one of the
most daunting challenges currently facing chemists, biochemists, and biophysicists. In …

Langmuir monolayers as models to study processes at membrane surfaces

C Stefaniu, G Brezesinski, H Möhwald - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of new sophisticated and highly surface sensitive techniques as synchrotron based
X-ray scattering techniques and in-house infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy …