Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

M Yáñez-Mó, PRM Siljander, Z Andreu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the past decade, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as potent vehicles of
intercellular communication, both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This is due to their capacity …

Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes

R Dimova - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2014 - Elsevier
This review gives a brief overview of experimental approaches used to assess the bending
rigidity of membranes. Emphasis is placed on techniques based on the use of giant …

Plant lipids: Key players of plasma membrane organization and function

AM Cassim, P Gouguet, J Gronnier, N Laurent… - Progress in Lipid …, 2019 - Elsevier
The plasma membrane (PM) is the biological membrane that separates the interior of all
cells from the outside. The PM is constituted of a huge diversity of proteins and lipids. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Cells respond to mechanical stress by rapid disassembly of caveolae

B Sinha, D Köster, R Ruez, P Gonnord, M Bastiani… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
The functions of caveolae, the characteristic plasma membrane invaginations, remain
debated. Their abundance in cells experiencing mechanical stress led us to investigate their …

A sub-nanometre view of how membrane curvature and composition modulate lipid packing and protein recruitment

S Vanni, H Hirose, H Barelli, B Antonny… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Two parameters of biological membranes, curvature and lipid composition, direct the
recruitment of many peripheral proteins to cellular organelles. Although these traits are often …