Cholesterol gallstone disease

P Portincasa, A Moschetta, G Palasciano - The Lancet, 2006‏ - thelancet.com
Summary With a prevalence of 10–15% in adults in Europe and the USA, gallstones are the
most common digestive disease needing admission to hospital in the West. The interplay …

Microemulsions as transdermal drug delivery vehicles

A Kogan, N Garti - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Microemulsions are clear, stable, isotropic mixtures of oil, water, and surfactant, frequently in
combination with a cosurfactant. Microemulsions have been intensively studied during the …

Toward stereochemical control, monitoring, and understanding of crystal nucleation

I Weissbuch, M Lahav, L Leiserowitz - Crystal growth & design, 2003‏ - ACS Publications
In this review, the delicate interplay between stereochemical control, monitoring at the
subnanometer level, and an understanding of crystal nucleation is probed. Control of crystal …

Cryo-TEM of soft molecular assemblies

D Danino - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) is a powerful method for uncovering the
structure of soft nanostructured materials. The method is based on ultra-fast cooling and …

Unraveling the mechanism of nanotube formation by chiral self-assembly of amphiphiles

L Ziserman, HY Lee, SR Raghavan… - Journal of the …, 2011‏ - ACS Publications
The self-assembly of nanotubes from chiral amphiphiles and peptide mimics is still poorly
understood. Here, we present the first complete path to nanotubes by chiral self-assembly …

[کتاب][B] Dynamics of surfactant self-assemblies: micelles, microemulsions, vesicles and lyotropic phases

R Zana - 2005‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies explains the dynamics of micellar equilibria,
tracking surfactant exchange, and micelle formation/breakdown processes. Highlighting the …

A kinetic study of the growth of fatty acid vesicles

IA Chen, JW Szostak - Biophysical journal, 2004‏ - cell.com
Membrane vesicles composed of fatty acids can be made to grow and divide under
laboratory conditions, and thus provide a model system relevant to the emergence of cellular …

Effects of biliary phospholipids on cholesterol crystallization and growth in gallstone formation

HH Wang, P Portincasa, M Liu, DQH Wang - Advances in Therapy, 2023‏ - Springer
The prevalence of cholesterol gallstone disease is increasing, primarily due to the global
epidemic of obesity associated with insulin resistance, and this trend leads to a considerable …

Oral delivery system prolongs blood circulation of docetaxel nanocapsules via lymphatic absorption

S Attili-Qadri, N Karra, A Nemirovski, O Schwob… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
An original oral formulation of docetaxel nanocapsules (NCs) embedded in microparticles
elicited in rats a higher bioavailability compared with the iv administration of the commercial …

Rapid constriction of lipid bilayers by the mechanochemical enzyme dynamin

D Danino, KH Moon, JE Hinshaw - Journal of structural biology, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Dynamin, a large GTPase, is located at the necks of clathrin-coated pits where it facilitates
the release of coated vesicles from the plasma membrane upon GTP binding, and …