Sphingolipids, crucial components of cellular membranes, play a vital role in maintaining
cellular structure and signaling integrity. Disruptions in sphingolipid metabolism are …

Starting from fertilization, through tissue growth, hormone secretion, synaptic transmission,
and sometimes morbid events of carcinogenesis and viral infections, membrane fusion …

Lipid membrane nanodomains or lipid rafts are 10–200 nm diameter size cholesterol-and
sphingolipid-enriched domains of the plasma membrane, gathering many proteins with …

Liquid-ordered lipid domains represent a lateral inhomogeneity in cellular membranes.
These domains have elastic and physicochemical properties different from those of the …

As mitochondria are negatively charged organelles, penetrating cations are used as parts of
chimeric molecules to deliver specific compounds into mitochondria. In other words, they are …

Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids consisting of a ceramide base and a bulky sugar chain
that contains one or more sialic acids. This unique structure endows gangliosides with a …

Lipid rafts serve as anchoring platforms for membrane proteins. Thus far they escaped direct
observation by light microscopy due to their small size. Here we used differently colored …

Amphipathic alpha-helical peptides, among other peripheral components of plasma
membranes, are promising antimicrobial agents. Partial incorporation of a peptide into a …

Influenza A virus envelope contains lipid molecules of the host cell and three integral viral
proteins: major hemagglutinin, neuraminidase, and minor M2 protein. Membrane-associated …

Cell membranes are heterogeneous in lipid composition which leads to the phase
separation with the formation of nanoscopic liquid-ordered domains, also called rafts. There …