EPA and DHA differentially modulate membrane elasticity in the presence of cholesterol

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Membrane stiffness is one of the key determinants of E. coli MscS channel mechanosensitivity

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Disruption of membrane cholesterol organization impairs the activity of PIEZO1 channel clusters

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Controlling Secretion in Artificial Cells with a Membrane AND Gate

(2019) Claire E. Hilburger et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

Reduced level of docosahexaenoic acid shifts GPCR neuroreceptors to less ordered membrane regions

(2019) Matti Javanainen et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Dietary Fatty Acids Affect Red Blood Cell Membrane Composition and Red Blood Cell ATP Release in Dairy Cows

(2019) Denis Revskij et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

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Coupling Phase Behavior of Fatty Acid Containing Membranes to Membrane Bio-Mechanics

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Barcoding Biological Reactions with DNA-Functionalized Vesicles

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All n-3 PUFA are not the same: MD simulations reveal differences in membrane organization for EPA, DHA and DPA

(2018) Xiaoling Leng et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

DHA Modifies the Size and Composition of Raftlike Domains: A Solid-State 2 H NMR Study

(2018) Jacob J. Kinnun et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid have distinct membrane locations and lipid interactions as determined by X-ray diffraction

(2018) Samuel C.R. Sherratt et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

How lipids contribute to ion channel function, a fat perspective on direct and indirect interactions

(2018) Julio F Cordero-Morales et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

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(2018) Pietro Ridone et al.   Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Fatty Acid/Phospholipid Blended Membranes: A Potential Intermediate State in Protocellular Evolution

(2018) Lin Jin et al.   Small

Evolutionary specialization of MscCG, an MscS-like mechanosensitive channel, in amino acid transport in Corynebacterium glutamicum

(2018) Yoshitaka Nakayama et al.   Scientific Reports

Quantitative Analysis of Human Red Blood Cell Proteome

(2017) Agata H. Bryk et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

The role of optical projection in the analysis of membrane fluctuations

(2017) S. Alex Rautu et al.   Soft Matter

Omega-3 Fatty Acids Modulate TRPV4 Function through Plasma Membrane Remodeling

(2017) Rebeca Caires et al.   Cell Reports

Nanoscale Membrane Domain Formation Driven by Cholesterol

(2017) Matti Javanainen et al.   Scientific Reports

Eicosapentaenoic acid reduces membrane fluidity, inhibits cholesterol domain formation, and normalizes bilayer width in atherosclerotic-like model membranes

(2016) R. Preston Mason et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Polyunsaturated Lipids Regulate Membrane Domain Stability by Tuning Membrane Order

(2016) Kandice R. Levental et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Domain Stability in Biomimetic Membranes Driven by Lipid Polyunsaturation

(2016) Xubo Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Phospholipase A2-Induced Remodeling Processes on Liquid-Ordered/Liquid-Disordered Membranes Containing Docosahexaenoic or Oleic Acid: A Comparison Study

(2016) Rayna Georgieva et al.   LANGMUIR

A Comparative Study of the Influence of Sugars Sucrose, Trehalose, and Maltose on the Hydration and Diffusion of DMPC Lipid Bilayer at Complete Hydration: Investigation of Structural and Spectroscopic Aspect of Lipid–Sugar Interaction

(2016) Arpita Roy et al.   LANGMUIR

Docosahexaenoic acid promotes micron scale liquid-ordered domains. A comparison study of docosahexaenoic versus oleic acid containing phosphatidylcholine in raft-like mixtures

(2015) R. Georgieva et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes

(2014) Rumiana Dimova   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Lyso- and omega-3-containing phosphatidylcholines alter the bending elasticity of lipid membranes

(2014) Victoria Vitkova et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

The force-from-lipid (FFL) principle of mechanosensitivity, at large and in elements

(2014) Jinfeng Teng et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Phospholipids that Contain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Enhance Neuronal Cell Mechanics and Touch Sensation

(2014) Valeria Vásquez et al.   Cell Reports

Detection of Nanosized Ordered Domains in DOPC/DPPC and DOPC/Ch Binary Lipid Mixture Systems of Large Unilamellar Vesicles Using a TEMPO Quenching Method

(2013) Keishi Suga et al.   LANGMUIR

The Observation of Highly Ordered Domains in Membranes with Cholesterol

(2013) Clare L. Armstrong et al.   PLoS One

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(2013) Matthew A. Barrett et al.   Soft Matter

Increasing Membrane Tension Decreases Miscibility Temperatures; an Experimental Demonstration via Micropipette Aspiration

(2012) Thomas Portet et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Membrane Cholesterol Strongly Influences Confined Diffusion of Prestin

(2012) R.I. Kamar et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Docosahexaenoic and Eicosapentaenoic Acids Segregate Differently between Raft and Nonraft Domains

(2012) Justin A. Williams et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

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(2011) Neha P. Kamat et al.   Soft Matter

Effects of fatty acid unsaturation numbers on membrane fluidity and α-secretase-dependent amyloid precursor protein processing

(2010) Xiaoguang Yang et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Solubility limits of cholesterol, lanosterol, ergosterol, stigmasterol, and β-sitosterol in electroformed lipid vesicles

(2010) Mark M. Stevens et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of cholesterol on the rigidity of saturated and unsaturated membranes: fluctuation and electrodeformation analysis of giant vesicles

(2010) Rubèn Serral Gracià et al.   Soft Matter

Oleic- and docosahexaenoic acid-containing phosphatidylethanolamines differentially phase separate from sphingomyelin

(2009) Saame Raza Shaikh et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Effect of cholesterol on structural and mechanical properties of membranes depends on lipid chain saturation

(2009) Jianjun Pan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Polyunsaturated fatty acid–cholesterol interactions: Domain formation in membranes

(2008) Stephen R. Wassall et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Docosahexaenoic Acid Enhances Segregation of Lipids between Raft and Nonraft Domains: 2H-NMR Study

(2008) Smita P. Soni et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Measuring the Adsorption of Fatty Acids to Phospholipid Vesicles by Multiple Fluorescence Probes

(2008) Jeffrey R. Simard et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Elasticity, Strength, and Water Permeability of Bilayers that Contain Raft Microdomain-Forming Lipids

(2008) W. Rawicz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Docosahexaenoic acid domains: the ultimate non-raft membrane domain

(2008) Stephen R. Wassall et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Eicosapentaenoic Acid Plays a Beneficial Role in Membrane Organization and Cell Division of a Cold-Adapted Bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10

(2008) J. Kawamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY