Mechanical properties of the high cholesterol-containing membrane: An AFM study

Membrane Lipid Composition: Effect on Membrane and Organelle Structure, Function and Compartmentalization and Therapeutic Avenues

(2019) Doralicia Casares et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Why Is Very High Cholesterol Content Beneficial for the Eye Lens but Negative for Other Organs?

(2019) Justyna Widomska et al.   Nutrients

Formation of cholesterol Bilayer Domains Precedes Formation of Cholesterol Crystals in Membranes Made of the Major Phospholipids of Human Eye Lens Fiber Cell Plasma Membranes

(2019) Laxman Mainali et al.   CURRENT EYE RESEARCH

Confocal Microscopy Confirmed that in Phosphatidylcholine Giant Unilamellar Vesicles with very High Cholesterol Content Pure Cholesterol Bilayer Domains Form

(2019) Marija Raguz et al.   CELL BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Cholesterol induced asymmetry in DOPC bilayers probed by AFM force spectroscopy

(2018) Pranav R. Adhyapak et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Noninvasive assessment of age-related stiffness of crystalline lenses in a rabbit model using ultrasound elastography

(2018) Xinyu Zhang et al.   Biomedical Engineering Online

Understanding the diversity of membrane lipid composition

(2018) Takeshi Harayama et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Multifrequency AFM reveals lipid membrane mechanical properties and the effect of cholesterol in modulating viscoelasticity

(2018) Zeinab Al-Rekabi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cholesterol Increases Lipid Binding Rate and Changes Binding Behavior of Bacillus thuringiensis Cytolytic Protein

(2018) Sudarat Tharad et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Organization of lipids in fiber-cell plasma membranes of the eye lens

(2017) Witold K. Subczynski et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Membrane Disruption Mechanism of a Prion Peptide (106–126) Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy, Raman and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

(2017) Jianjun Pan et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Sub-ten-nanometer heterogeneity of solid supported lipid membranes determined by solution atomic force microscopy

(2016) Chian Sing Ho et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Polyglutamine aggregates impair lipid membrane integrity and enhance lipid membrane rigidity

(2016) Chian Sing Ho et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Changes in the Properties and Organization of Human Lens Lipid Membranes Occurring with Age

(2016) Laxman Mainali et al.   CURRENT EYE RESEARCH

Spin-Labeled Small Unilamellar Vesicles with the T 1-Sensitive Saturation-Recovery EPR Display as an Oxygen-Sensitive Analyte for Measurement of Cellular Respiration

(2015) Laxman Mainali et al.   APPLIED MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Mechanical properties of lipid bilayers from molecular dynamics simulation

(2015) Richard M. Venable et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Cholesterol regulates multiple forms of vesicle endocytosis at a mammalian central synapse

(2015) Hai-Yuan Yue et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Atomic Force Microscopy Characterization of Palmitoylceramide and Cholesterol Effects on Phospholipid Bilayers: A Topographic and Nanomechanical Study

(2015) Aritz B. García-Arribas et al.   LANGMUIR

Lamellar Gel (Lβ) Phases of Ternary Lipid Composition Containing Ceramide and Cholesterol

(2014) Jon V. Busto et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nanomechanics of phospholipid LB film studied layer by layer with AFM

(2014) Yinli Li et al.   Chemistry Central Journal

Properties of membranes derived from the total lipids extracted from clear and cataractous lenses of 61–70-year-old human donors

(2014) Laxman Mainali et al.   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Formation and Characterization of Supported Lipid Bilayers Containing Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate and Cholesterol as Functional Surfaces

(2014) Patrick Drücker et al.   LANGMUIR

Properties of membranes derived from the total lipids extracted from the human lens cortex and nucleus

(2013) Laxman Mainali et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The Fluid—Mosaic Model of Membrane Structure: Still relevant to understanding the structure, function and dynamics of biological membranes after more than 40years

(2013) Garth L. Nicolson   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The Nanomechanical Properties of Lipid Membranes are Significantly Influenced by the Presence of Ethanol

(2013) Frank W.S. Stetter et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Preparation of DOPC and DPPC Supported Planar Lipid Bilayers for Atomic Force Microscopy and Atomic Force Spectroscopy

(2013) Simon Attwood et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Formation of Cholesterol Bilayer Domains Precedes Formation of Cholesterol Crystals in Cholesterol/Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine Membranes: EPR and DSC Studies

(2013) Laxman Mainali et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Dynamic Force Spectroscopy on Supported Lipid Bilayers: Effect of Temperature and Sample Preparation

(2012) Andrea Alessandrini et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Direct Measurement of the Mechanical Properties of Lipid Phases in Supported Bilayers

(2012) Laura Picas et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cholesterol and regulated exocytosis: A requirement for unitary exocytotic events

(2012) Boštjan Rituper et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Properties of fiber cell plasma membranes isolated from the cortex and nucleus of the porcine eye lens

(2012) Laxman Mainali et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Concluding remarks Back to the future: mechanics and thermodynamics of lipid biomembranes

(2012) E. Evans et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Mapping the Mechanical Properties of Cholesterol-Containing Supported Lipid Bilayers with Nanoscale Spatial Resolution

(2012) Nicole Shamitko-Klingensmith et al.   LANGMUIR

Influence of Cholesterol on the Phase Transition of Lipid Bilayers: A Temperature-Controlled Force Spectroscopy Study

(2012) Lorena Redondo-Morata et al.   LANGMUIR

Saturation with cholesterol increases vertical order and smoothes the surface of the phosphatidylcholine bilayer: A molecular simulation study

(2011) Elżbieta Plesnar et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Phase-Separation and Domain-Formation in Cholesterol-Sphingomyelin Mixture: Pulse-EPR Oxygen Probing

(2011) Laxman Mainali et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

In Vivo Measurement of Age-Related Stiffening in the Crystalline Lens by Brillouin Optical Microscopy

(2011) Giuliano Scarcelli et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Biosynthesis of Cholesterol and Other Sterols

(2011) W. David Nes   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Using spin-label electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) to discriminate and characterize the cholesterol bilayer domain

(2011) Marija Raguz et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Phases and domains in sphingomyelin–cholesterol membranes: structure and properties using EPR spin-labeling methods

(2011) Laxman Mainali et al.   EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS

Functions of Cholesterol and the Cholesterol Bilayer Domain Specific to the Fiber-Cell Plasma Membrane of the Eye Lens

(2011) Witold K. Subczynski et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY

The Origin of Cholesterol’s Condensing Effect

(2011) Trevor A. Daly et al.   LANGMUIR

Cholesterol Metabolism Is Required for Intracellular Hedgehog Signal Transduction In Vivo

(2011) Rolf W. Stottmann et al.   PLoS Genetics

Nanomechanics of lipid bilayers by force spectroscopy with AFM: A perspective

(2010) Sergi Garcia-Manyes et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The immiscible cholesterol bilayer domain exists as an integral part of phospholipid bilayer membranes

(2010) Marija Raguz et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Pathogenesis of Gallstones

(2010) Niels Gerard Venneman et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Crystalline Domain Structure and Cholesterol Crystal Nucleation in Single Hydrated DPPC:Cholesterol:POPC Bilayers

(2010) Roy Ziblat et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Nanomechanics of Lipid Bilayers: Heads or Tails?

(2010) Sergi Garcia-Manyes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Force spectroscopy as a tool to investigate the properties of supported lipid membranes

(2010) C. Canale et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Nanoscale mechanical probing of supported lipid bilayers with atomic force microscopy

(2010) Chinmay Das et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Presbyopia and cataract: A question of heat and time

(2010) Roger J.W. Truscott et al.   PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH

Glucose promotes membrane cholesterol crystalline domain formation by lipid peroxidation

(2009) Yehudi Self-Medlin 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

Effect of cholesterol on the structure of a phospholipid bilayer

(2009) F. de Meyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A more efficient device for preparing model-membrane liposomes by the rapid solvent exchange method

(2009) Jeffrey T. Buboltz   REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

Human lens lipids differ markedly from those of commonly used experimental animals

(2008) Jane M. Deeley et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS

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

(2008) W. Rawicz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Presbyopia. Emerging from a blur towards an understanding of the molecular basis for this most common eye condition

(2008) Roger John Truscott   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Cholesterol Perturbs Lipid Bilayers Nonuniversally

(2008) Jianjun Pan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS