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A novel in vitro system of supported planar endosomal membranes (SPEMs) reveals an enhancing role for cathepsin B in the final stage of Ebola virus fusion and entry

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum, 2023
Ebola virus (EBOV) causes a hemorrhagic fever with fatality rates up to 90%. The EBOV entry process is complex and incompletely understood. Following attachment to host cells, EBOV is trafficked to late endosomes/lysosomes where its glycoprotein (GP) is ...
Laura Odongo   +4 more
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Biomechanics of Cell Membrane [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
This Special Issue is focused on measuring and characterizing the mechanical and adhesive properties of cells and membranes [...]
Stefano Leporatti, José L. Toca-Herrera
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Reproducible reformation of a bilayer lipid membrane using microair bubbles

open access: yesDroplet, 2023
Planar bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs) are widely used as models for cell membranes in various applications, including drug discovery and biosensors. However, the nanometer‐thick bilayer structure, assembled through hydrophobic interactions of amphiphilic
Izumi Hashimoto   +6 more
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Hydrophilic nanoparticles that kill bacteria while sparing mammalian cells reveal the antibiotic role of nanostructures

open access: yesNature Communications, 2022
Developing antibacterial agents which don’t have cytotoxic effects against mammalian cells is of interest for biomedical applications. Here, the authors explore how attaching inert polymer brushes to different sized nanoparticles can result in toxicity ...
Yunjiang Jiang   +6 more
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Determining a critical threshold for G6PD activity below which red blood cell response to oxidative stress is poor

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2020
Background Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common enzyme disorder in the world. Its main function is to generate NADPH that is required for anti-oxidative pathway in the cells especially in red blood cells (RBC).
Maria Swastika   +4 more
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Electroporation of cell membranes [PDF]

open access: yesBiophysical Journal, 1989
Electric pulses of intensity in kilovolts per centimeter and of duration in microseconds to milliseconds cause a temporary loss of the semipermeability of cell membranes, thus leading to ion leakage, escape of metabolites, and increased uptake by cells of drugs, molecular probes, and DNA.
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Efficient Lipid Bilayer Formation by Dipping Lipid-Loaded Microperforated Sheet in Aqueous Solution

open access: yesMicromachines, 2021
This paper describes a method for a bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) formation using a perforated sheet along with an open chamber. Microscopic observation of the formed membrane showed a typical droplet interface bilayer.
Nobuo Misawa   +4 more
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RNAi screening reveals a large signaling network controlling the Golgi apparatus in human cells

open access: yesMolecular Systems Biology, 2012
The Golgi apparatus has many important physiological functions, including sorting of secretory cargo and biosynthesis of complex glycans. These functions depend on the intricate and compartmentalized organization of the Golgi apparatus.
Joanne Chia   +5 more
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Drug resistance-associated changes in sphingolipids and ABC transporters occur in different regions of membrane domains

open access: yesJournal of Lipid Research, 2005
We have recently shown that two ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters are enriched in Lubrol-resistant noncaveolar membrane domains in multidrug-resistant human cancer cells [Hinrichs, J. W. J., K. Klappe, I. Hummel, and J. W. Kok. 2004.
John W.J. Hinrichs   +3 more
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In vitro fusion of single synaptic and dense core vesicles reproduces key physiological properties

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
Regulated exocytosis of neuronal synaptic vesicles is substantially faster than that of endocrine dense core vesicles despite similar molecular machineries.
Alex J. B. Kreutzberger   +10 more
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