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Mechanism for the Effect of Litsea cubeba Essential Oil on Candida albicans Cell Membrane Barrier [PDF]

open access: yesShipin Kexue, 2023
This study was carried out in order to clarify the antifungal activity and mechanism of the essential oil of Litsea cubeba against Candida albicans. The major components of the essential oil were analyzed, and changes in the cell morphology, surface ...
SUN Yue, ZENG Chaoyi, LI Ziyu, XIONG Haibo, LIN Zixi, CHE Zhenming, TANG Jie
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Systematic comparison of unilamellar vesicles reveals that archaeal core lipid membranes are more permeable than bacterial membranes.

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2023
One of the deepest branches in the tree of life separates the Archaea from the Bacteria. These prokaryotic groups have distinct cellular systems including fundamentally different phospholipid membrane bilayers.
Urszula Łapińska   +9 more
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Alpha-toxin induces programmed cell death of human T cells, B cells, and monocytes during USA300 infection. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
This investigation examines the influence of alpha-toxin (Hla) during USA300 infection of human leukocytes. Survival of an USA300 isogenic deletion mutant of hla (USA300Δhla) in human blood was comparable to the parental wild-type strain and ...
Tyler K Nygaard   +10 more
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The influence of naphthenic acids and their fractions onto cell membrane permeability [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2015
The influence of naphthenic acids (NAs) mixture and their narrow fractions (called NA pH 4, pH 8 and pH 10) onto permeability of beetroot cell membrane is examined.
Pavlović Ksenija   +6 more
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Phosphatidylserine Exposed Lipid Bilayer Models for Understanding Cancer Cell Selectivity of Natural Compounds: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

open access: yesMembranes, 2022
Development of drugs that are selectively toxic to cancer cells and safe to normal cells is crucial in cancer treatment. Evaluation of membrane permeability is a key metric for successful drug development.
Navaneethan Radhakrishnan   +3 more
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Significance of two transmembrane ion gradients for human erythrocyte volume stabilization.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
Functional effectiveness of erythrocytes depends on their high deformability that allows them to pass through narrow tissue capillaries. The erythrocytes can deform easily due to discoid shape provided by the stabilization of an optimal cell volume at a ...
F I Ataullakhanov   +3 more
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