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Structure and permeability of ion-channels by integrated AFM and waveguide TIRF microscopy. [PDF]

, 2014
Membrane ion channels regulate key cellular functions and their activity is dependent on their 3D structure. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) images 3D structure of membrane channels placed on a solid substrate.
Arce, Fernando Teran, Cohen, Daniel A, Lal, Ratnesh, Patel, Nirav R, Quist, Arjan P, Ramachandran, Srinivasan   +5 more
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Membrane Fusion‐Inspired Nanomaterials: Emerging Strategies for Infectious Disease and Cancer Diagnostics

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Membrane fusion‐inspired nanomaterials offer transformative potential in diagnostics by mimicking natural fusion processes to achieve highly sensitive and specific detection of disease biomarkers. This review highlights recent advancements in nanomaterial functionalization strategies, signal amplification systems, and stimuli‐responsive fusion designs,
Sojeong Lee, Khulan Nyamzaya, Jueun Han, Yejin Song, Jihee Lee, Jung Hyun Jo, Seungmin Bang, Eun‐Kyung Lim, Seungjoo Haam, Eunjung Kim   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Native silica nanoparticles are powerful membrane disruptors [PDF]

, 2015
Silica nanoparticles are under development for intracellular drug delivery applications but can also have cytotoxic effects including cell membrane damage.
Alkhammash, Hend I., Berthier, Rémy, de Planque, Maurits R.R., Li, Nan   +3 more
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Membrane Vesicles from Lacticaseibacillus Casei BL23 Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity Against Escherichia coli and Immunostimulatory Effects on Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Membrane vesicles derived from the probiotic Lacticaseibacillus casei BL23 demonstrate antimicrobial properties against Escherichia coli and a potential biological effect in improving the overall survival of C. elegans infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These vesicles stimulated immune responses in primary cells without causing toxicity. Our results
Cecilia L. D'Antoni, Leila Pourtalebi Jahromi, Lorenzo Sana, Ana Paula Domínguez Rubio, Maja Dorfner, Jennifer Munkert, Heike Danzer, Philipp Arnold, Mikhail Lebedev, Esther Zanin, Oscar E. Pérez, Gregor Fuhrmann   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nanoporous silica-based protocells at multiple scales for designs of life and nanomedicine. [PDF]

, 2015
Various protocell models have been constructed de novo with the bottom-up approach. Here we describe a silica-based protocell composed of a nanoporous amorphous silica core encapsulated within a lipid bilayer built by self-assembly that provides for ...
Brinker, C Jeffrey, Jakobsson, Eric, Sun, Jie, Wang, Yingxiao   +3 more
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Metallofullerenol Sc3N@C80(OH)18: A New Generation Radioprotector Protecting Human Erythrocytes Against Multiple Biochemical Damage Modes Upon Gamma Irradiation, Identifying It as a Scavenger of Short‐ and Long‐Lived Radicals

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Metallofullerenol Sc3N@C80(OH)18 demonstrates strong radioprotective properties as a scavenger of both short‐ and long‐lived radicals. The study reveals protection of human erythrocytes from γ‐radiation–induced biochemical damage via post‐irradiation removal of primary and secondary reactive oxidants, supported by pulse radiolysis kinetics.
Jacek Grebowski, Maciej Studzian, Szymon Lekki‐Porebski, Anna Konarska, Marian Wolszczak, Grzegorz Litwinienko, Lukasz Pulaski   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Lipid-Specific Interactions with a Fusion Peptide

Biomolecules
The HIV-1 fusion peptide, which is a short hydrophobic peptide from the gp41 coat glycoprotein that participates in the infection of a cell, interacts with model lipid bilayer membranes in a concentration-dependent manner.
William T. Heller
doaj   +1 more source

Thermodynamic competition between membrane protein oligomeric states

, 2016
Self-assembly of protein monomers into distinct membrane protein oligomers provides a general mechanism for diversity in the molecular architectures, and resulting biological functions, of membrane proteins.
Haselwandter, Christoph A., Kahraman, Osman   +1 more
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Metronidazole‐Loaded Cyclodextrin Nanogels for Antibacterial Therapy and Microbiota Regulation in Periodontitis

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A methacrylamide β‐cyclodextrin‐based nanogel (MACD nGel) is developed to load the antimicrobial drug Metronidazole (MNZ) for topical delivery for the treatment of periodontitis. It is demonstrated that cyclodextrin nanogel (nGel) loaded with metronidazole provides an efficient drug delivery route but also has potential clinical applications and offers
Yanjing Ji, Ruichen Zhang, Dongyi Xu, Patrick C. A. van der Wel, Alessia Lasorsa, Guotai Li, Fangze Guo, Qihui Zhou, Patrick van Rijn   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solvent free model for self-assembling fluid bilayer membranes: Stabilization of the fluid phase based on broad attractive tail potentials

, 2005
We present a simple and highly adaptable method for simulating coarse-grained lipid membranes without explicit solvent. Lipids are represented by one head-bead and two tail-beads, with the interaction between tails being of key importance in stabilizing ...
Helfrich W., Ira R. Cooke, Lipowsky R., Markus Deserno, Seifert U.   +4 more
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