The Phospholipid Research Center: Current Research in Phospholipids and Their Use in Drug Delivery
Pharmaceutics, 2020 This review summarizes the research on phospholipids and their use for drug delivery related to the Phospholipid Research Center Heidelberg (PRC). The focus is on projects that have been approved by the PRC since 2017 and are currently still ongoing or ...
Simon Drescher, Peter van Hoogevest
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A minimal biochemical route towards de novo formation of synthetic phospholipid membranes. [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 All living cells consist of membrane compartments, which are mainly composed of phospholipids. Phospholipid synthesis is catalyzed by membrane-bound enzymes, which themselves require pre-existing membranes for function.
Bhattacharya, Ahanjit +3 more
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μ-calpain binds to lipid bilayers via the exposed hydrophobic surface of its Ca2+-activated conformation [PDF]
, 2006 μ- and m-calpain are cysteine proteases requiring micro- and millimolar Ca2+ concentrations for their activation in vitro. Among other mechanisms, interaction of calpains with membrane phospholipids has been proposed to facilitate their activation by ...
Assfalg-Machleidt, Irmgard +5 more
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Anti-phospholipid-antibodies in patients with relapsing polychondritis [PDF]
, 1998 Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is an extremly rare multisystemic disease thought to be of autoimmune origin. In order to assess if RP is associated with anti-phospholipid antibodies (aPL), clinical data and sera of 21 patients with RP were collected in a ...
B Lang +11 more
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The role of phospholipid as a solubility- and permeability-enhancing excipient for the improved delivery of the bioactive phytoconstituents of Bacopa monnieri [PDF]
, 2016 In an attempt to improve the solubility and permeability of Standardized Bacopa Extract (SBE), a complexation approach based on phospholipid was employed.
Bobde, Yamini S +6 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The brucellae are facultative intracellular bacteria with a cell envelope rich in phosphatidylcholine (PC). PC is abundant in eukaryotes but rare in prokaryotes, and it has been proposed that Brucella uses PC to mimic eukaryotic-like features and avoid ...
Beatriz Aragón-Aranda +13 more
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In vivo stability of ester- and ether-linked phospholipid-containing liposomes as measured by perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy [PDF]
, 1988 To evaluate liposome formulations for use as intracellular sustained-release drug depots, we have compared the uptake and degradation in rat liver and spleen of liposomes of various compositions, containing as their bulk phospholipid an ether-linked ...
Baldeschwieler, John D. +2 more
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NMR studies of membrane structure and dynamics [PDF]
, 1978 Over the past decade, there has been considerable interest in the motional state of the phospholipid bilayer membrane. The motivation underlying these efforts has been the contention that the phospholipid bilayer is the basic matrix in which membrane ...
Bocian, David F., Chan, Sunney I.
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Lipids of Prokaryotic Origin at the Base of Marine Food Webs
Marine Drugs, 2012 In particular niches of the marine environment, such as abyssal trenches, icy waters and hot vents, the base of the food web is composed of bacteria and archaea that have developed strategies to survive and thrive under the most extreme conditions.
Maria José Caramujo +1 more
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Phosphoinositide-mediated oligomerization of a defensin induces cell lysis
eLife, 2014 Cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs) such as defensins are ubiquitously found innate immune molecules that often exhibit broad activity against microbial pathogens and mammalian tumor cells.
Ivan KH Poon +13 more
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