Switching molecular recognition selectivities by temperature in a diffusion-regulatory porous material by Yan Su, Ken-ichi Otake, Jia-Jia Zheng, Hong Xu, Qing Wang, Haiming Liu, Fei Huang, Ping Wang, Susumu Kitagawa, Cheng Gu

“…Abstract Over the long history of evolution, nature has developed a variety of biological systems with switchable recognition functions, such as the ion transmissibility of biological membranes, which can switch their ion selectivities in response to diverse stimuli. …”
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Spin Probes as Scavengers of Free Radicals in Cells by Bernadeta Dobosz, Ryszard Krzyminiewski, Małgorzata Kucińska, Marek Murias, Grzegorz Schroeder, Joanna Kurczewska

“…Spin probes can be used to monitor biological membranes, including the penetration of different molecules into cells. …”
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Lipid Metabolism in Oncology: Why It Matters, How to Research, and How to Treat by Yuki Matsushita, Hayato Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Koike

“…In addition to being energy sources and structural components of biological membranes, several types of lipids serve as signaling molecules or secondary messengers. …”
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Sensing Hydration of Biomimetic Cell Membranes by Madhurima Chattopadhyay, Hanna Orlikowska, Emilia Krok, Lukasz Piatkowski

“…Biological membranes play a vital role in cell functioning, providing structural integrity, controlling signal transduction, and controlling the transport of various chemical species. …”
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Aquaporin Gating: A New Twist to Unravel Permeation through Water Channels by Marcelo Ozu, Juan José Alvear-Arias, Miguel Fernandez, Agustín Caviglia, Antonio Peña-Pichicoi, Christian Carrillo, Emerson Carmona, Anselmo Otero-Gonzalez, José Antonio Garate, Gabriela Amodeo, Carlos Gonzalez

“…Their presence has been extensively reported in the biological membranes of almost all living organisms. Although their discovery is much more recent than ion transport systems, different biophysical approaches have contributed to confirm that permeation through each monomer is consistent with closed and open states, introducing the term gating mechanism into the field. …”
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Dual Effects of Presynaptic Membrane Mimetics on α-Synuclein Amyloid Aggregation by Yuxi Lin, Yuxi Lin, Dai Ito, Je Min Yoo, Mi Hee Lim, Wookyung Yu, Wookyung Yu, Yasushi Kawata, Young-Ho Lee, Young-Ho Lee, Young-Ho Lee, Young-Ho Lee, Young-Ho Lee

“…Although various biological membranes have shown to alter the structure and aggregation propensity of αSN, a thorough understanding of the molecular and mechanical mechanism of amyloidogenesis in membranes remains unanswered. …”
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Ceramide and Related Molecules in Viral Infections by Nadine Beckmann, Katrin Anne Becker

“…In concert with its metabolizing enzymes, particularly sphingomyelinases, it has key roles in regulating the physical properties of biological membranes, including the formation of membrane microdomains. …”
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Interaction of membrane vesicles with the Pseudomonas functional amyloid protein FapC facilitates amyloid formation by Zahra Najarzadeh, Hossein Mohammad-Beigi, Jannik Nedergaard Pedersen, Gunna Christiansen, Jan Skov Pedersen, Janni Nielsen, Daniel E. Otzen

“…Our work indicates that biological membranes can contribute significantly to the fibrillation of functional amyloid.…”
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Effect of iontophoresis on fluoride uptake in enamel with artificial caries lesion by Maria Cibelle Pauli, Cínthia Pereira Machado, Silas Arandas Monteiro e Silva, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano, Renata Fonseca Vianna Lopez, Gislaine Ricci Leonardi

“…Abstract: Iontophoresis is a noninvasive technique, based on the application of a constant low-intensity electric current to facilitate the release of a variety of drugs, whether ionized or not, through biological membranes. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of iontophoresis using different electric current intensities on the uptake of fluoride in dental enamel with artificial caries lesions. …”
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Welcome to the Family: Identification of the NAD⁺ Transporter of Animal Mitochondria as Member of the Solute Carrier Family SLC25 by Mathias Ziegler, Magnus Monné, Andrey Nikiforov, Gennaro Agrimi, Ines Heiland, Ferdinando Palmieri

“…Indeed, in mammals, there are hundreds of genes encoding solute carriers (SLCs) which mediate the selective transport of molecules such as nucleotides, amino acids, and sugars across biological membranes. Research over many years has identified the localization and preferred substrates of a large variety of SLCs. …”
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Effect of DMSO on Structural Properties of DMPC and DPPC Liposome Suspensions by Luísa M. P. F. Amaral, Maria Rangel, Margarida Bastos

“…The study and characterization of the biophysical properties of membranes and drug–membrane interactions represent a critical step in drug development, as biological membranes act as a barrier that the drug must overcome to reach its active site. …”
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Application of Pulsed Electric Field as a Pre-Treatment for Subcritical Water Extraction of Quercetin from Onion Skin by Han-Sol Kim, Min-Jung Ko, Chan-Ho Park, Myong-Soo Chung

“…Pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment promotes the electroporation of biological membranes, and if included as a pre-treatment, could improve the extraction of certain constituents therefrom. …”
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Minimal lattice model of lipid membranes with liquid-ordered domains by Tanmoy Sarkar, Oded Farago

“…Mixtures of lipids and cholesterol are commonly used as model systems for studying the formation of liquid-ordered (L_{o}) domains in heterogeneous biological membranes. The simplest model system exhibiting coexistence between L_{o} domains and a liquid-disordered (L_{d}) matrix is that of a binary mixture of saturated lipids such as DPPC and cholesterol (Chol). …”
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Alteration of Lipid Metabolism in Prostate Cancer: Multifaceted Oncologic Implications by Milica Zeković, Uros Bumbaširević, Marko Živković, Tomislav Pejčić

“…In cancerous tissue, lipids provide the structural integrity of biological membranes, supply energy, influence the regulation of redox homeostasis, contribute to plasticity, angiogenesis and microenvironment reshaping, mediate the modulation of the inflammatory response, and operate as signaling messengers, i.e., lipid mediators affecting myriad processes relevant for the development of the neoplasia. …”
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On measuring the acoustic state changes in lipid membranes using fluorescent probes by Shrivastava, S, Cleveland, R, Schneider, M

“…Ultrasound is increasingly being used to modulate the properties of biological membranes for applications in drug delivery and neuromodulation. …”

Microstreaming inside model cells induced by ultrasound and microbubbles by Pereno, V, Lei, J, Carugo, D, Stride, E

“…Studies on the bioeffects produced by ultrasound and microbubbles have focused primarily on transport in bulk tissue, drug uptake by individual cells, and disruption of biological membranes. Relatively little is known about the physical perturbations and fluid dynamics of the intracellular environment during ultrasound exposure. …”

Interactions of a bacterial Cu(I)-ATPase with a complex lipid environment by Autzen, H, Koldsø, H, Stansfeld, P, Gourdon, P, Sansom, M, Nissen, P

“…Lipid composition is a highly regulated feature of biological membranes, yet its implications for membrane proteins are difficult problems to approach. …”

The P aracoccus denitrificans NarK-like nitrate and nitrite transporters—probing nitrate uptake and nitrate/nitrite exchange mechanisms by Ferguson, S, Goddard, A, Bali, S, Mavridou, D, Luque-Almagro, V, Gates, A, Roldan, M, Newstead, S, Richardson, D

“…Nitrate and nitrite transport across biological membranes is often facilitated by protein transporters that are members of the major facilitator superfamily. …”

Cell-sized asymmetric phospholipid-amphiphilic protein vesicles with growth, fission, and molecule transportation by Masato Suzuki, Koki Kamiya

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Influence of Dietary Polar Lipid Supplementation on Memory and Longitudinal Brain Development by Joanne E. Fil, Sangyun Joung, Jonas Hauser, Andreas Rytz, Courtney A. Hayes, Ryan N. Dilger

“…Polar lipids, which are found in human milk, serve essential functions within biological membranes, hence their importance in brain development and cognition. …”
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