CancerGram: An Effective Classifier for Differentiating Anticancer from Antimicrobial Peptides by Michał Burdukiewicz, Katarzyna Sidorczuk, Dominik Rafacz, Filip Pietluch, Mateusz Bąkała, Jadwiga Słowik, Przemysław Gagat

“…Due to their small size, positive charge, hydrophobicity and amphipathicity, AMPs and ACPs interact with negatively charged components of biological membranes. AMPs preferentially permeabilize microbial membranes, but ACPs additionally target mitochondrial and plasma membranes of cancer cells. …”
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Genome-wide characterization and expression analysis of aquaporins in salt cress (Eutrema salsugineum) by Weiguo Qian, Xiaomin Yang, Jiawen Li, Rui Luo, Xiufeng Yan, Qiuying Pang

“…Aquaporins (AQPs) serve as water channel proteins and belong to major intrinsic proteins (MIPs) family, functioning in rapidly and selectively transporting water and other small solutes across biological membranes. Importantly, AQPs have been shown to play a critical role in abiotic stress response pathways of plants. …”
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Structure and Interdigitation of Chain-Asymmetric Phosphatidylcholines and Milk Sphingomyelin in the Fluid Phase by Moritz P. K. Frewein, Milka Doktorova, Frederick A. Heberle, Haden L. Scott, Enrico F. Semeraro, Lionel Porcar, Georg Pabst

“…We addressed the frequent occurrence of mixed-chain lipids in biological membranes and their impact on membrane structure by studying several chain-asymmetric phosphatidylcholines and the highly asymmetric milk sphingomyelin. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis of ATP Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporters in Peach (<i>Prunus persica</i>) and Identification of a Gene <i>PpABCC1</i> Involved in Anthocyanin Accumulation by Cherono Sylvia, Juanli Sun, Yuanqiang Zhang, Charmaine Ntini, Collins Ogutu, Yun Zhao, Yuepeng Han

“…Although the ABC transporters are known to aid in the transport of a wide range of substrates across biological membranes, their role in anthocyanin transport remains elusive. …”
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Mitochondrial Functionality Is Regulated by Alkylphospholipids in Human Colon Cancer Cells by Margalida Torrens-Mas, Alejandro Collado-Solé, Alberto Sola-Leyva, María Paz Carrasco-Jiménez, Jordi Oliver, Daniel Gabriel Pons, Pilar Roca, Jorge Sastre-Serra

“…Alkylphospholipids (APLs) have been studied as anticancer drugs that interfere with biological membranes without targeting DNA. Although their mechanism of action is not fully elucidated yet, it is known that they disrupt the intracellular trafficking of cholesterol and its metabolism. …”
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On the Role of Curved Membrane Nanodomains and Passive and Active Skeleton Forces in the Determination of Cell Shape and Membrane Budding by Luka Mesarec, Mitja Drab, Samo Penič, Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Aleš Iglič

“…Biological membranes are composed of isotropic and anisotropic curved nanodomains. …”
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Water Pores in Planar Lipid Bilayers at Fast and Slow Rise of Transmembrane Voltage by Alenka Maček Lebar, Damijan Miklavčič, Malgorzata Kotulska, Peter Kramar

“…Basic understanding of the barrier properties of biological membranes can be obtained by studying model systems, such as planar lipid bilayers. …”
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Fibrin glue does not promote migration and proliferation of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in collagenic membranes: an in vitro study by Filippo Migliorini, Julia Prinz, Jörg Eschweiler, Hanno Schenker, Christian Weber, Nicola Maffulli, Sophie Lecouturier, Frank Hildebrand, Johannes Greven

“…This study evaluated the impact of fibrin glue addition to biologic membranes loaded with bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (B-MSCs). …”
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Membrane Models and Experiments Suitable for Studies of the Cholesterol Bilayer Domains by Ivan Mardešić, Zvonimir Boban, Witold Karol Subczynski, Marija Raguz

“…The range of Chol concentrations surpassing 50 mol% is less frequent in biological membranes and is consequently less investigated. …”
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Multiscale Dynamics of Lipid Vesicles in Polymeric Microenvironment by Selcan Karaz, Mertcan Han, Gizem Akay, Asim Onal, Sedat Nizamoglu, Seda Kizilel, Erkan Senses

“…Understanding dynamic and complex interaction of biological membranes with extracellular matrices plays a crucial role in controlling a variety of cell behavior and functions, from cell adhesion and growth to signaling and differentiation. …”
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Chitosan-Based Hydrogels for Controlled Delivery of Asiaticoside-Rich <i>Centella asiatica</i> Extracts with Wound Healing Potential by Katarzyna Witkowska, Magdalena Paczkowska-Walendowska, Tomasz Plech, Daria Szymanowska, Bożena Michniak-Kohn, Judyta Cielecka-Piontek

“…Based on the findings of investigations using the PAMPA skin assay, which is a model imitating the permeability of actives through skin, this compound, characterized by sustained release from the chitosan delivery system, was identified as being well able to permeate biological membranes such as skin. Chitosan and the lyophilized extract of <i>Centella asiatica</i> worked synergistically to block hyaluronidase, exert efficient microbiological activity and take part in the wound healing process, as proven in an in vitro model. …”
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Control of lipid metabolism by the dynamic and nutrient‐dependent post‐translational modification O‐GlcNAcylation by Céline Schulz, Quentin Lemaire, Alexandre Berthier, Amandine Descat, Mostafa Kouach, Anne‐Sophie Vercoutter‐Edouart, Ikram El Yazidi‐Belkoura, Stéphan Hardivillé, Jean‐François Goossens, Philippe Lefebvre, Tony Lefebvre

“…This knowledge gap is surprising due to the crucial importance of cholesterol in structuring animal biological membranes and as a precursor of a wide variety of biological compounds. …”
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Nano-priming as emerging seed priming technology for sustainable agriculture—recent developments and future perspectives by Shivraj Hariram Nile, Muthu Thiruvengadam, Yao Wang, Ramkumar Samynathan, Mohammad Ali Shariati, Maksim Rebezov, Arti Nile, Meihong Sun, Baskar Venkidasamy, Jianbo Xiao, Guoyin Kai

“…It also induces the expression of aquaporin genes that are involved in the intake of water and also mediates H2O2, or ROS, dispersed over biological membranes. Nano-priming induces starch degradation via the stimulation of amylase, which results in the stimulation of seed germination. …”
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Probing Small-Angle Molecular Motions with EPR Spectroscopy: Dynamical Transition and Molecular Packing in Disordered Solids by Sergei A. Dzuba

“…The possible EPR applications are analyzed for gel-phase lipid bilayers, for biological membranes interacting with proteins, peptides and cryoprotectants, for supercooled ionic liquids (ILs) and supercooled deep eutectic solvents (DESs), for globular proteins and intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), and for some other molecular solids.…”
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Delivery of Melittin as a Lytic Agent via Graphene Nanoparticles as Carriers to Breast Cancer Cells by Karolina Daniluk, Agata Lange, Michał Pruchniewski, Artur Małolepszy, Ewa Sawosz, Sławomir Jaworski

“…Melittin, as an agent to lyse biological membranes, may be a promising therapeutic agent in the treatment of cancer. …”
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Spectroscopic studies and molecular modeling for understanding the interactions between cholesterol and cyclodextrins by Delphine Castagne, Georges Dive, Brigitte Evrard, Michel Frédérich, Géraldine Piel

“…PURPOSE: Cholesterol is a major lipid constituent of biological membranes which could be included in cyclodextrin (CD) cavities. …”
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Solvent-exposed lipid tail protrusions depend on lipid membrane composition and curvature by Tahir, Mukarram A, Van Lehn, Reid C, Choi, Shinhyun, Alexander-Katz, Alfredo

“…Together, these results provide significant physical insight into how system components might affect the appearance of protrusions in biological membranes, and help explain the roles of composition or curvature-modifying proteins in membrane fusion.…”
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Macrophage–Bacteria Interactions—A Lipid-Centric Relationship by Teng, Ooiean, Ang, Candice Ke En, Guan, Xue Li

“…Lipids, besides being the bulk component of biological membranes, serve as energy sources as well as signaling molecules during infection and inflammation. …”
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Functional and structural analysis of BPSS0140-BPSS0142 ABC transporter that mediates fructose import in Burkholderia pseudomallei by Shu, Sian How, Su, Datt Lam, Sheila Nathan, Chieng, Sylvia

“…ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters mediate bacteria uptake or export of a variety of solutes across biological membranes. Bacterial uptake of the monosaccharides is important as a source of carbohydrate building blocks that contribute to the bacteria’s major structure. …”
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Voltage clamp simulations of cardiac excitation: FPGA implementation by Mahmud, Farhanahani, Mahamad, Abd Kadir, Jabbar, M. Hairol, Othman, Norliza, Adon, Nur Atiqah

“…In addition, the voltage clamp technique also allows the detection of single channel currents in biological membranes and is known to be applicable in identifying variety of electrophysiological problems in the cellular level. …”
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