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Membrane organization and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes /

"This book presents an overview of membrane organization and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes. The topics analyzed in this book cover a broad spectrum of functions played by lipid rafts in membrane organization within the cell and artificial membranes, and presents new informati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Catalá, Angel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2016.
Colección:Cell biology research progress
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION AND LIPID RAFTS IN THE CELL AND ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES ; MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION AND LIPID RAFTS IN THE CELL AND ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 FLUID -MOSAIC CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE: FROM CELLULAR CONTROL AND DOMAINS TO EXTRACELLULAR VESSICLES ; ABSTRACT ; ABBREVIATIONS ; INTRODUCTION ; CELL MEMBRANE PROPERTIES ; FLUID-MOSAIC MODEL OF CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE ; Membrane Cytoskeletal and Matrix Interactions ; Cell Membrane Protein and Lipid Interactions
  • Membrane Mobility Restrictions and Hierarchical Cell Membrane OrganizationMembrane Fusion and Membrane Vesicles ; Membrane Protusions from Normal and Tumor Cells ; Extracellular Vesicles and Exosomes ; FINAL COMMENT ; CONFLICT OF INTEREST ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; Chapter2LIPIDRAFTSINBINARYLIPID/CHOLESTEROLBILAYERS; Abstract; 1. THERAFTCONCEPT; 2. DOMAINFORMATIONINMODELLIPIDMEMBRANES; 2.1. PhysicalPropertiesofLipids; 2.2. PhaseSeparationinMixed-ComponentModelLipidMembranes; 2.3. ModulatedPhasesandMicroemulsions; 3.X-RAYANDNEUTRONSCATTERINGEXPERIMENTSOFBINARYLIPID/CHOLESTEROLMEMBRANES
  • 3.1. StructureDeterminationbyDiffraction3.2. IdentificationofCholesterolPlaquesUsingX-RayDiffraction; 3.3. IdentificationofRaftsUsingNeutronDiffraction; 3.4. DynamicsofBinaryMixtures; 4. DRUGINTERACTIONSWITHMEMBRANEPATCHES; 5. ADDITIONALFRONTIERSINRAFTBIOPHYSICS; 6. CONCLUSION; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY AND LIPID RAFTS IN THE CELL AND ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES: EFFECT OF LIPID PEROXIDATION ; ABSTRACT ; FLUID MOSAIC MODEL OF BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE STRUCTURE ; LIPID RAFTS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES IN CELLS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES
  • THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF LIPID PEROXIDATION ON MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION THE LIPID PEROXIDATION PROCESS PRODUCES OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPIDS THAT ACQUIRE NEW BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES NOT CHARACTERISTIC OF THEIR UNOXIDIZED PRECURSORS ; THE CHANGES INDUCED BY LIPID PEROXIDATION IN MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS, BOTH AT THE LIPID AND PROTEIN LEVEL ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 DRUGS, DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION IN MODEL AND CELL MEMBRANES ; ABSTRACT ; ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. SPHINGOLIPIDS: METABOLISM, MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION AND CELL FUNCTION
  • 2.1. Sphingoid Bases2.2. Ceramide ; 2.3. Sphingomyelin; 2.4. GSLs ; 3. MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS ; 3.1. Modulation of Membrane Biophysical Properties by Chemotherapeutics ; 3.2. Membrane Properties-Dependent Antitumoral Agents ; 4. DELIVERY SYSTEMS ; 4.1. Dendrimers ; 4.2. Particulate Delivery Systems ; 4.2.1. Liposomes; 4.2.1.1. Ceramide-Containing Liposomes as Delivery Systems in Cancer Treatment ; 4.2.2. Other Particulate Delivery Systems ; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES