Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly

Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Volume 27, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale. Planar lipid bilayers are widely studied due to their ubiquity in nature and find their application in the formulation of biomimetic model membranes, and in the design of artificial dispersion of liposomes. Moreover, lipids self-assemble into a wide range of other structures, including micelles and the liquid crystalline hexagonal and cubic phases. Consensus has been reached that curved membrane phases do play an important role in nature as well, especially in dynamic processes, such as vesicles fusion and cell communication. Self-assembled lipid structures have enormous potential as dynamic materials ranging from artificial lipid membranes, to cell membranes, from biosensing, to controlled drug delivery, and from pharmaceutical formulations, to novel food products. An assortment of chapters in this volume represents both original research as well as comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers. Surveys recent theoretical and experimental results on lipid micro- and nanostructuresPresents potential uses of applications, like clinically relevant diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, biotechnology, pharmaceutical engineering and food productsIncludes both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchersProvides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale INDICE: The Role of Self-Assembling Lipid Molecules in Vaccination Luis Martinez-Gil, Peter H. Goff and Gene S. Tan The Role of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Permeabilization (MOMP) in Apoptosis: Studying Bax Pores by Cryo-Electron Microscopy Tomomi Kuwana Electrochemical Biosensor Based on TiO2 Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnostics Tina Mavric, Metka Bencina, Roghayeh Imani, Ita Junkar, Matjaz Valant, Veronika Kralj-Iglic and Ales Iglic How Can Artificial Lipid Models Mimic the Complexity of Molecule-Membrane Interactions? Véronique Rosilio Reconstitution of Ion Channels in Planar Lipid Bilayers: New Approaches Jana Gaburjakova and Marta Gaburjakova Shear-Induced Lamellar/Onion Transition in Surfactant Systems Tadashi Kato Curvature Sorting and Crowding-Induced Mixing in Experimental Model Membranes Wade F. Zeno, Maria O. Ogunyankin and Marjorie L. Longo

• ISBN: 978-0-12-815772-5
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 318
• Fecha Publicación: 15/03/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés