Membrane Organization and Lipid Rafts in the Cell and Artificial Membranes

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Series: Cell Biology Research Progress
BISAC: SCI017000

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 information in this area of research. The topics analyzed include: fluid-mosaic cell membrane structure from cellular control and domains to extracellular vesicles; lipid rafts in binary lipid/cholesterol membranes; membrane assembly and lipid rafts in the cell and artificial membranes; the effect of lipid peroxidation; drugs, delivery systems and membrane organization in model and cell membranes; role of sphingomyelin on membrane domain formation and its influence in protein interaction focusing on the nanometer scale; lipid rafts and cell adhesion; mutual modulators of cell signaling; and finally, roles of glycosphingolipids in the regulation of the membrane organization and cell signaling in lipid rafts
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1
Fluid—Mosaic Cell Membrane Structure: From Cellular Control and Domains to Extracellular Vessicles
(Garth L. Nicolson, Department of Molecular Pathology, The Institute for Molecular Medicine, S. Laguna Beach, CA, USA)

Chapter 2
Lipid Rafts in Binary Lipid/Cholesterol Bilayers
(Richard J. Alsop, Maikel C. Rheinstädter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, ON, Canada, and others)
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Chapter 3
Membrane Assembly and Lipid Rafts in the Cell and Artificial Membranes: Effect of Lipid Peroxidation
(Angel Catalá, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, (INIFTA-CCT La Plata-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina)

Chapter 4
Drugs, Delivery Systems and Membrane Organization in Model and Cell Membranes
(Ana E. Ventura, Tânia C.B. Santos, Ana. C. Carreira, Nuno Martinho, João Conniot, Ana R. Varela, Rogério Gaspar, Helena F. Florindo, Liana C. Silva, iMed.ULisboa – Research Institute for Medicines, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Professor Gama Pinto, Lisbon, Portugal)

Chapter 5
Role of Sphingomyelin in Membrane-Domain Formation and the Influence on Protein Interaction: Focusing on the Nanometer Scale
(Sabina Maté, Vanesa Herlax, Romina Vázquez and Laura Bakás, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP), CCT- La Plata, CONICET. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, and others)

Chapter 6
Lipid Rafts and Cell Adhesion: Mutual Modulators of Cell Signaling
(Andrew M. Overmiller, Donna M. Brennan-Crispi and Mỹ G. Mahoney, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Chapter 7
Roles of Glycosphingolipids in the Regulation of the Membrane Organization and Cell Signaling in Lipid Rafts
(Koichi Furukawa, Yuhsuke Ohmi, Yuki Ohkawa, Noboru Hashimoto, Yuji Kondo, Orie Tajima, Keiko Furukawa, Department of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan, and others)

Index


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