Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike ...

A research team led by Prof. Dr. Prasad Shastri at the University of Freiburg has shown that the stiffness of the cancer cell plasma membrane affects how nanoparticles are internalized ...

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the ...

The impact of the lipids depends on how they are distributed over the plasma membrane. Lipids are the building blocks of a cell's envelope -- the cell membrane. In addition to their structural ...

To kill their targets, CTLs release perforin, a pore-forming toxin, which creates lesions in the target cell’s plasma membrane. Cytotoxic granzymes pass through these portals and induce target ...

The team also found that changes in the tension of the cell's plasma membrane might help activate the Tmem63b/Slc19a2 complex. When calcium enters the cell and potassium ions leave by Kcnn4 ...

Cholesterol is an essential component of the membrane surrounding every human cell, despite its poor reputation as a health concern when its blood levels are too high. The key to health is having ...

Membrane proteins on the cell surface perform a myriad of biological functions that are vital to the survival of cells and organisms. Not surprisingly, numerous human diseases are associated with ...