The researchers studied a phospholipid model system consisting of the DOPC molecules shown in Fig. 1. The molecules are arranged in so-called reverse micelles which contain the water molecules ...

BACKGROUND: The cell functions involved in the action of insulin—receptor binding, enzyme and transporter activities—are controlled by membrane properties. We have previously shown that the fasting ...

THE role of lipids as predictors of coronary heart disease has become of considerable interest during the past two decades. Many individual lipids, such as the serum cholesterol, phospholipid and ...

Lp(a) lipoprotein binds proinflammatory oxidized phospholipids. We investigated whether levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (LDL) measured with use of monoclonal antibody E06 reflect the ...