Lipid rafts — specialized plasma membrane microdomains that are thought to regulate various signalling events — are the focus of intensive research into their roles in the nervous system. Here ...

The 'lipid raft' hypothesis has been a contentious topic over the past 5 years, with much of the immunology community divided into 'believers' and 'nonbelievers'. The disagreement is due mainly to ...

For the first time, scientists have used beams of light to manipulate lipid rafts in artificial cell membranes. Lipid rafts are domains, or areas, of protein and lipid (fats) which float freely in ...

Scientists at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology have discovered a key connection between high levels of iron in the ...

Understanding the way viruses use lipid rafts to alter the cell wall could lead to new approaches to treat and prevent viruses, like the one that causes COVID-19, from spreading in the body.

Across lipid rafts, molecules can also enter and get out of the cell. In particular, scientists suspect that these "lipid rafts" are also contributing to diseases such as Parkinson, ...

Lipid rafts appear to be relevant for both the delayed therapeutic effects of antidepressants as well as the difficulty in weaning off from these drugs.

Since the term was coined a decade ago, lipid rafts have turned out to be slippery characters. While conceptually appealing - picture a lipid platform recruiting key proteins to carry out membrane ...

It is thought to gain entry into host cells by binding to specialized membrane domains called lipid rafts. Helicobacter pylori, the leading cause of peptic ulcer disease and stomach cancer.

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16 Jan 2004. What to use to make a good raft? This question has been debated since long before Robinson Crusoe, but if it’s lipid rafts we are talking about, you may want to shy away from using ...

That assembly and release of HIV-1 particles takes place at the plasma membrane has been established for some time. It has also been suspected that the process additionally requires lipid rafts — ...