Alicia Alonso

Membrane restructuring via ceramide results in enhanced solute efflux.

Sphingomyelinase cleavage of sphingomyelin in pure and mixed lipid membranes. Influence of the physical state of the sphingolipid.

Sphingomyelinases: enzymology and membrane activity.

Surfactant effects of chlorpromazine and imipramine on lipid bilayers containing sphingomyelin and cholesterol.

Sphingomyelinase activity causes transbilayer lipid translocation in model and cell membranes.

Genomic microarray analysis reveals distinct locations for the CENP-A binding domains in three human chromosome 13q32 neocentromeres.

Interaction of phospholipases C and sphingomyelinase with liposomes.

Membrane fusion induced by the catalytic activity of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Listeria monocytogenes.

Human cytomegalovirus: detection of congenital and perinatal infection in Argentina.

Asymmetric addition of ceramides but not dihydroceramides promotes transbilayer (flip-flop) lipid motion in membranes.

Phosphorylation of glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase changes its properties as a substrate for phospholipases.

Biophysics (and sociology) of ceramides.

Different effects of long- and short-chain ceramides on the gel-fluid and lamellar-hexagonal transitions of phospholipids: a calorimetric, NMR, and x-ray diffraction study.

Domain formation in sphingomyelin/cholesterol mixed membranes studied by spin-label electron spin resonance spectroscopy.

Molecular associations and surface-active properties of short- and long-N-acyl chain ceramides.

Modulation of PI-specific phospholipase C by membrane curvature and molecular order.

Detergent-resistant, ceramide-enriched domains in sphingomyelin/ceramide bilayers.

Alkanes are not innocuous vehicles for hydrophobic reagents in membrane studies.

Sphingosine increases the permeability of model and cell membranes.

Detergent solubilization of phosphatidylcholine bilayers in the fluid state: influence of the acyl chain structure.

Independent centromere formation in a capricious, gene-free domain of chromosome 13q21 in Old World monkeys and pigs.

Biophysics of sphingolipids I. Membrane properties of sphingosine, ceramides and other simple sphingolipids.

Surface-active properties of the antitumour ether lipid 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (edelfosine).

Leakage-free membrane fusion induced by the hydrolytic activity of PlcHR(2), a novel phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Co-localization of CENP-C and CENP-H to discontinuous domains of CENP-A chromatin at human neocentromeres.

Triton X-100 partitioning into sphingomyelin bilayers at subsolubilizing detergent concentrations: effect of lipid phase and a comparison with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine.

Giant unilamellar vesicles electroformed from native membranes and organic lipid mixtures under physiological conditions.

Lower muscle strength gains in older men with type 2 diabetes after resistance training.

Membrane organization and ionization behavior of the minor but crucial lipid ceramide-1-phosphate.

Cholesterol displacement by ceramide in sphingomyelin-containing liquid-ordered domains, and generation of gel regions in giant lipidic vesicles.

Ceramide-enriched membrane domains in red blood cells and the mechanism of sphingomyelinase-induced hot-cold hemolysis.

Effects of ceramide and other simple sphingolipids on membrane lateral structure.

Phase diagrams of lipid mixtures relevant to the study of membrane rafts.

Calcium inhibits diacylglycerol uptake by serum albumin.

Ceramide-induced transbilayer (flip-flop) lipid movement in membranes.

Phospholipase C and sphingomyelinase activities of the Clostridium perfringens alpha-toxin.

Combination of the anti-tumour cell ether lipid edelfosine with sterols abolishes haemolytic side effects of the drug.

Sphingosine-1-phosphate as an amphipathic metabolite: its properties in aqueous and membrane environments.

End-products diacylglycerol and ceramide modulate membrane fusion induced by a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Coexistence of immiscible mixtures of palmitoylsphingomyelin and palmitoylceramide in monolayers and bilayers.

Electroformation of giant unilamellar vesicles from native membranes and organic lipid mixtures for the study of lipid domains under physiological ionic-strength conditions.

Transbilayer (flip-flop) lipid motion and lipid scrambling in membranes.

Detergent effects on membranes at subsolubilizing concentrations: transmembrane lipid motion, bilayer permeabilization, and vesicle lysis/reassembly are independent phenomena.

A paucity of heterochromatin at functional human neocentromeres.

Quantitation of cholesterol incorporation into extruded lipid bilayers.

Dihydrosphingomyelin impairs HIV-1 infection by rigidifying liquid-ordered membrane domains.

Cholesterol displaces palmitoylceramide from its tight packing with palmitoylsphingomyelin in the absence of a liquid-disordered phase.

Effects of bilayer composition and physical properties on the phospholipase C and sphingomyelinase activities of Clostridium perfringens α-toxin.

Multiple phospholipid substrates of phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase HR2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Imaging the early stages of phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase activity on vesicles containing coexisting ordered-disordered and gel-fluid domains.

Implication of ceramide, ceramide 1-phosphate and sphingosine 1-phosphate in tumorigenesis.

Unexpected wide substrate specificity of C. perfringens α-toxin phospholipase C.

Formation of novel CENP-A domains on tandem repetitive DNA and across chromosome breakpoints on human chromosome 8q21 neocentromeres.

Phospholipases C and sphingomyelinases: Lipids as substrates and modulators of enzyme activity.

Lipid bilayers in the gel phase become saturated by triton X-100 at lower surfactant concentrations than those in the fluid phase.

Accumulated bending energy elicits neutral sphingomyelinase activity in human red blood cells.

Recruitment of a phospholipase C/sphingomyelinase into non-lamellar lipid droplets during hydrolysis of lipid bilayers.

Detergent solubilization of lipid bilayers: a balance of driving forces.

The onset of Triton X-100 solubilization of sphingomyelin/ceramide bilayers: effects of temperature and composition.

In situ synthesis of fluorescent membrane lipids (ceramides) using click chemistry.

The octamer is the major form of CENP-A nucleosomes at human centromeres.

A topical microemulsion for the prevention of allergic rhinitis symptoms: results of a randomized, controlled, double-blind, parallel group, multicentre, multinational clinical trial (Nares study).

Membrane binding and insertion of the predicted transmembrane domain of human scramblase 1.

Lipid bilayers containing sphingomyelins and ceramides of varying N-acyl lengths: a glimpse into sphingolipid complexity.

Lamellar gel (lβ) phases of ternary lipid composition containing ceramide and cholesterol.

Histones and DNA compete for binding polyphosphoinositides in bilayers.

Membrane binding of human phospholipid scramblase 1 cytoplasmic domain.

Sphingosine induces the aggregation of imine-containing peroxidized vesicles.

Membrane permeabilization induced by sphingosine: effect of negatively charged lipids.

A cholesterol recognition motif in human phospholipid scramblase 1.

Biophysical properties of sphingosine, ceramides and other simple sphingolipids.

High-melting lipid mixtures and the origin of detergent-resistant membranes studied with temperature-solubilization diagrams.

Biophysical properties of novel 1-deoxy-(dihydro)ceramides occurring in mammalian cells.

Fluorescent Polyene Ceramide Analogues as Membrane Probes.

Histones cause aggregation and fusion of lipid vesicles containing phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate.

Atomic force microscopy characterization of palmitoylceramide and cholesterol effects on phospholipid bilayers: a topographic and nanomechanical study.