Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 89(2), 321-328 (2003-04-25)
In the present study, we investigated the feasibility of enhancing the transport of the model drug sodium-fluorescein across rat, porcine and human skin by treating it with phloretin and 6-ketocholestanol. Both 6-ketocholestanol and phloretin were incorporated into unilamellar liposomes and
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 93(11), 2780-2787 (2004-09-21)
The ability of 6-ketocholestanol to increase the skin permeation of the prodrug aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) was investigated. 6-Ketocholestanol was incorporated together with 5-ALA in four different formulations. Preparations used were a liquid solution/suspension of 5-ALA in buffer, 5-ALA in phospholipid
The Journal of biological chemistry, 276(42), 38457-38463 (2001-08-14)
The combined use of the membrane surface potential fluorescent sensor fluorescein phosphatidylethanolamine (FPE) and the membrane dipole potential fluorescent sensor di-8-ANEPPS to characterize the interaction of molecules with model and cellular membranes and to asses the influence of the dipole
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 22(20), 8452-8457 (2006-09-20)
As a result of the interfacial chemical heterogenity, membrane-penetrating peptides will experience a dramatic variation in environmental polarity manifested via electrical interactions with the surface and dipole potential of membranes prone to modulate the membrane insertion and folding of different
Membrane microdomains, such as caveolae and rafts, are enriched in cholesterol and sphingomyelin, display liquid-ordered phase properties, and putatively function as protein organizing platforms. The goal of this investigation was to identify sterol and sphingomyelin structural features that modulate surface
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