Lipid Rafts

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1.Isolation and Analysis of Lipid Rafts from Neural Cells and Tissues
Sara Grassi, Paola Giussani, Laura Mauri, Simona Prioni, and Alessandro Prinetti
2.A Detergent-Free Method for Preparation of Lipid Rafts for the Shotgun Lipidomics Study
Chao Qin, Meixia Pan, and Xianlin Han
3. Biochemical Analysis of Lipid Rafts to Study Pathogenic Mechanisms of Neural Diseases
Ernesto R. Bongarzone and Maria Irene Givogri
4. Amyloid- ╬▓ Interactions with Lipid Rafts in Biomimetic Systems: A Review of Laboratory Methods
Galya Staneva, Chiho Watanabe, Nicolas Puff, Vesela Yordanova, Michel Seigneuret, and Miglena Angelova
5. Extracellular Vesicles Containing Ceramide-Rich Platforms: "Mobile Raft" Isolation and Analysis
Ahmed Elsherbini, Haiyan Qin, Zhihui Zhu, Priyanka Tripathi, Guanghu Wang, Simone M. Crivelli, Stefanka D. Spassieva, and Erhard Bieberich
6. Isolation of Lipid Rafts (Detergent-Resistant Microdomains) and Comparison to Extracellular Vesicles (Exosomes)
Glyn Dawson
7. Methods to Characterize Synthesis and Degradation of Sphingomyelin at the Plasma Membrane and Its Impact on Lipid Raft Dynamics
Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian
8. Association of Glycolipids and Growth Factor Receptors in Lipid Rafts
Jing Wang and Robert K. Yu
9. Lipid Raft Isolation by Sucrose Gradient Centrifugation and Visualization of Raft-Located Proteins by Fluorescence Microscopy: The Use of Combined Techniques to Assess Fas/CD95 Location in Rafts during Apoptosis Triggering
Consuelo Gajate and Faustino Mollinedo
10. Elucidating the Role of Lipid Rafts on G Protein-Coupled Receptor Function in the Mouse Kidney: An In Vivo Approach
Laureano D. Asico, Selim Rozyyev, Annabelle M. Crusan, Pedro A. Jose, and Van Anthony M. Villar
11. Analysis of Lipids in Ceramide-Enriched Membrane Domains
Alexander Carpinteiro and Erich Gulbins
12. Chemotherapeutic Agents-Induced Ceramide Rich Platforms (CRPs) in Endothelial Cells and their Modulation
Prerna R. Nepali and Adriana Haimovitz-Friedman
13. Biophysical Analysis of Lipid Domains by Fluorescence Microscopy
Ana E. Ventura, Tânia C. B. Santos, Joaquim T. Marquês, Rodrigo F.M. de Almeida, and Liana C. Silva
14. Biophysical Analysis of Lipid Domains in Mammalian and Yeast Membranes by Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Carla Sousa, Filipa C. Santos, Andreia Bento-Oliveira, Beatriz Mestre, Liana C. Silva, and Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida
15. Characterization of Lipid Order and Domain Formation in Model Membranes Using Fluorescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Andrew Fuhrer and Amir M. Farnoud
16. Characterization of the Effect of Sphingolipid Accumulation on Membrane Compactness, Dipole Potential, and Mobility of Membrane Components
Gyula Batta, Tímea Hajdu, and Peter Nagy
17. Super-Resolution Microscopy of Sphingolipids
Jan Schlegel and Markus Sauer
18. Detection of Functionalized Sphingolipid Analogues in Detergent Resistant Membranes of the Immune Cells
Julian Fink, J├╝rgen Seibel, and Elita Avota
19. Immunofluorescence Labeling of Lipid-Binding Proteins CERTs to Monitor Lipid Rafts Dynamics
Caterina Giovagnoni, Simone M. Crivelli, Mario Losen, and Pilar Martinez-Martinez
20. Cross-Link/Proximity Ligation Assay for Visualization of Lipid and Protein Complexes in Lipid Rafts
Priyanka Tripathi, Zhihui Zhu, Haiyan Qin, Ahmed Elsherbini, Emily A. Roush, Simone M. Crivelli, Stefanka D. Spassieva, and Erhard Bieberich
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