Publications by authors named "Louma Kalie"

A better molecular understanding of the temperature-triggered drug release from lysolipid-based thermosensitive liposomes (LTSLs) is needed to overcome the recent setbacks in developing this important drug delivery system. Enhanced drug release was previously rationalized in terms of detergent-like effects of the lysolipid monostearyl lysophosphatidylcholine (MSPC), stabilizing local membrane defects upon LTSL lipid melting. This is highly surprising and here referred to as the 'lysolipid paradox,' because detergents usually induce the opposite effect─they cause leakage upon freezing, not melting.

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Purpose: We examined how migration background is associated with awareness and usage of psycho-oncology services.

Methods: Oncologists in community-based practices and outpatient clinics asked their patients and their relatives to complete a questionnaire. Migrants were purposely over-sampled.

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The functional roles of the lipid asymmetry of biomembranes are attracting increasing attention. This study characterizes the activity of surfactants to induce transmembrane flip-flop of lipids and thus "scramble" this asymmetry. Detergent-induced lipid scrambling of liposomes mimicking the charge asymmetry of bacterial membranes with 20 mol % of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-glycerol in the outer leaflet only was quantified by ζ-potential measurements for octaethylene glycol dodecyl ether (CEO), octyl glucoside (OG), and dodecyl maltoside.

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The asymmetric distribution of lipids between the two bilayer leaflets represents a typical feature of biological membranes. The loss of this asymmetry, for example the exposure of negatively charged lipids on the extracellular membrane leaflet of mammalian cells, is involved in apoptosis and occurs in tumor cells. Thus, the controlled production of asymmetric liposomes helps to better understand such crucial cellular processes.

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