Recent Publications/Abstracts on Neutral Lipids and Salt

Petrache HI, Kimchi I, Harries D, et al. Forces measured between neutral lipid bilayers swollen by monovalent salt. Biophys. J. 86: 379A, Part 2 Suppl. Jan 2004.

Sachs, J. N., Hirsh Nanda, H. I. Petrache and T. B. Woolf. Changes in phosphatidylcholine headgroup tilt and water order induced by monovalent salt: Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Biophys. J. 2004, in press. [pdf]

Petrache HI, Rau DC, Podgornik R, et al. Swelling of neutral lipids driven by monovalent salts, Biophys. J. 84: 510A Part 2 Suppl. S Feb. 2003.

Related Publications

Harries D, and Parsegian VA.  Gibbs adsorption isotherm combined with Monte Carlo sampling to see the action of cosolutes on protein folding.   Proteins, in press, 2004

R. Podgornik, V.A. Parsegian.  Van der Waals interactions across stratified media, J. Chem. Phys. 02/2004;120(7):3401-3405. [pdf]

Parsegian VA.  Currently completing a book on van der Waals Forces (2003).

Podgornik R, Hansen PL, Parsegian VA.  On a reformulation of the theory of Lifshitz-van der Waals interactions in multilayered systems.  J Chemical Physics, 2003; 119:1070-1077. [pdf]

Parsegian VA.  Protein-Water Interactions.  In:  Thomas Zeuthen, Wilfred D. Stein (eds): International Review of Cytology: A survey of Cell Biology;Molecular Mechanisms of Water Transport across Biological Membranes.  Academic Press, New York, NY 2002; 215:1-30. [pdf]

Parsegian VA, Rand RP, Rau DC.   Osmotic stress, crowding, preferential hydration, and binding.  A comparison of perspectives.  PNAS 2000, 97(8)3987-3992.

Bonnet-Gonnet C, Leikin SL, Chi S, Rau DC, Parsegian VA.  Measurement of forces between hydroxypropylcellulose polymers: Temperature favored assembly and salt exclusions.    J Phys Chem B, 2000;105(9):1877-1886. [pdf]

Rand RP, Parsegian VA.  Hydration, Curvature, and Bending Elasticity of Phospholipid Bilayers.  In:  Lipid  polymorphism and Membrane Properties,  Epand R, ed., Current topics in Membranes, Vol. 44, Academic Press.

Dubois M, Zemb T,  Fuller N, Rand R.P, Parsegian VA.  Equation of state of a charged bilayer system: Measure of the entropy of the lamellar-lamellar transition in DDABr.  Journal of Chemical Physics 1998;108(18):7855-7869.

Petrache, H. I., N. Gouliaev, S. Tristram-Nagle, R. Zhang, R. M. Suter, and J. F. Nagle. Interbilayer Interactions from High Resolution X-Ray Scattering. Phys. Rev. E 1998, 57:7014--7024. [pdf]

H. I. Petrache, Structure and interactions of fluid phospholipid bilayers measured by high resolution X-ray scattering, Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie Mellon University, 1998. [ps] [pdf]

Parsegian VA, Rand RP.  Interactions in membrane assemblies.  In: R. Lipowsky, E. Sackmann, eds.  Handbook of Biological Physics Vol 1: Structure and Dynamics of Membranes. North-Holland: Elsevier,13:643-690, 1995.

Leikin S, Parsegian VA, Rau DC and Rand RP.  Hydration forces.  Annual Reviews of Physical Chemistry, 1993;44:369-395. [pdf]

Parsegian VA.  Reconciliation of van der Waals force measurements between phosphatidylcholine bilayers in water and between bilayer-coated mica surfaces. Langmuir, 9:3625-3628, 1993.

Rau, D.C., Parsegian, V.A.: Direct measurement of temperature-dependent solvation forces between DNA double helices.  Biophys. J. 61: 260-271, 1992.  

Podgornik, R., Parsegian, V.A.: Thermal-mechanical fluctuations of fluid membranes in confined geometries: The case of soft confinement.  Langmuir 8: 557-562, 1992. 

Gawrisch, K., Ruston, D., Zimmerberg, J., Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P., Fuller, N.: Membrane dipole potentials, hydration forces, and the ordering of water a membrane surfaces.  Biophys. J. 61:1213-1223, 1992.

Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: On molecular protrusion as the source of hydration forces.  Langmuir 7: 1299-1301, 1991. [pdf]

Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: Forces Governing Lipid Interaction and Rearrangement.  In J. Wilschut, D. Hoekstra (Eds.): Cellular Membrane Fusion.  Marcel Dekker, New York, 1990.

Gawrisch, K., Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: Membrane hydration.  In R. Glaser, D. Gingell (Eds.).: Biophysics of Cell Surfaces.  Springer-Verlag, New York, 1990.

Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Hydration forces between phospholipid bilayers.  BBA Biomembrane Rev. 988: 351-376, 1989. [pdf]

Rand, R.P., Fuller, N., Parsegian, V.A., Rau, D.C.: Variation in hydration forces between neutral phospholipid bilayers:  Evidence for hydration attraction.  Biochemistry 27: 7711-7722, 1988.

Horn, R.G., Israelachvili, J.N., Marra, J., Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: Comparison of forces measured between phosphatidylcholine bilayers.  Biophys. J. 54: 1185-1187,1988.

Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: The influence of polar group identity on the inter actions between phospholipid bilayers.  In S. Ohki, D. Doyle, T.D. Flanagan, S.W. Hui, E. Mayhew (Eds.).: Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Fusion, pp.73-81, 1988.

Evans, E.A., Parsegian, V.A.: Thermal-mechanical fluctuations enhance repulsion between biomolecular layers.  PNAS 183: 7132-7136, 1986.

Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P. Rau, D.C.: Hydration forces:  What next?  In: Hydration forces and molecular aspects of solvation.  B. Jonsson, H. Wennerstrom and S. Forsen, eds.  Chemica Scripta 25: 28-31, 1985.

Rand, R.P., Das, S., Parsegian, V.A.: The hydration force, its character, universality, and application:  Some current issues.  Chemica Scripta 25: 15-21, 1985.

Gruen, D.W.R., Marcelja, S., Parsegian, V.A.: Water structure near the membrane surface.  In Cell Surface Dynamics.  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, pp.59-91, 1984.

Parsegian, V.A., Rau, D.C.: Water near intracellular surfaces.  J. Cell. Biol. 99: 196-200, 1984.

Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Physical force considerations in model and biological membranes.  Can. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 62: 752-759, 1984.

Lis, L.J., McAlister, M., Fuller, N., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Interactions between neutral phospholipid bilayer membranes.  Biophys. J. 37: 657-666, 1982.

Parsegian, V.A.: Physical forces due to the state of water bounding biological materials:  Some lessons for the design of colloidal systems.  Adv. Colloid & Interface Sci. 16: 49-56, 1982. 

Loosley-Millman, M.E., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Effects of monovalent ion binding and screening on measured electrostatic forces between charged phospholipid bilayers.  Biophys. J. 40: 221-232, 1982.

Lis, L.J., Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: Binding of divalent cations to dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers by its effect on bilayer interaction.  Biochemistry 20: 1761-1770, 1981.

Lis, L.J., Lis, W.T., Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P.: Adsorption of divalent cations to a variety of phosphatidylcholine bilayers.  Biochemistry 20: 1771-1777, 1981.

Parsegian, V.A.: Forces between membranes approaching contact.  Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest. 41: 89-94, 1981.

Lis, L.J., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Measurement of the absorption of Ca2+ and Mg2+ to phosphatidylcholine bilayers.  Bioelectrochemistry 2: 41-47, 1980.

Parsegian, V.A., Rand, R.P., Fuller, N., McAlister, M., Lis, L.J.: Molecular forces between and within lipid membranes.  Biorheology 16: 293-295, 1979.

Parsegian, V.A., Fuller, N., Rand, R.P.: Measured work of deformation and repulsion of lecithin bilayers.  PNAS 76: 2750-2754, 1979. [pdf]

Cowley, A.C., Fuller, N., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Measurement of repulsive forces between charged phospholipid bilayers.  Biochemistry 17: 3163-3168, 1978.

LeNeveu, D.M., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A., Gingell, D.: Measurement and modification of forces between lecithin bilayers.  Biophys. J. 18: 209-230, 1977.

LeNeveu, D.M., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A.: Measurement of forces between lecithin bilayers.  Nature 259: 601-603, 1976. [pdf]

Parsegian, V. A.: Ion-membrane interactions as structural forces.  Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 264: 161-174, 1975.

Parsegian, V.A., Weiss, G.H.: On van der Waals interactions between macroscopic bodies having inhomogeneous dielectric susceptibilities. J. Colloid & Interface Sci. 40: 35, 1972.

Parsegian, V.A., Gingell, D.: Some features of physical forces between biological cell membranes.  J. Adhesion 4: 283-306, 1972.

Ninham, B.W., Parsegian, V.A.: Electrostatic potential between surfaces bearing ionizable groups in ionic equilibrium with physiologic saline solution.  J. Theor. Biol. 31: 405-428, 1971.

Parsegian, V.A.: Energy of an ion crossing of a low dielectric membrane:  Solutions to four relevant electrostatic problems.  Nature 221: 844- 846, 1969.

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