Ilya Levental's Publications

Cholesterol-dependent phase separation in cell-derived giant
plasma-membrane vesicles

Ilya Levental, FJ Byfield, P Chowdhury, F Gai, T Baumgart, PA Janmey
Biochemical Journal    2009    

 

comment in :  Biochem J. 2009 Nov 11;424(2):e5-6.

Calcium-Dependent Lateral Organization in Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Bisphosphate (PIP2)- and Cholesterol-Containing Monolayers
Ilya Levental*, DA Christian*, YH Wang, JJ Madara, DE Discher, PA Janmey
Biochemistry      2009                        *authors contributed equally

Combined hydrogen bonding and electrostatics determine PIP2 intermolecular interactions
Ilya Levental, A Cebers, PA Janmey
Journal of the American Chemical Society  2008

Electrostatic contribution to the surface pressure of charged monolayers containing polyphosphoinositides
Ilya Levental, A Cebers, PA Janmey
Biophysical Journal  2008

 

Fibroblast adaptation and stiffness matching to soft elastic substrates. 
J Solon*, Ilya Levental*, K Sengupta, PA Georges, PA Janmey 
Biophysical Journal  2007                        *authors contributed equally

Critical exponents for line tension and dipole density difference from lipid monolayer domain boundary fluctuations. 
M Heinrich*, Ilya Levental*, H Gelman, PA Janmey, T Baumgart 
Journal of Physical Chemistry B  2008       *authors contributed equally

Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function. 
Ilya Levental, PC Georges, PA Janmey
Soft Matter  2007

Lipid organization in biomimetic model systems - oligomerization, domain formation and diffusivity
Thesis of Ilya Levental for Phd in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania

 

 

 

 

Spotted vesicles, striped micelles and Janus assemblies induced by ligand binding
Christian DA, A Tian, WT Ellenbroek, I Levental, K Rajagopal, PA Janmey, AJ Liu, T Baumgart, DE Discher
Nature Materials    2009

Lipid rafts as functional heterogeneity in cell membranes.
Lingwood D, HJ Kaiser, I Levental, K Simons
Biochemical Society Transactions   2009

Order of lipid phases in model and plasma membranes
Lingwood D, HJ Kaiser, I Levental, K Simons
Proceeding of the National Academy of Science USA   2009

Absence of Filamin A prevents cells from responding to stiffness gradients on gels coated with collagen but not fibronectin.
FJ Byfield, Q Wen, I Levental, K Nordstrom, P Arratia, RT Miller, PA Janmey
Biophysical Journal 2009

Mechanically induced reactive gliosis causes ATP-mediated alterations in astrocyte stiffness.
WJ Miller, I Levental, D Scarsella, PG Haydon, PA Janmey, D Meaney
Journal of Neurotrauma 2008

Plasma gelsolin: function, prognostic value and potential therapeutic use.
R Bucki, I Levental, A Kulakowska, PA Janmey.
Current Protein and Peptide Science  2008

HIV infection changes glomerular podocyte cytoskeletal composition and results indistinct cellular mechanical properties.
R Tandon, I Levental, C Huang, FJ Byfield, J Ziembicki, JR Schelling, LA Bruggeman, JR Sedor, Janmey PA, Miller RT
American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2007

Antibacterial peptides:  A bright future or a false hope.
R Bucki, I Levental, PA Janmey
Anti-infective agents in chemical medicine  2007

Effect of substrate stiffness on the structure and function of cells.
PC Georges, I Levental, W de Jesus, RT Miller, PA Janmey
Biophysical Review Letters  2006