The mechanism by which dietary unsaturated fatty acids lower low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is unknown. Unsaturated fatty acids incorporated into the cell membrane can increase membrane fluidity and, as a result, dramatically alter membrane-dependent cell functions. Therefore, we examined the effect of long-term dietary consumption of corn oil and coconut oil with and without cholest...

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been recognized as a promising power generation source for wide range of automotive, stationary, and portable electronic applications. However, the durability PEMFCs remains one key barriers to their commercialization. The electrode assembly (MEA) central part PEMFC, which consists proton with catalyst layer (CL) gas diffusion (GDL) on each side...

Endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT)-III-mediated membrane invagination and scission are a critical step in multivesicular body (MVB) sorting of ubiquitinated membrane receptors, and generally thought to be required for degradation of these receptors in lysosomes. The adaptor protein Alix is critically involved in multiple ESCRT-III-mediated, membrane-remodelling processes i...