scholarly journals Special Issue on Drug–Membrane Interactions

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 764
Author(s):  
Marina Pinheiro

Drug–membrane interactions immediately occur when drugs are administered, independently of the route of administration or the target location (i.e., intracellular or within the membrane)[...]

Author(s):  
A. C. Enders

The alteration in membrane relationships seen at implantation include 1) interaction between cytotrophoblast cells to form syncytial trophoblast and addition to the syncytium by subsequent fusion of cytotrophoblast cells, 2) formation of a wide variety of functional complex relationships by trophoblast with uterine epithelial cells in the process of invasion of the endometrium, and 3) in the case of the rabbit, fusion of some uterine epithelial cells with the trophoblast.Formation of syncytium is apparently a membrane fusion phenomenon in which rapid confluence of cytoplasm often results in isolation of residual membrane within masses of syncytial trophoblast. Often the last areas of membrane to disappear are those including a desmosome where the cell membranes are apparently held apart from fusion.


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