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Structural properties of apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptides that promote ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux by Islam, Rafique M., Pourmousa, Mohsen, Sviridov, Denis, Gordon, Scott M., Neufeld, Edward B., Freeman, Lita A., Perrin, B. Scott, Pastor, Richard W., Remaley, Alan T.

“…Peptides mimicking the major protein of highdensity lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I), are promising therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases…”
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Novel Insights to the Design of Apolipoprotein AI Mimetic Peptides by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Pastor, Richard W.

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Molecular dynamics simulations of lipid nanodiscs by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Pastor, Richard W.

“…A lipid nanodisc is a discoidal lipid bilayer stabilized by proteins, peptides, or polymers on its edge. Nanodiscs have two important connections to structural…”
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Early stages of interactions of cell-penetrating peptide penetratin with a DPPC bilayer by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Karttunen, Mikko

“…•We model the cell penetrating peptide penetratin and its interactions with membrenes.•We show the importance of basic and aromatic residues of…”
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Tertiary structure of apolipoprotein A-I in nascent high-density lipoproteins by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Song, Hyun D., He, Yi, Heinecke, Jay W., Segrest, Jere P., Pastor, Richard W.

“…Understanding the function of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) requires detailed knowledge of the structure of its primary protein, apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1)…”
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Molecular Dynamic Studies of Transportan Interacting with a DPPC Lipid Bilayer by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Wong-ekkabut, Jirasak, Patra, Michael, Karttunen, Mikko

“…Translocation of peptides through cellular membranes is a fundamental problem in developing antimicrobial peptides and in drug delivery. There is a class of…”
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Flipped C-Terminal Ends of APOA1 Promote ABCA1-Dependent Cholesterol Efflux by Small HDLs by He, Yi, Pavanello, Chiara, Hutchins, Patrick M, Tang, Chongren, Pourmousa, Mohsen, Vaisar, Tomas, Song, Hyun D, Pastor, Richard W, Remaley, Alan T, Goldberg, Ira J, Costacou, Tina, Sean Davidson, W, Bornfeldt, Karin E, Calabresi, Laura, Segrest, Jere P, Heinecke, Jay W

“…Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) predicts cardiovascular disease independently of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. Isolated small HDL…”
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Calcium Parameters in CHARMM Force Field Revisited by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Venable, Richard M., Pastor, Richard W.

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Cholesterol under oxidative stress—How lipid membranes sense oxidation as cholesterol is being replaced by oxysterols by Kulig, Waldemar, Olżyńska, Agnieszka, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Kantola, Anu M., Komulainen, Sanna, Manna, Moutusi, Pourmousa, Mohsen, Vazdar, Mario, Cwiklik, Lukasz, Rog, Tomasz, Khelashvili, George, Harries, Daniel, Telkki, Ville-Veikko, Hof, Martin, Vattulainen, Ilpo, Jungwirth, Pavel

“…The behavior of oxysterols in phospholipid membranes and their effects on membrane properties were investigated by means of dynamic light scattering,…”
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Characterization of Apolipoprotein Mimetic Peptides on Nascent High Density Lipoproteins by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Islam, Rafique, Sviridov, Denis, Gordon, Scott, Perrin, B. Scott, Stonik, John, Remaley, Alan T., Pastor, Richard W.

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Identification of a novel lipid binding motif in apolipoprotein B by the analysis of hydrophobic cluster domains by Gordon, Scott M., Pourmousa, Mohsen, Sampson, Maureen, Sviridov, Denis, Islam, Rafique, Perrin, B. Scott, Kemeh, Georgina, Pastor, Richard W., Remaley, Alan T.

“…Apolipoprotein B (apoB) is a large amphipathic protein that is the structural scaffold for the formation of several classes of lipoproteins involved in lipid…”
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Dehydroergosterol as an Analogue for Cholesterol: Why It Mimics Cholesterol So Wellor Does It? by Pourmousa, Mohsen, Róg, Tomasz, Mikkeli, Risto, Vattulainen, llpo, Solanko, Lukasz M, Wüstner, Daniel, List, Nanna Holmgaard, Kongsted, Jacob, Karttunen, Mikko

“…Although dehydroergosterol (DHE) is one of the most commonly used cholesterol (CHOL) reporters, it has remained unclear why it performs well compared with most…”
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Oxidation of Cholesterol Changes the Physical Properties of Lipid Membranes by Kulig, Waldemar, Olzynska, Agnieszka, Jurkiewicz, Piotr, Kantola, Anu M., Manna, Moutusi, Pourmousa, Mohsen, Vazdar, Mario, Cwiklik, Lukasz, Rog, Tomasz, Khelashvili, George, Harries, Daniel, Telkki, Ville-Veikko, Hof, Martin, Vattulainen, Ilpo, Jungwirth, Pavel

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Molecular Dynamics Studies of Interactions of Phospholipid Membranes with Dehydroergosterol and Penetrating Peptides by Abkenar, Amir Mohsen Pourmousa

“…We have performed molecular modeling of membrane and peptide systems by employing the classical molecular dynamics method and force field parameterizations. In…”
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