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Irena Levitan

University of Illinois Chicago · US
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Area of research
Molecular Biology · Surgery
Research interest
Research focused on Membrane and Cholesterol, with related work in Cell biology, Biophysics, Sensitivity (control systems). Notable publications include 'Orthogonal lipid sensors identify transbilayer asymmetry of plasma membrane cholesterol', 'OxLDL induces membrane structure rearrangement leading to biomechanics alteration and migration deficiency in macrophage', and 'Cholesterol sensitivity of KIR2.1 depends on functional inter-links between the N and C termini'.
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325
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Recent publications

Obesity‐Associated Adiposomes Promote Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Hypercontractility
Comprehensive physiology 2025cited by 2position: middledoi
OxLDL induces membrane structure rearrangement leading to biomechanics alteration and migration deficiency in macrophage
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 2022cited by 25position: middledoi
Evaluating membrane structure by Laurdan imaging: Disruption of lipid packing by oxidized lipids
Current topics in membranes 2021cited by 20position: firstdoi
Lipoprotein-Induced Increases in Cholesterol and 7-Ketocholesterol Result in Opposite Molecular-Scale Biophysical Effects on Membrane Structure
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2021cited by 13position: lastdoi
Orthogonal lipid sensors identify transbilayer asymmetry of plasma membrane cholesterol
Nature Chemical Biology 2016cited by 240position: middledoi
Cholesterol sensitivity of KIR2.1 depends on functional inter-links between the N and C termini
Channels 2013cited by 25position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Elsayed Metwally · Suez Canal University1 papers (2025–2025)Francesco M. Bianco · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2025–2025)Abeer M. Mahmoud · Illinois College1 papers (2025–2025)Mohammed Morsy · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1 papers (2025–2025)Wonhwa Cho · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2016–2016)Robert A. Winn · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2016–2016)J.U. Raj · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2025–2025)Yulia Epshtein · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2022–2022)Ewa Stec · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2016–2016)Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2013–2013)Brian T. Layden · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1 papers (2025–2025)Diomedes E. Logothetis · Universidad del Noreste1 papers (2013–2013)Imaduddin Mirza · Illinois College1 papers (2025–2025)Matthew J. O’Connor · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2016–2016)Sergei Y. Noskov · University of Calgary1 papers (2013–2013)Sarah M. Mostafa · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2025–2025) · 1 papers (2016–2016)Natália Fernanda Couto · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2022–2022)Jae Hun Jung · Johns Hopkins Medicine1 papers (2016–2016)Manuela A.A. Ayee · University of Illinois Chicago1 papers (2021–2021)
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