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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Barry R. Lentz is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the field of medicine, with a particular focus on molecular biology, hematology, immunology, epidemiology, and genetics.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Hemophilia Treatment and Research
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Protein purification and stability
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Barry R. Lentz has an extensive publication record, with significant contributions to several highly specialized areas. Their recent papers include:

  • "Phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine regulate the structure and function of FVIIa and its interaction with soluble tissue factor," 2021, Bioscience Reports
  • "Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of Ca2+ and membrane-induced secondary structural changes in bovine prothrombin and prothrombin fragment 1," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Membrane binding induces lipid-specific changes in the denaturation profile of bovine prothrombin. A scanning calorimetry study," 2020, UNC Libraries
  • "Phosphatidylserine-Induced Factor Xa Dimerization and Binding to Factor Va Are Competing Processes in Solution," 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "Phosphatidylserine and FVa regulate FXa structure," 2020, UNC Libraries

The majority of Barry R. Lentz's publications appear in UNC Libraries, complemented by contributions to Bioscience Reports and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe).

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Rinku Majumder
  • Hirak Chakraborty
  • Tilen Koklič
  • Tanusree Sengupta
  • Jogin R. Wu

Barry R. Lentz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Fluorescence Depolarization Studies of Phase Transitions and Fluidity in Phospholipid Bilayers. 2. Two-Component Phosphatidylcholine Liposomes

    Barry R. Lentz;Barry R. Lentz;Y. Barenholz;T. E. Thompson

  • Membrane “fluidity” as detected by diphenylhexatriene probes

    Barry R. Lentz

  • Use of fluorescent probes to monitor molecular order and motions within liposome bilayers

    Barry R. Lentz

  • A calorimetric and fluorescent probe study of the gel-liquid crystalline phase transition in small, single-lamellar dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles.

    J. Suurkuusk;B. R. Lentz;Y. Barenholz;R. L. Biltonen

  • Exposure of platelet membrane phosphatidylserine regulates blood coagulation.

    Barry R Lentz

  • Cholesterol-phosphatidylcholine interactions in multilamellar vesicles

    Barry R. Lentz;David A. Barrow;Mathias Hoechli

  • Light-scattering effects in the measurement of membrane microviscosity with diphenylhexatriene.

    Barry R Lentz;B. M. Moore;D. A. Barrow

  • Influence of lipid composition on physical properties and peg-mediated fusion of curved and uncurved model membrane vesicles: "nature's own" fusogenic lipid bilayer.

    Md. Emdadul Haque;Thomas J. McIntosh;Barry R. Lentz

  • Evolution of lipidic structures during model membrane fusion and the relation of this process to cell membrane fusion.

    Jinkeun Lee;Barry R. Lentz

  • PEG as a tool to gain insight into membrane fusion

    Barry R. Lentz

  • Fluorescence and calorimetric studies of phase transitions in phosphatidylcholine multilayers: kinetics of the pretransition.

    Barry R Lentz;E. Freire;R. L. Biltonen

  • Polymer-induced membrane fusion: potential mechanism and relation to cell fusion events

    Barry R. Lentz

  • Protein machines and lipid assemblies: current views of cell membrane fusion.

    Barry R Lentz;Vladimir Malinin;Emdadul Haque;Kervin Evans

  • Neuronal SNAREs Do Not Trigger Fusion between Synthetic Membranes but Do Promote PEG-Mediated Membrane Fusion

    S. Moses Dennison;Mark E. Bowen;Axel T. Brunger;Barry R. Lentz

  • Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-mediated fusion between pure lipid bilayers: a mechanism in common with viral fusion and secretory vesicle release?

    Barry R. Lentz;Jin Keun Lee

  • Expression of coagulant activity in human platelets: release of membranous vesicles providing platelet factor 1 and platelet factor 3.

    Helena Sandberg;Arthur P. Bode;Frederick A. Dombrose;Mathias Hoechli

  • Spontaneous fusion of phosphatidylcholine small unilamellar vesicles in the fluid phase.

    Barry R. Lentz;Tamra J. Carpenter;Dennis R. Alford;Dennis R. Alford

  • Effects of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase on phospholipid bilayer fluidity: boundary lipid.

    B. M. Moore;B. R. Lentz;G. Meissner

  • Water molecule interactions. Stability of cyclic polymers

    Barry R. Lentz;Harold A. Scheraga

  • Phase behavior of large unilamellar vesicles composed of synthetic phospholipids

    Roberta A. Parente;Barry R. Lentz

  • Fluorescence depolarization studies of phase transitions and fluidity in phospholipid bilayers. 1. Single component phosphatidylcholine liposomes.

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Hermans
Jan Hermans University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gerhard Meissner
Gerhard Meissner University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alireza R. Rezaie
Alireza R. Rezaie Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Paul H. Axelsen
Paul H. Axelsen University of Pennsylvania
Rodney L. Biltonen
Rodney L. Biltonen University of Virginia
Kenneth B. Tomer
Kenneth B. Tomer National Institutes of Health
Thomas J. McIntosh
Thomas J. McIntosh Duke University
Charles T. Esmon
Charles T. Esmon Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Thomas M. Laue
Thomas M. Laue University of New Hampshire
Darrel W. Stafford
Darrel W. Stafford University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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