Publication List 2006-2008

• T. Róg, L. M. Stimson, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, I. Vattulainen, and M. Karttunen. 2008. Replacing the cholesterol hydroxyl group by the ketone group facilitates sterol flip-flop and promotes membrane fluidity. J. Phys. Chem. B. 112, 1946-1952.
• T. Róg, K. Murzyn, M. Karttunen, and M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula. 2008. Non-polar interactions between trans-membrane helical peptide and phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelins and cholesterol. Molecular dynamics simulation studies. J. Pept. Sci. 14, 374-382.
• H. Martinez-Seara, T. Róg, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, I. Vattulainen, M. Karttunen, and R. Reigada. 2008. Interplay of Unsaturated Phospholipids and Cholesterol in Membranes: Effect of Double Bond Position. Biophys. J. (submitted)
• L. Stimson, L. Dong, M. Karttunen, A. Wisniewska, M. Dutka, and T. Róg. 2007. Stearic acid spin labels in lipid bilayers: Insight through atomistic simulations. J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 12447-12453.
• T. Róg, K. Murzyn, M. Karttunen, and M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula. 2007. Non-polar interactions between trans-membrane helical peptide and phosphatidylcholines, sphingomyelins and cholesterol. Molecular dynamics simulation studies. J. Pept. Sci. (after review)
• T. Róg, I. Vattulainen, A. Bunker, and M. Karttunen. 2007. Glycolipid membranes through atomistic simulations: Effect of glucose and glactose head groups on lipid bilayer properties. J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 10146-10154.
• O.H. Samuli Ollila, T. Róg, M. Karttunen, I. Vattulainen. 2007. Role of sterol type on lateral pressure profiles of lipid membranes affecting membrane protein functionality: Comparison between cholesterok, demosterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ketosterol. J. Struct. Biol. 159, 311-323.
• W. Zhao, T. Róg, A.A. Gurtovenko, I. Vattulainen, and M. Karttunen. 2007. Atomic-scale structure and electrostatics of anionic palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylglycerol lipid bilayers with Na+ counterious. Biophys. J. 92, 1114-1124.
• P. Liguziński, B. Korzeniewski. 2007. Oxygen delivery by blood determines the maximal VO2 and work rate during whole body exercise in humans: In silico studies. Am. J. Physiol. - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 293, H343-H353.
• M. Markiewicz, P. Serda, T. Librowski, S. Mogilski, H. Marona, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, S. Hodorowicz, S. Funari. 2007. Interaction of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs with membrane. HASYLAB Jahresbericht 2006 – Annual Report 1, Editors: R. Gherke, U. Krell, J.R. Schneider, Publisher HASYLAB/DESY, Hamburg, 1293-1294.
• M. Markiewicz, P. Serda, T. Librowski, S. Mogilski, H. Marona, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, S. Hodorowicz, S. Funari. 2007. Influence of xanthone derivatives on POPC membrane. HASYLAB Jahresbericht 2006 – Annual Report 1, Editors: R. Gherke, U. Krell, J.R. Schneider, Publisher HASYLAB/DESY, Hamburg, 1289-1290.
• T. Róg, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, I. Vattulainen, and M. Karttunen. 2007. What happens if cholesterol is made smoother: Importance of methyl substituents in cholesterol ring structure on phosphatidylcholine-sterol interaction. Biophys. J. 92, 3346-3357.
• H. Martinez-Seara, T. Róg, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, I. Vattulainen, M. Karttunen, and R. Reigada. 2007. Effect of double bond position on lipid bilayer properties: Insight through atomistic simulations. J. Phys. Chem. B. 111, 11162-11168.
• T. Murtola, T. Róg, E. Falck, M. Karttunen, I. Vattulainen. 2006. Transient ordered domains in pure phospholipid bilayers. Phys. Rev. Letters. 97, 238102.
• T. Róg, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula. 2006. Cholesterol effects on a mixed-chain phosphatidylcholine bilayer: a molecular dynamics simulation study. Biochimie. 88, 449-460.
• T. Róg, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula. 2006. Cholesterol-sphingomyelin interactions: a molecular simulation study. Biophys. J. 91, 3756-3767.
• J. Aittoniemi, T. Róg, P. Niemela, M. Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, M. Karttunen, and I. Vattulainen. 2006. Tilt – major factor in sterols’ ordering capability in membranes. J. Phys. Chem. B. Letters. 110, 25562-25564.

• K. Murzyn, W. Zhao, M. Karttunen, M. Kurdziel, and T. Róg. 2006. Dynamics of water at membrane surfaces: Effect of headgroup structure. Biointerphases. 1(3):98-105. PDF

• K. Murzyn, T. Róg, W. Blicharski, M. Dutka, J. Pyka, S. Szytula, W. Froncisz. 2006. Influence of the disulfide bond configuration on the dynamics of the spin label attached to cytochrome c. Proteins. 62:1088-1100. online

• S. Vainio, M. Jansen, M. Koivusalo, T. Róg, M. Karttunen, I. Vattulainen, E. Ikonen. 2006. Desmosterol cannot replace cholesterol in lipid rafts. J. Biol. Chem. 281:348-355. online