One end of the molecule is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic (Figure 1A), so lipid molecules will react to the presence of water (Figure 1B). Second, we must remember that diffusion is one ...

2010;10:1-27. However, there are some notable exceptions to this general rule where the adipose-blood exchange of several highly lipid soluble molecules seems to be diffusion limited. [5–7] The ...

Similarly, membrane factors such as cholesterol, phospholipids and proteins as well as cytoplasmic viscosity can result in cell-type-specific diffusion coefficients for the same molecule of interest.