“…Besides phospholipids, plasma membranes contain a high amount of cholesterol, but the distribution of this lipid is still a subject of debate: some reports are in favour of an almost symmetrical repartition in the two leaflets (Blau and Pelletier et al, 1987Post et al, 1988Record et al, 1984Higgins and Evans, 1978Sessions and Horwitz, 1983Sessions and Horwitz, 1983Sessions and Horwitz, 1983 Olaisson et al, 1985Deutsch and Kelly, 1981Bollen and Higgins, 1980Dominski et al, 1983Buckland et al, 1978Marinetti et al, 1976Nilsson and Dallner, 1977 Crain and Marinetti, 1979Krebs et al, 1979Harb et al, 1981 an uneven distribution of cholesterol (Brasaemle et al, 1988;Fisher, 1976;Schroeder et al, 1991).…”