Lipid Signaling and Metabolism

Provides foundational knowledge and methods for studying bioactive lipid signaling and metabolism, with strong attention paid to recent technologies

James M. Ntambi (Edited by)

9780128194041

Paperback, published 13 August 2020

566 pages, 70 illustrations (40 in full color)
23.4 x 19 x 3.5 cm, 1.16 kg

Approx.544 pages

1. Homeostatic Control of Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis in Bacteria 2. Lipid trafficking and signaling in plants 3. Sex as a modulator of lipid metabolism and metabolic disease 4. Local interactions in the bone marrow microenvironment and their contribution to system metabolic processes 5. Lipids in the Transcriptional Regulation of Adipocyte Differentiation and Metabolism 6. Lipid receptors and signaling in adipose tissue 7. Adipocyte lipolysis and lipid derived metabolite signaling 8. Regulation of Intracellular Lipid Storage and Utilization 9. The lipid droplet as a signaling node 10. Lipid droplets in the immune response and beyond 11. Fatty acids mediators and the inflammasome 12. Identification and pathophysiological roles of LTB4 receptors BLT1 and BLT2 13. The Forkhead Box O family in Insulin Action and Lipid Metabolism 14. Interplays between nutritional and inflammatory signaling and fat metabolism in pathophysiology of NAFLD 15. Endocannabinoids: The Lipid Effectors of Metabolic Regulation in Health and Disease 16. Gut Microbiota Interaction in Host Lipid Metabolism 17. Insights into the metabolism of lipids in Obesity and Diabetes 18. Lipid metabolic features of skeletal muscle in pathological and physiological conditions 19. Sphingolipid mediators of cell signaling and metabolism 20. Role of bile acid receptors in the regulation of cardiovascular diseases 21. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Effects of n-3 and n-6 Fatty Acids in Cardiovascular Diseases 22. Lipid metabolism and signaling in Cancer 23. Altered lipid metabolic homeostasis in Alzheimer’s disease 24. Role of Xenosterols in Health and Disease 25. Adipose Tissue Development and Metabolic Regulation

Subject Areas: Molecular biology [PSD], Enzymology [PSBZ]