Frontiers in Bioactive Lipids (Gwumc Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Spring Symposia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306455056 ISBN 13: 9780306455056

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

Recent advances in our understanding of the fundamental role of bioactive lipids in normal and abnormal physiology was the theme of the XVlth International Spring Sympo­ 6-9, 1996 at the George Washington University School sium on Health Sciences held on May of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Over 250 participants shared their latest findings on fundamental mechanisms in lipid metabolism, transport, and signal transduction. Most of the papers presented at the plenary sessions have been collected in this volume, which is divided into seven parts. The focus of Part I is on the new roles that fatty acids and esters play in cellular function. These activities include regulation of gene expression, control of eicosanoid-me­ diated responses, and intracellular calcium sequestration. Most biological effects of fatty acids, esters, and phospholipids are transmitted via the interaction of these lipid molecules with specific lipid binding proteins. The chapters in Part II detail the involvement of these in the transport of fatty acids, fatty acyl CoA esters, and phospholipids, and in the proteins modulation of the fatty acid-induced activation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors. The study of arachidonic acid metabolism continues to be the subject of intense interest and research. A number of studies in Part III deal with the substantial differences between the constitutive prostaglandin H synthase isozyme (PGHS-l or COX-I) and the inducible form PGHS-2 (COX-2) regarding compartmentation, control, and expression.

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Synopsis

Contains papers from the May 1996 symposium, in sections on fatty acids and esters, lipid-binding proteins, eicosanoid biosynthetic enzymes, eicosanoids and receptors, sphingolipids, phospholipids, and phospholipases/kinases. Highlights areas including the roles of fatty acids and esters in cellular function, transport of fatty acids, the involveme

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306455056
• ISBN 13: 9780306455056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323
• Editor: Vanderhoek Jack Y.