Lipidomics update - June 2010
The lipidomics update provides an overview of developments in lipid research. Each month we offer a fresh collection of research, news and events for the specialist and the interested non-specialist alike. Register for our email alert to stay informed.
Lipid of the month
Kdo2-Lipid A
A structurally defined component of lipopolysaccharide – present in Gram-negative bacteria – this saccharolipid triggers the innate immune response.
Research highlights
Lipidomics meeting: Fat mapping in the sunIdyllically set, the LIPID MAPS annual conference focused on locations and functions of lipids in disease.
Inflammatory pain: Calm resolveResolvins attenuate inflammatory pain without impeding sensation, and without the side effects associated with inhibition of COX2.
Transcriptomics: Common disease pathogenesis pathwaysAlterations to lipid metabolism pathways might underlie the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cancer.
Synaptic plasticity: An appetite for learningLeptin increases GluR1 expression and synaptic strength through inhibition of PTEN.
Statins lose prevention groundAre statins still viable chemopreventive agents for cancer?
News
- Colonizers give up sequence secrets
- Mice may make morphine
- Existence of RNA 'dark matter' in doubt
- Glass electrode powers smallest pump
- The science of dispersants
Events calendar
Phospholipid Metabolism: Disease, Signal Transduction, and Membrane Dynamics Meeting
27 June - 2 July, 2010
Post Translational Modifications: Detection and Physiological Evaluation
21 - 24 October, 2010
Research library
- Cyclooxygenase-2 generates anti-inflammatory mediators from omega-3 fatty acids Nature Chemical Biology
- Chronic alcohol exposure increases circulating bioactive oxidized phospholipids Journal of Biological Chemistry
- more from the research library
