Lipidomics as a diagnostic and research tool

Aaron Z. Fernandis, Markus Wenk

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Abstract

Lipids play an important role in signaling mechanisms, regulation of protein function and control of a wide variety of cellular responses. As these lipids are important regulators their levels are tightly controlled and fine tuned both spatially as well as temporally. An imbalance in these lipids, in particular those involved in cell signaling, could lead to various pathological disorders. Thus these lipids and their effectors can serve as biomarkers. Indeed, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, neurological disorders, as well as infectious diseases have been directly implicated with aberrant lipid metabolism. This indicates that careful inspection of lipid level using metabolic profiling could help in clinical diagnostics of these pathologies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology, ICSMB 2010 - Proceedings
Pages4-5
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology, ICSMB 2010 - Kharagpur, India
Duration: 16 Dec 201018 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology, ICSMB 2010 - Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Systems in Medicine and Biology, ICSMB 2010
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityKharagpur
Period16/12/1018/12/10

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