Sphingolipid Metabolism and Metabolic Disease

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

It offers graduate students and researchers a coherent overview of sphingolipids, as well as the limitations of current research in the field, and promotes further studies on metabolic diseases, as well as pharmaceutical research on drug discovery based on sphingolipid de novo synthase.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-05-04
Mått:178 x 254 x 17 mm
Vikt:678 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Antal sidor:213
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789811903939

Utforska kategorier

Fysiologi inom Medicin
Sjukdomar och rubbningar inom Medicin
Medicinsk utrustning och medicinska tekniker inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Dr. Xian-Cheng Jiang (PhD) is a Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY). He is working at the Department of Cell Biology, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. His research focuses on lipid metabolism and metabolic diseases, such as atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome, obesity and liver steatosis, particularly how sphingolipid metabolism influences plasma lipoprotein metabolism, cell membrane lipid composition and function, and the development of metabolic diseases.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Sphingolipids and Cholesterol.- Chapter 2: Sphingolipids in adipose: kin or foe?.- Chapter 3: De novo sphingolipid biosynthesis in atherosclerosis.- Chapter 4: Serine Palmitoyltransferase Subunit 3 and Metabolic Diseases.- Chapter 5: Molecular mechanisms of sphingolipid transport on plasma lipoproteins.- Chapter 6: Sphingosine 1-phosphate metabolism and signaling.- Chapter 7: Sphingomyelin synthase family and phospholipase Cs.- Chapter 8: Sphingolipid metabolism and signaling in endothelial cell functions.- Chapter 9: Cholesterol metabolism in chronic kidney disease: physiology, pathologic mechanisms, and treatment.- Chapter 10: Sphingolipids and asthma.- Chaper 11: Manifold Roles of Ceramide Metabolism in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Liver Cancer.- Chapter 12: Drug development in the field of sphinogolipid metabolism.- Chapter 13: Rare diseases in glycosphingolipid metabolism.