Advances in lipid research
By: edited by Rodolfo Paoletti, David Kritchevsky
Series: Advances in Lipid Research -- v. 16; Advances in Lipid Research
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781483215389; 9780120249169
Subjects: Lipids; SCIENCE; Life Sciences; Biochemistry
Other titles: 1978.
Description: Advances in Lipid Research.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; AdvancesinLipidResearch; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Metabolism of Molecular Species of Diacylglycerophospholipids; I. Introduction; II. Chemical Individuality of Molecular Species of Natural Diacylglycerophospholipids; III. Evidence for Specific Metabolic Functions of Individual Molecular Species of Diacylglycerophospholipids; IV. Biosynthesis of Molecular Species of Diacylglycerophospholipids; V. Alterations in Metabolism of Molecular Species of Diacylglycerophospholipids; VI. Summary and Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References.; title: Chapter 2. Fatty Acids and ImmunityI. Introduction; II. Biosynthesis and Uptake of Fatty Acids by Lymphocytes; III. Fatty Acids as Lymphocyte Components; IV. Role of Free Fatty Acids; V. Fatty Acids in Macrophages; VI. Fatty Acids as Prostaglandin Precursors; VII. Modification of the Immune Response in Vitro and in Vivo by Exogenous Fatty Acids; VIII. Dietary Fatty Acids, Immunity, and Disease; IX. Summary; References; Chapter 3. Marginal Vitamin C Deficiency, Lipid Metabolism, and Atherogenesis; I. Introduction; II. Disorders of Lipid Metabolism in Acute Scurvy.; title: III. Model of Chronic Latent Vitamin C DeficiencyIV. Model of Alimentary Hvpercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis in Guinea Pig; V. Vitamin C in Regulation of Cholesterol Turnover; VI. Further Effects of Vitamin C on Lipid Metabolism; VII. Vitamin C, Metabolism of Blood Vessel Wall, and Experimental Atherosclerosis; VIII. Vitamin C, Hyperlipemia, and Atherosclerosis in Man; IX. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 4. Arterial Enzymes of Cholesteryl Ester Metabolism; I. Introduction; II. Origin and Mechanism of Accumulation of Arterial Cholesteryl Esters.; title: III. Cholesteryl Ester Metabolism in ArteriesIV. Enzymes of Cholesteryl Ester Metabolism; V. Arterial Enzymes in Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Cholesteryl Esters; VI. Arterial Enzymes in Age and Atherosclerosis; VII. Enzymes in Species Resistant or Susceptible to Atherosclerosis; VIII. Effect of Pharmacologically Active Agents on the Enzymes; IX. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Phospholipase D; I. Introduction; II. General Description of the Reaction; III. Methods of Determining Phospholipase D Activity; IV. Purification Procedures; V. Characteristics of the Catalytic Protein.; title: VI. Occurrence, Distribution, and Some Developmental AspectsVII. Substrate Specificity; VIII. Modifiers of Enzymatic Activity; IX. Transphosphatidylation or Base Exchange; X. Possible Mechanism and Mode of Action; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Chapter 6. Screening for Inhibitors of Prostaglandin and Thromboxane Biosynthesis; I. Introduction; II. Inhibition of Prostaglandin Synthetase; III. Binding to Albumin; IV. Antiaggregatory Activity and Inhibition of Thromboxane A2 Generation in Aggregating Platelets; V. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References.