Lipid second messengers
By: edited by Robert M. Bell, John H. Exton, and Stephen M. Prescott.
Contributors: Bell, Robert M. S.; Exton, John H. 1933-; Prescott, Stephen M.
Series: Handbook of lipid research -- v. 8.
Publisher: Plenum Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Lipids.; Second Messenger Systems.; Cell Communication.; Signal Transduction.; G-Proteins.; Lipids -- Analysis.; Cell receptors.; Cellular signal transduction.; Second messengers (Biochemistry)
Description: Scientists in lipid biochemistry research have increasingly recognized the role of lipids as signaling molecules, aside from their importance in forming cellular membranes and storing energy. This book provides the latest findings on a wide variety of complex lipids in cells that function either as intracellular or intercellular messengers. International investigators present current data on the most extensively studied examples of both intracellular and intercellular messengers generated from lipids, and describe their basic mechanisms, which also utilize receptors in the G-protein-coupled family. The in-depth discussions address such topics as lipid signaling for protein kinase C activation, phosphatidic acid and lyso-phosphatidic acid, ceramide as a messenger, bioactive properties of Sphingosine and structurally related compounds, platelet-activating factor and PAF-like mimetics, and prostaglandins and related compounds. Lipid Second Messengers is an up-to-date reference on developments in the expanding field of lipid-derived signals and will be of interest to biochemists, physiologists, pharmacologists, geneticists, and biologists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.