Lipidomics update - June 2009
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
N-oleoyl ethanolamine (OEA)
How not to over-eat: stop eating when full and do not eat again too soon. OEA, released in response to dietary fat intake, prolongs the interval between meals and facilitates uptake of fat. This multi-talented lipid mediator is also implicated in neuroprotection, memory consolidation and stress response.
Research highlights
Colorectal cancer: Statin stopStatins may prevent development and progression of adenomatous polyps.
Remembering dinner: OEAsy does itA lipid mediator released by dietary fat strengthens recent memories.
Golgi sorting: Rafting to the topNew techniques for vesicle analysis implicate lipid rafts in sorting plasma membrane cargo at the trans-Golgi network.
Insulin regulates adipocyte fat metabolism by limiting FoxO1 nuclear access, reducing transcription of a lipolytic enzyme.
Fat burning: Foxy businessNews
- Diabetes drugs pass cardiovascular risk check
- Exome sequencing takes centre stage in cancer profiling
- Flagship drug-development initiative picks projects
- Studies comparing treatment options receive a boost
- Origin of life: Nascence man
Events calendar
International Symposium on Regulatory Oxylipins
4 - 6 June 2009
21 - 24 November, 2010
Research library
- Mass spectrometric determination of apolipoprotein molecular stoichiometry in reconstituted high density lipoprotein particles The Journal of Lipid Research
- Effects of weight loss, induced by gastric bypass surgery, on HDL remodeling in obese women The Journal of Lipid Research
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