Lipidomics update - February, 2015
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.
LIPID MAPS highlights
LIPID MAPS Protocols - Protocols developed by the LIPID MAPS Consortium for equipment and supplies, procedures, and solutions. Procedure protocols include protocols for primary macrophages, treatment with Kdo2-Lipid A, treatment with 25-OHC, subcellular fractionation, extraction and analysis of various lipid categories, and more. Solution protocols include protocols for Kdo2-Lipid A, growth mediums for primary and cultured macrophages, stock solutions, standards, and more.
Lipid of the month
Jasmonic Acid (LMFA02020001), is a C12 fatty acid which is is biosynthesized from linolenic acid by the octadecanoid pathway. It is a plant growth regulator involved in the signaling mechanisms for a variety of conditions including plant defense, wound healing, tuberization, fruit ripening, and senescence
Jasmonic acid is also converted to a variety of derivatives including esters such as methyl jasmonate and may also be conjugated to amino acids.
Events calendar
63rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry
May 31 - June 4, 2015
10th European Biophysics Congress
July 18 - 22, 2015
Research library
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Phospholipase A2 regulates eicosanoid class switching during inflammasome activation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Sep 2;111(35):12746-51. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1404372111. Epub 2014 Aug 19.
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Time-varying causal inference from phosphoproteomic measurements in macrophage cells.
IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2014 Feb;8(1):74-86. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2288035.