Lipid signaling and metabolism / edited by James M. Ntambi. -- London : Academic Press, [2020]. – (59.5181/L764)

Contents

Contributors  xiii
Preface  xix
1. Homeostatic control of membrane lipid biosynthesis in bacteria  1
2. Lipid trafficking and signaling in plants  23
3. Sex as a modulator of lipid metabolism and metabolic disease  45
4. Local interactions in the bone marrow microenvironment and their contributions to systemic metabolic processes  63
5. Lipids in the transcriptional regulation of adipocyte differentiation and metabolism  81
6. Lipid receptors and signaling in adipose tissue  99
7. Adipocyte lipolysis and lipid-derived metabolite signaling  115
8. Regulation of intracellular lipid storage and utilization  131
9. The lipid droplet as a signaling node  157
10. Lipid droplets in the immune response and beyond  173
11. Fatty acid mediators and the inflammasome  197
12. Identification and pathophysiological roles of LTB4 receptors BLT1 and BLT2  223
13. The forkhead box O family in insulin action and lipid metabolism  247
14. Interplays between nutritional and inflammatory signaling and fat metabolism in pathophysiology of NAFLD  273
15. Endocannabinoids: the lipid effectors of metabolic regulation in health and disease  297
16. Gut microbiota interaction in host lipid metabolism  321
17. Insights into the metabolism of lipids in obesity and diabetes  345
18. Lipid metabolic features of skeletal muscle in pathological and physiological conditions  359
19. Sphingolipid mediators of cell signaling and metabolism  385
20. Role of bile acid receptors in the regulation of cardiovascular diseases  413
21. Molecular mechanisms underlying effects of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in cardiovascular diseases  427
22. Lipid metabolism and signaling in cancer  455
23. Altered lipid metabolic homeostasis in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease  469
24. Role of Xenosterols in Health and Disease  505
25. Adipose tissue development and metabolic regulation  521
Index  535