Bioactive Ceramides in Health and Disease Intertwined Roles of Enigmatic Lipids /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stiban, Johnny (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1159
• Subjects: Molecular biology.; Lipids.; Cancer research.; Biomedical engineering.; Molecular Medicine.; Lipidology.; Cancer Research.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.

This book is about the various roles of bioactive ceramides and other sphingolipids in cellular biology. The enigmatic biophysical and biochemical properties of ceramides and their propensity to influence membranes whether as rafts or protein-permeable channels are heavily discussed. Metabolism of c...