Description:
Reviewing the most current research in this rapidly expanding yet resource-limited field, Lipid-Mediated Signaling provides a much needed examination of a decade's worth of research tying pathologic disorders such as cancer and autoimmunity to aberrant or deregulated signal transduction processes. It considers particular cells, tissues, and organ systems, and discusses recent efforts to identify the various signaling proteins that govern their behavior. Divided into five sections, the book covers fatty acid metabolism, eicosanoid formation, acyl-hydrolase activity, phospholipids and nuclear signaling, and gene expression.