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Charles Chalfant
Virginia Commonwealth University

Maurizio Del Poeta
Medical University of South Carolina

This book will be published in December of 2009
Pre-publication price: $129.00
ISBN: TBA
Pub date: 2009-12-01

Table of contents

Planned List of Topics

Sphingolipids synthesis
Lina Obeid and Yusuf Hannun

Sphingolipids transport
Laura Riboni

Sphingolipids analysis
Jacek Bielaswski and Alicjia Bielawska

Sphingosine-1-phosphate in angiogenesis
Tim Hla

Sphingolipids in cancer biology and therapeutics
Julie Saba

Sphingolipids in cardiovascular diseases
Mark Kester

Sphingosine-1-phosphate in mast cell biology/pathophysiology of asthma
and anaphylaxis
Sarah Spiegel

Ceramide synthesis and cell signaling
Tony Futerman

Ceramide in stress response
Mariana Nikolova-Karakashian

Pathophysiology of ceramide: Human diseases
Walter Holleran

Pathophysiology of ceramide: Animal models
Hiroko Hama

Pathophysiology of ceramide: Microbial infections
Mike Vasil

Pathophysiology of ceramide: Mathematical models
Eberhard Voit

Ceramide-1-phosphate in cell survival and inflammatory signaling
Antonio Gomez-Muñoz

Ceramide-1-phosphate in phagocytosis and calcium homeostasis
Vania Hinkovska-Galcheva

Sphingomyelin
Chiara Luberto and Joost Holtius

Glucosylceramide in humans
Myles Cabot

Gangliosides regulation in lipid membranes
Sandro Sonnino

Inositol sphingolipids metabolism and regulation
Robert Dickson

Sphingolipids in protozoa infections
Steve Beverley

Sphingolipids signaling in plants
Dirk Warnecke

Sphingolipids signaling in fungal pathogens
Ryan Rhome and Maurizio Del Poeta

Tools and Techniques for sphingolipid research
Kazuyuki Kitatani and Chiara Luberto