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SFB 1039

SIGNALLING BY FATTY ACID DERIVATIVES AND
SPHINGOLIPIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

SFB 1039

Signalling by fatty acid derivatives and sphingolipids in health and disease

Over the past few years it has become clear that alterations in lipid metabolism play an important role in the pathogenesis of diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes and cancer as well as in inflammation, pain and neurodegenerative diseases. This means that the molecular components of specific lipid signalling pathways are potential targets for novel therapeutics. Lipid metabolism generates signalling molecules of exceptional variability and complexity but the analytical methods used to detect lipid intermediates have been improved and the first potent therapeutics directed against lipids and lipid signalling have been introduced into the market. Therefore, interest in this area is expected to increase and lipid signalling it on its way to becoming a central topic in translational research.

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Josef Pfeilschifter
Institute of General Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty of Medicine
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
60590 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49-69-6301-6950
Fax: +49-69-6301-7942
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Coordination

Dr. Manuela Diehl
Goethe University | Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Biochemistry 1
Theodor-Stern-Kai 7
60590 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49-69-6301-4928
Fax: +49-69-6301-4203
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