The atherogenic and metabolic impact of non-HDL cholesterol versus other lipid sub-components among non-diabetic and diabetic Saudis
This study supports the use of non-HDL cholesterol as the more practical and reliable target for lipid lowering therapy among the Saudi population.

Conformational study of the protegrin-1 (PG-1) dimer interaction with lipid bilayers and its effect
In order to understand the dimeric effects leading to membrane damage, extensive molecular dynamics simulations were performed for the β-sheets of the PG-1 dimer in explicit water, salt, and lipid bilayers composed of POPC lipids.

Effects of anethum graveolens and garlic on lipid profile in hyperlipidemic patients
Anethum has no significant effect on lipid profile, but garlic tablet has significant favorable effect on cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol.

Alterations in lipid metabolism gene expression and abnormal lipid accumulation in fibroblast explants from giant axonal neuropathy patients
The goal of this study was to examine global alterations in gene expression in fibroblasts derived from newly identified GAN families compared with normal cells.

Status of lipid peroxidation, glutathione, ascorbic acid, vitamin E and antioxidant enzymes in patients with osteoarthritis
This work was undertaken to assess oxidative stress and antioxidant status in patients with osteoarthritis.

Molecular fats prevent nerve sheath abnormality
A study led by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill points to a group of lipids (fats) that are crucial to proper formation of the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers.

Linking the immune system with lipid metabolism
Scientists have discovered a family of proteins that connect the immune system to the body's lipids

Lipids play important role in nervous system development
Blocking a signaling lipid can keep nerves from developing the arm-like extensions they need to wire the body and may even cause neurons to die, researchers have found.

New lipid molecule holds promise for gene therapy
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have created a new molecule that holds promise in fighting disease via gene therapy.

Lipid plays big role in embryonic development
A little-known lipid plays a big role in helping us grow from a hollow sphere of stem cells into human beings, researchers have found.

Smooth regulation of lipid metabolism
A collaboration between a medical school and a biotech company gives hope in the fight against cardiovascular disease.

Fatty plaque more likely to cause a heart attack than calcified plaque
In the first study of its kind, researchers found that lipid deposits within artery plaques have more structural stress

Scientists discover that host cell lipids facilitate bacterial movement
When the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes invades the body, it commandeers its host cell's actin cytoskeleton to invade other cells.

Fat overrides effects of vitamin C
Fats in our stomach may reduce the protective effects of antioxidants such as vitamin C.

Lipids vary by race, gender
When it comes to lipid profiles -- a key measure of heart disease risk-- it appears that African-Americans and women have it better than whites and men

University of Texas Southwestern Ophthalmologists Find Link Between Dry Eyes And Defective Lipid Structure
A defective lipid structure appears to be the culprit behind many chronically dry eyes, a condition that affects millions of Americans

How fat kills heart cells
Droplets of stored lipids accumulate in the cytoplasm of cardiac myocytes in a variety of cardiomyopathies

Study reveals function of lipid in neuronal synapses
Yale researchers demonstrate the crucial role of a membrane lipid called phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and inflammation
The article describes n–3 PUFAs (found in fish oils) that replace arachidonic acid when in high amounts, thus, decreasing the production of inflammatory eicosanoids and cytokines...

Study Links Brain Fatty Acid Levels To Depression
News: A group of researchers from Israel has discovered that rats exhibiting the signs of depression have increased levels of the omega-6 fatty acid, arachidonic acid, in their brains.