Open AccessSphingolipids in intestine and liver: How to analyze?
Author(s) -
Nikolaus Gaßler
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2150-5330
DOI - 10.4291/wjgp.v3.i6.99
Subject(s) - sphingolipid , medicine , identification (biology) , computational biology , bioinformatics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ecology
Identification and quantification of lipids, in particular sphingolipids from intestine and liver, using multidimensional mass spectrometry has dramatically improved our understanding of lipid-based molecular pathways and signaling. The editorial gives a short overview about basic technical approaches to characterize lipids from intestine and liver.