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In the last decade, research on platelet-activating factor (PAF)
has expanded exponentially. Previous conferences on PAF in Paris,
1983, and the subsequent conferences in Gatlinburg, Ten nessee,
Tokyo, Snowbird, Utah, and Berlin, at three-yearly intervals, have
chronicled the devel opments in the field ofPAF. This volume
records the proceedings of the Fifth International Con gress on PAF
and Related Lipid Mediators, held at the Free University Medical
Hospital Ben jamin Franklin in Berlin, from September 12-16, 1995.
We are very much indebted to Free Uni versity Berlin for providing
tremendous facilities and financial support. It was a great
pleasure to have positive and generous input from the German
Science Council (DFG), Bonn, Germany, and British.Biotech, Oxford,
United Kingdom. Their support was crucial in making the congress a
scientific success. Twenty other organizations provided additional
financial support, for which we extend our deepest appreciation.
The editors would like to thank all of those who participated in
this congress and the authors for their contributions. The
organization and planning of the Berlin Congress were carried out
by an organizing committee. We gratefully acknowledge the support
and assistance of the organizing commit tee members, especially
Renate Nigam and Renate Roux for their untiring efforts to make the
congress successful. Many colleagues also supported the congress
with dedication, hard work, and expert input. We are grateful to
them. We also wish to acknowledge the support of G. Sravan Kumar
and Louis Kock for their efforts in producing this volume."
Lipids traditionally have been viewed as serving two functions: to
form cellular membranes and to serve as energy stores. During the
last two decades, a new role for lipids has taken center stage:
lipids can act as signalling molecules. This book deals with a
variety of lipids that have been shown to be messengers. Leading
scientists explore all known lipid classes except steroid hormones.
Researchers and educators in biochemistry as well as in molecular
and cellular biology will appreciate this volume.
In the last decade, research on platelet-activating factor (PAF)
has expanded exponentially. Previous conferences on PAF in Paris,
1983, and the subsequent conferences in Gatlinburg, Ten nessee,
Tokyo, Snowbird, Utah, and Berlin, at three-yearly intervals, have
chronicled the devel opments in the field ofPAF. This volume
records the proceedings of the Fifth International Con gress on PAF
and Related Lipid Mediators, held at the Free University Medical
Hospital Ben jamin Franklin in Berlin, from September 12-16, 1995.
We are very much indebted to Free Uni versity Berlin for providing
tremendous facilities and financial support. It was a great
pleasure to have positive and generous input from the German
Science Council (DFG), Bonn, Germany, and British.Biotech, Oxford,
United Kingdom. Their support was crucial in making the congress a
scientific success. Twenty other organizations provided additional
financial support, for which we extend our deepest appreciation.
The editors would like to thank all of those who participated in
this congress and the authors for their contributions. The
organization and planning of the Berlin Congress were carried out
by an organizing committee. We gratefully acknowledge the support
and assistance of the organizing commit tee members, especially
Renate Nigam and Renate Roux for their untiring efforts to make the
congress successful. Many colleagues also supported the congress
with dedication, hard work, and expert input. We are grateful to
them. We also wish to acknowledge the support of G. Sravan Kumar
and Louis Kock for their efforts in producing this volume."
Scientists in lipid biochemistry research have increasingly
recognized the role of lipids as signaling molecules, aside from
their importance in forming cellular membranes and storing energy.
This book provides the latest findings on a wide variety of complex
lipids in cells that function either as intracellular or
intercellular messengers. International investigators present
current data on the most extensively studied examples of both
intracellular and intercellular messengers generated from lipids,
and describe their basic mechanisms, which also utilize receptors
in the G-protein-coupled family. The in-depth discussions address
such topics as lipid signaling for protein kinase C activation,
phosphatidic acid and lyso-phosphatidic acid, ceramide as a
messenger, bioactive properties of Sphingosine and structurally
related compounds, platelet-activating factor and PAF-like
mimetics, and prostaglandins and related compounds. Lipid Second
Messengers is an up-to-date reference on developments in the
expanding field of lipid-derived signals and will be of interest to
biochemists, physiologists, pharmacologists, geneticists, and
biologists.
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