To become resistant, cancer cells need to activate and maintain molecular defense
mechanisms that depend on an energy trade-off between resistance and essential functions …

Platelets are central to inflammation-related manifestations of cardiovascular diseases
(CVD) such as atherosclerosis. Platelet-activating factor (PAF), thrombin, thromboxane A 2 …

Glycerol-based ether lipids including ether phospholipids form a specialized branch of lipids
that in mammals require peroxisomes for their biosynthesis. They are major components of …

The genus Streptococcus comprises important pathogens, many of them are part of the
human or animal microbiota. Advances in molecular genetics, taxonomic approaches and …

Described almost 50 years ago, the glycerophosphocholine lipid mediator Platelet-activating
factor (PAF) has been implicated in many pathologic processes. Indeed, elevated levels of …

Ether-lipids (EL) are specific lipids bearing a characteristic sn-1 ether bond. Depending on
the ether or vinyl-ether nature of this bond, they are present as alkyl-or alkenyl-EL …

Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) was defined as a mesangiopathic disease, since the
primary site of deposition of IgA immune material is the mesangium, and proliferation of …

Release of toxic cyanobacterial secondary metabolites threatens biosecurity, foodwebs and
public health. Microcystis aeruginosa (Ma), the dominant species in global freshwater …

Thermal burn injuries are an important environmental stressor that can result in
considerable morbidity and mortality. The exact mechanism by which an environmental …

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) is a potent inflammatory agonist. In Swiss albino mice,
intraperitoneal injection of PAF causes sudden death with oxidative stress and disseminated …