Making, baking, and breaking: The synthesis, storage, and hydrolysis of neutral lipids

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 413-451

  Ruggles, Kelly V ^a   Turkish, Aaron ^b   Sturley, Stephen L ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyltransferase; Cholesteryl ester; Lipotoxicity; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FAT DROPLET; GLYCEROLIPID; MONOACYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESTERIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DIETARY FATS; ESTERIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84880683999     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: 15454312     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-071812-161254     Document Type: Article

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