For years lipids have fascinated cell biologists and biochemists due to their profound effects on cell function. "Cellular Lipid Metabolism" highlights new concepts and recent findings, but also reviews important discoveries made in the past. Outstanding international experts contribute 13 chapters on the genetics, molecular and cell biology of lipids. Presenting analyses at the molecular level they reveal the principles by which cellular lipid metabolism functions. Further, numerous intriguing observations that cannot yet be explained are identified, stimulating the readers to future studies. This book provides an invaluable source of information for biomedical researchers in energy metabolism, vascular biology, endocrinology and lipidology.

The Lipid Droplet: a Dynamic Organelle, not only Involved in the Storage and Turnover of Lipids

Oxysterols and Oxysterol-Binding Proteins in Cellular Lipid Metabolism
Cellular Lipid Traffic and Lipid Transporters: Regulation of Efflux and HDL Formation
Bile Acids and Their Role in Cholesterol Homeostasis
Cholesterol Trafficking in the Brain
Intracellular Cholesterol Transport
Role of the Endothelium in Lipoprotein Metabolism
Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis and Intracellular Trafficking of Lipoproteins
Angiopoietin-Like Proteins and Lipid Metabolism
Thyroid Hormones and Lipid Metabolism: Thyromimetics as Anti-Atherosclerotic Agents?
Adipokines: Regulators of Lipid Metabolism
Cellular Cholesterol Transport-Microdomains, Molecular Acceptors and Mechanisms
The Ins and Outs of Adipose Tissue.