LIPID MAPS

Tthe Lipidomics Gateway - a free, comprehensive website for researchers interested in lipid biology, provided by the LIPID MAPS (Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy) Consortium. The LIPID MAPS Lipidomics Gateway provides a rich collection of information and resources to help you stay abreast of the latest developments in this rapidly expanding field. LIPID Metabolites And Pathways Strategy (LIPID MAPS®) is a multi-institutional effort created in 2003 to identify and quantitate, using a systems biology approach and sophisticated mass spectrometers, all of the major — and many minor — lipid species in mammalian cells, as well as to quantitate the changes in these species in response to perturbation. The ultimate goal of our research is to better understand lipid metabolism and the active role lipids play in diabetes, stroke, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer's and other lipid-based diseases in order to facilitate development of more effective treatments. Since our inception, we have made great strides toward defining the "lipidome" (an inventory of the thousands of individual lipid molecular species) in the mouse macrophage. We have also worked to make lipid analysis easier and more accessible for the broader scientific community and to advance a robust research infrastructure for the international research community. We share new lipidomics findings and methods, hold annual meetings open to all interested investigators, and are exploring joint efforts to extend the use of these powerful new methods to new applications

脂质组学之门 - 一家为对脂质生物学感兴趣的科研人员提供的免费、全面性网站，由脂质代谢与通路策略联盟（LIPID MAPS，Lipid Metabolites and Pathways Strategy）提供。LIPID MAPS 脂质组学之门提供丰富的信息和资源集合，以助您紧跟该快速发展的领域的最新进展。脂质代谢与通路策略（LIPID MAPS®）是一个始于2003年的多机构协作项目，旨在运用系统生物学方法和先进的质谱仪识别并量化哺乳动物细胞中所有主要——以及众多次要——脂质种类，并量化这些种类在受到扰动时的变化。我们的研究最终目标是更好地理解脂质代谢以及脂质在糖尿病、中风、癌症、关节炎、阿尔茨海默病及其他基于脂质的疾病中的积极作用，从而促进更有效治疗方法的开发。自成立以来，我们在定义小鼠巨噬细胞的“脂质组”（包含数千种单独脂质分子种类的清单）方面取得了重大进展。我们还致力于使脂质分析对更广泛的科学界更加简便易得，并推动国际研究界强大的研究基础设施的建立。我们分享新的脂质组学发现与方法，举办面向所有感兴趣研究者的年度会议，并正在探索将这些强大的新方法扩展到新应用的联合努力。