Researchers headed by a team at the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Life Sciences have made the first connection between muscular dystrophy (MD) and sphingolipids, a group of ...

In a new study, the group of Johan Auwerx at EPFL's School of Life Sciences has made the first connection between muscular dystrophy and sphingolipids, a group of bioactive lipids. The study is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Previous research has linked sphingolipids with asthma. Patients with asthma had lower levels of sphingolipids ...

Sphingolipids are important biological molecules, a class of lipids that have a backbone of sphingoid bases including sphingosine (aliphatic amino alcohol) or another structurally similar compound. In ...

Certain lipids discovered in the 1800s presented chemists with structural and functional puzzles that proved unsolvable. And so, the chemists called these lipids sphingolipids, likening them to the ...

Kim S, Chung J, Arlt H, Pak AJ, Farese RV Jr, Walther TC, Voth G. (2022) Seipin transmembrane segments critically function in triglyceride nucleation and lipid droplet budding from the membrane. Elife ...

Large-scale, quantitative, high-quality data sets often form the basis for discovery. We employ techniques such as mass spectrometry, genome-perturbations screens, and high-content microcopy to ...

Scientists have made a link between muscular dystrophy and a group of bioactive fats, the sphingolipids, which are involved in numerous cell functions and other diseases. In a new study, the group of ...

In a new study, the group of Johan Auwerx at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences has made the first connection between muscular dystrophy and sphingolipids, a group of bioactive lipids. The study is ...