Lipids as Bioeffectors. Introduction

E. V. Dyatlovitskaya^* and V. V. Bezuglov

Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, Moscow, 117871 Russia; fax: (095) 335-7103; E-mail: jgmol@ibch.siobc.ras.ru

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Received August 20, 1997

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In this introductory paper functions of lipids with special emphasis on their bioeffector role, which is reported in the reviews published in this issue of journal, are discussed.

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KEY WORDS: sphingolipids, phospholipids, fatty acids, oxylipins, cell signaling, lipid functions

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