Title :
Lipidomics as a diagnostic and research tool
Author :
Fernandis, Aaron Z. ; Wenk, Markus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biochem., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The goal of this study is to profile various classes of lipids in body fluids (blood in particular) and compare these profiles against pathological disorders. Profiling lipids was already started under various pathologies including for ovarian cancer, gastric cancer, Alzheimer´s disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Schizophrenia, Fetal trisomy, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, Parkinson´s disease, Bipolar disorder, Depressive disorders and more.
Keywords :
biological organs; biomedical measurement; blood; blood vessels; cancer; cellular biophysics; cognition; gynaecology; medical disorders; molecular biophysics; neurophysiology; Alzheimer´s disease; Parkinson´s disease; Schizophrenia; atherosclerosis; bipolar disorder; blood; body fluids; depressive disorders; diagnostic tool; fetal trisomy; gastric cancer; lipidomics; lipids; mild cognitive impairment; ovarian cancer; pathological disorders; research tool; rheumatoid arthritis; systemic lupus erythematosus;
Conference_Titel :
Systems in Medicine and Biology (ICSMB), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kharagpur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-039-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMB.2010.5735332
