Progress in Lipid Research

期刊简介：The importance of lipids as one of the fundamental classes of biological compounds is well established. The application of our of the biochemistry, chemistry and physiology of lipids to biotechnology, the fats and oils industry and medicine have continued to expand apace. In addition new dimensions such as lipid biophysics, especially with relevance to membranes and lipoproteins, and basic liposome research and applications have been added. To cope with all these advances in knowledge a journal is needed to review recent progress in particular fields and to set current research against its historical background. Progress in Lipid Research fulfils this role.Each volume contains up-to-date surveys of special aspects of lipid research. The invited reviews are comprehensive enough to provide sufficient overview but concentrate on reporting and critically appraising the most recent data. Subjects are chosen for their timeliness or because major developments have taken place in the last few years. They include methodological reviews as well as chemical, biochemical and medical articles. All lipid compounds and derivatives are covered, ranging from fatty acids and other simple molecules, through steroids, terpenoids and phospho- or glycolipids to complex structures such as lipoproteins and biological membranes. We hope that those whose main interest is in lipid biophysics and liposome research will join as new readers, benefiting from the journal's classical aspects of lipid metabolism, lipids in signal transduction and lipid enzymology, and that current readers will benefit from the exposure to top quality research on the new aspects.

【译文】脂质作为生物化合物的基本类别之一的重要性已经得到充分确认。我们应用脂质的生物化学、化学和生理学知识于生物技术、油脂工业和医学领域，这些应用一直在迅速扩展。此外，还增加了新的维度，如脂质生物物理学，特别是与膜和脂蛋白的相关性，以及基本脂质体研究和应用。为了应对这些知识进步，需要一本期刊来回顾特定领域的最新进展，并将当前研究置于其历史背景中。脂质研究进展期刊扮演了这一角色。每一卷都包含对脂质研究特殊方面的最新调查。邀请的综述内容全面，足以提供足够的概述，但专注于报告和批判性地评估最新数据。选题考虑其时效性或在过去几年中发生了重大发展。包括方法综述以及化学、生物化学和医学文章。涵盖了所有脂质化合物及其衍生物，从脂肪酸和其他简单分子，通过甾体、萜类和磷脂或糖脂，到复杂的结构如脂蛋白和生物膜。我们希望那些对脂质生物物理学和脂质体研究感兴趣的人能成为新读者，从期刊的脂质代谢、信号转导中的脂质和脂质酶学等经典方面受益，而现有读者将从接触高质量的新方面研究中获得益处。