Lipid Metabolism and Biomarkers in Neural and Cardiometabolic Health

Dear Colleagues,

Lipid species are a part of bioorganic compounds that play a crucial role in heart and neural health.

Due to their role in maintaining physiological activities like organ energy balance, membrane integrity, enzyme functions, nerve pulse transmission, or muscle contraction, different studies are now focused on the bioactive lipid compound characterization and profiling in health and disease states. Lipid dysregulation has emerged as a common feature of major cardiac and neural degenerative diseases.

Often, lipid deregulation can promote mechanical stress on the heart resulting in arterial hypertension and hypertrophic molecular signalling associated with the release of cytokines and chemokines involved in compensatory mechanisms leading to heart remodelling. Furthermore, some cytokines and chemokines associated with cardiac disorders are closely related to neural health and stability. The Special Issue aims to reveal the molecular mechanisms associated with the deregulation of bioactive lipids and cytokines and chemokines release in normal and pathological conditions associated with cardiac and neural stability. The study of novel interaction of lipids on heart and neural pathophysiology may become a good basis for potential treatments or prevention strategies in cardiac and neural health.

Dr. Elena Vianello
Guest Editor

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• lipid species
• cardiovascular health
• neural health
• inflammation
• cardiac biomarkers
• neural biomarkers