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SUBMITTER: Dorninger F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5856336 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dorninger Fabian F Forss-Petter Sonja S Berger Johannes J
FEBS letters 20170907 18
The emerging diverse roles of ether (phospho)lipids in nervous system development and function in health and disease are currently attracting growing interest. Plasmalogens, a subgroup of ether lipids, are important membrane components involved in vesicle fusion and membrane raft composition. They store polyunsaturated fatty acids and may serve as antioxidants. Ether lipid metabolites act as precursors for the formation of glycosyl-phosphatidyl-inositol anchors; others, like platelet-activating ...[more]