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Lipids as biomarkers of cancer and bacterial infections.

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Lipids are ubiquitous molecules, known to play important roles in various cellular processes. Alterations to the lipidome can therefore be used as a read-out of the signs of disease, highlighting… Click to show full abstract

Lipids are ubiquitous molecules, known to play important roles in various cellular processes. Alterations to the lipidome can therefore be used as a read-out of the signs of disease, highlighting the importance to consider lipids as biomarkers in addition of nucleic acid and proteins. This mini-review exposes the current knowledge and limitations of the use of lipids as biomarkers of the top global killers which are cancer and bacterial infections.

Keywords: biomarkers cancer; chemistry; cancer bacterial; bacterial infections; lipids biomarkers

Journal Title: Current medicinal chemistry
Year Published: 2018

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