**Meet the editor**

Rodrigo Valenzuela Baez completed Pre-graduate studies (Nutritionist) at University of Chile (2003), Magister in Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile (2007), Doctoral degree in Nutrition and Foods, University of Chile (2012). Currently he is a Research Scientist in Food Sciences and Assistant Professor, Fats and Oils Section, Food and Nutrition Research Laboratory,

School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Dr. Baez's teaching areas are: Food Science and Nutrition, Fats and Oils in Human Nutrition. His current research areas are in: Lipid in Health and Disease, Metabolism and cytoprotection by long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids from marine origin, bioconversion of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids from vegetable and marine oils, physiological effects of n-3 fatty acid as functional food.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Section 1 Introduction to Lipid Metabolism 1** 

Chapter 1 **Overview About Lipid Structure 3** 

**Section 2 Molecular Aspects of Lipid Metabolism 21** 

Chapter 2 **Oxidative Stress and Lipid Peroxidation – A Lipid Metabolism Dysfunction 23** 

Marius Butur and Simona Drăgan

Inbar Roim and Moshe Gavish

Chapter 6 **Metabolism of Plasma Membrane** 

Chapter 7 **Autophagy Regulates Lipid** 

Rodrigo Valenzuela B. and Alfonso Valenzuela B.

Chapter 3 **The Role of Copper as a Modifier of Lipid Metabolism 39** 

Chapter 4 **The Role of Liver X Receptor in Hepatic** *de novo* **Lipogenesis and Cross-Talk with Insulin and Glucose Signaling 61**  Line M. Grønning-Wang, Christian Bindesbøll and Hilde I. Nebb

> **Lipids in Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria 119**  Paul K. Crellin, Chu-Yuan Luo and Yasu S. Morita

**Droplet Formation and Adipogenesis 149** 

Yasuo Uchiyama and Eiki Kominami

Jason L. Burkhead and Svetlana Lutsenko

Chapter 5 **The 18 kDa Translocator Protein and Atherosclerosis in Mice Lacking Apolipoprotein E 91**  Jasmina Dimitrova-Shumkovska, Leo Veenman,

Claudia Borza, Danina Muntean, Cristina Dehelean, Germaine Săvoiu, Corina Şerban, Georgeta Simu, Mihaiela Andoni,
