Download or read book Sphingolipids as Signaling and Regulatory Molecules written by Charles Chalfant and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to analyze the latest discoveries in sphingolipid biology and how the alteration of their metabolism leads to altered signaling events and to the development of pathobiological disorders, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, diabetes, inflammation and infectious diseases.