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Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 194 (2016) iv–v

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Contents Special Issue: Memorial Issue for Robert Bittman Guest Editors

Gemma Fabriàs, Alexander Greer, Robert Engel and Ravi Lankalapalli G. Fabrias, A. Greer, R.S. Lankalapalli and R. Engel (Spain, USA, India) Introduction to the Robert Bittman Memorial Issue

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S.D. Boomkamp, H.-S. Byun, S. Ubhi, H.-R. Jiang, S. Pyne, R. Bittman and N.J. Pyne (UK, USA) Effect of ether glycerol lipids on interleukin-1β release and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

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D. Wüstner, F.W. Lund, C. Röhrl and H. Stangl (Denmark, USA, Austria) Potential of BODIPY-cholesterol for analysis of cholesterol transport and diffusion in living cells

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E. Ikonen and T. Blom (Finland) Lipoprotein-mediated delivery of BODIPY-labeled sterol and sphingolipid analogs reveals lipid transport mechanisms in mammalian cells

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M. Denz, I. Haralampiev, S. Schiller, L. Szente, A. Herrmann, D. Huster and P. Müller (Germany, Hungary) Interaction of fluorescent phospholipids with cyclodextrins

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P. Arora, S.S. Kharkwal, T.W. Ng, S. Kunnath-Velayudhan, N.K. Saini, C.T. Johndrow, Y.-t. Chang, G.S. Besra and S.A. Porcelli (USA, Singapore, UK) “Endocytic pH regulates cell surface localization of glycolipid antigen loaded CD1d complexes”

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M. Murate and T. Kobayashi (Japan, France) Revisiting transbilayer distribution of lipids in the plasma membrane

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P. Mattjus (Finland) Specificity of the mammalian glycolipid transfer proteins

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A. Gomez-Muñoz, P. Gangoiti, I.-G. Rivera, N. Presa, A. Gomez-Larrauri and M. Ordoñez (Spain) Caged ceramide 1-phosphate (C1P) analogs: Novel tools for studying C1P biology

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S.M. Camp, E.T. Chiang, C. Sun, P.V. Usatyuk, R. Bittman, V. Natarajan, J.G.N. Garcia and S.M. Dudek (USA) “Pulmonary Endothelial Cell Barrier Enhancement by Novel FTY720 Analogs: Methoxy-FTY720, Fluoro-FTY720, and β-Glucuronide-FTY720”

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S. Rottem (Israel) “Unique choline-containing phosphoglycolipids in Mycoplasma fermentans”

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J.H. Suh, A. Eltanawy, A. Rangan and J.D. Saba (USA) A facile stable-isotope dilution method for determination of sphingosine phosphate lyase activity

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M.N. Perera, V. Ganesan, L.J. Siskind, Z.M. Szulc, A. Bielawska, R. Bittman and M. Colombini (USA) Ceramide channel: Structural basis for selective membrane targeting

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Y.A. Kim, J. Day, C.A. Lirette, W.J. Costain, L.J. Johnston and R. Bittman (USA, Canada) Synthesis and photochemical properties of PEGylated coumarin-caged ceramides for cell studies

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doi: 10.1016/S0009-3084(15)00099-7

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C. Vilchèze, L.W. Leung, R. Bittman and W.R. Jacobs Jr. (USA) Synthesis and biological activity of alkynoic acids derivatives against mycobacteria

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T. Idowu, P. Samadder, G. Arthur and F. Schweizer (Canada) Design, synthesis and antitumor properties of glycosylated antitumor ether lipid (GAEL)- chlorambucil-hybrids

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A.L. Parrill (USA) Reprint of “Synthetic lipids and their role in defining macromolecular assemblies”

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J.N. Gorantla, A. Faseela and R.S. Lankalapalli (India) Design and synthesis of a novel glycosphingolipid derived from polyhydroxy 2-pyrrolidinone and phytoceramide appended by a 1,2,3-triazole linker

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A. Mahendran, A.A. Ghogare, R. Bittman, G. Arthur and A. Greer (USA, Canada) Synthesis and antiproliferative properties of a new ceramide analog of varacin

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