Lipid Transfer Proteins: Introduction to the Thematic Review Series

Lipid transfer proteins are critical elements in the regulation of the body’s access to lipid nutrients, to their disposition via plasma lipoprotein composition and uptake/ egress into/from various cells and tissues. They are also central to the organization and composition of cellular organelles, which are bounded by lipid membranes. Included in this series of reviews is a set that covers a variety of physiological processes. transfer of lipids from the diet to the tissue and from tissue to tissue. The second group of reviews discusses transfer proteins engaged in the distribution of lipids within the cell and that may modify the lipid composition of individual subcellular membranes. The final review discusses a special class of lipid transfer proteins, those of plants which facilitate the creation of water-proof barriers of plant cells. Copyright © 2018 Getz. Published under exclusive license by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.