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From: Comparison of circulating lipid profiles between fasting humans and three animal species used in preclinical studies: mice, rats and rabbits

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Heat maps of lipid metabolites among humans and three animal species. The heat map with significantly different (p < 0.05) lipid metabolites were generated using mean fold changes in the levels of metabolites calculated as ratios of each animal species to human. Vacant white cells indicate metabolites that were detected, but their levels were not significantly different. (a) PC, (b) lysoPC, (c) ePC, (d) PE, (e) ePE, (f) lysoPE, (g) PI, (h) SM, (i) Cer, (k) HexCer, (l) DG, (m) Ch/ChE and (n) CoQ. If more than two lipid species possessed the same chemical formula, alphabetical letters were put after each lipid molecule class to distinguish them from each other (Additional file 1: Table S1). PC, phosphatidylcholine; lysoPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; ePC, ether-type phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; lysoPE, lysophosphatidylethanolamine; ePE; ether-type phosphatidylethanolamine; PI, phosphatidylinositol; SM, sphingomyelin; Cer, ceramide; HexCer, hexosylceramide; DG, diacylglycerol; Ch/ChE, cholesterol/cholesteryl ester; CoQ, coenzyme Q

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Lipids in Health and Disease

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