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Progress in Lipid Research Volume 35, 1996 List of Contents and Author Index SUPPLEMENT © PERGAMON Progress in Lipid Research Executive Editors Howard Sprecher, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 337 Hamilton Hall, 1645 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A. John L. Harwood, School of Molecular & Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, P.O. Box 911, Cardiff CFI 3US, U.K. Editorial Advisory Board B. de Kruijff, University of Utrecht, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands H. Goldfine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104/6076, U.S.A. K. Waku, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa 199-01, Japan R. J. Cherry, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K. H. H. Rees, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, U.K. M. I. Gurr, Vale View Cottage, Maypole, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, U.K. T. J. Bach, Institut de Botanique U.L.P., 28 rue Goethe, F-67083, Strasbourg, Cedex, France . A. 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Earlier issues are available in high quality photo-duplicated copies as complete volumes only. Published quarterly in March, June, September, December Copyright © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd Periodicals postage paid at Rahway, NJ and additional entry points. Progress in Lipid Research (ISSN 0163-7827) is published 4 issues per year in March, June, September and December by Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. The annual subscription in the U.S.A. is US$677. Progress in Lipid Research is distributed by Mercury Airfreight International Ltd, 2323 Randolph Avenue, Avenel, NJ 07001-2413, U.S.A. POSTMASTER: please send address corrections to Progress in Lipid Research, c/o Elsevier Science Regional Sales Office, Customer Support Department, 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. CONTENTS NUMBER 1 Betaine Ether-linked Glycerolipids: Chemistry and Biology V. M. DEMBITSKY The Lipids in Human Milk R. G. JENSEN NUMBER 2 Effects of Dietary Fatty Acid Composition on Plasma Cholesterol P. KHOSLA and K. SUNDRAM 93 Phospholipid-rich Particles in Commercial Parenteral Fat Emulsions. An Overview A. C. BACH, J. FEREZOU and A. FREY 133 The Biochemical Role of Platelet-Activating Factor in Reproduction R. A. FRENKEL, K. MUGURUMA and J. M. JOHNSTON 155 Biosynthesis of Triacylglycerols R. LEHNER and A. KUKSIS 169 NUMBER 3 Biosynthesis, Metabolization and Biological Importance of the Primary 15-Lipoxygenase Metabolites 15-Hydro(pero)xy-5Z,8Z,11Z,13E-eicosatetraenoic Acid and 13-Hydro(pero)xy-9Z,11E-octadecadienoic Acid H. KUHN 203 Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Regulation of Gene Transcription D. B. Jump, S. D. CLARKE, A. THELEN, M. LIIMATTA, B. REN and M. BADIN 227 Cellular Fatty Acid-binding Proteins: Their Function and Physiological Significance J. F. C. GLATZ and G. J. VAN DER VUSSE 243 Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides—Themes and Variations S. G. WILKINSON 283 NUMBER 4 Phospholipase D: Regulation by GTPases and Protein Kinase C and Physiological Relevance SHAMSHAD COCKCROFT 345 Short-term Regulation of Acetyl CoA Carboxylase in Tissues of Higher Animals JOHN B. ALLRED and KAREN E. REILLY 371 Structure Analysis of Fatty Acids by Gas Chromatography—Low Resolution Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry of Their 4,4-Dimethyloxazoline Derivatives—A Review VOLKER SPITZER 387 Dietary Fatty Acids—the n-6/n-3 Balance and Chronic Elderly Diseases. Excess Linoleic Acid and Relative n-3 Deficiency Syndrome Seen in Japan HARUMI OKUYAMA, TETSUYUKI KOBAYASHI and SHIRO WATANABE 409