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ReviewBBA advances2025

Unravelling lipid heterogeneity: Advances in single-cell lipidomics in cellular metabolism and disease.

Sutanu Sarkar, Rajgourab Ghosh

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Review in BBA advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Special Issue "The Role of Lipids in Health and Diseases".International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  4. New Analytical Technologies to Resolve, Interpret, and Understand Lipid Complexity.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sutanu SarkarAmity Institute of Biotechnology (AIBNK), Amity University, Kolkata 700135, India.
Rajgourab GhoshAmity Institute of Biotechnology (AIBNK), Amity University, Kolkata 700135, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advancements in single-cell analysis have revolutionized our understanding of cellular heterogeneity, particularly in lipid metabolism. Single-cell lipidomics, enabled by ultra-sensitive mass spectrometry techniques such as Orbitrap and Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR), provides unprecedented insights into lipid-mediated cellular functions. Unlike bulk analyses, single-cell approaches capture real-time metabolic changes, highlighting lipid species' roles in cell differentiation, signal transduction, and disease progression. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI), including MALDI-MSI and SIMS, further delineates lipid distributions within tissues, revealing spatial heterogeneity critical to cellular function. Emerging evidence suggests that lipid alterations significantly impact developmental mechanisms, stem cell niches, and disease pathogenesis, challenging conventional bulk-level assumptions. However, a key challenge remains in deciphering how lipid networks coordinate cellular differentiation and transcriptional regulation. Future research must integrate lipidomic, proteomic, and genomic data to unravel lipid-mediated signaling and epigenetic modifications. Understanding these dynamics will advance regenerative medicine and therapeutic interventions, enabling precise targeting of lipid-driven pathways in disease contexts.

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DiseaseFluorescenceImagingLipidomicsMass spectrometrySingle cell

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PMID40678619
PMCPMC12270072

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