Lipidomics: From Establishment to Applications in Health Studies

Omics, referred to a part of biological science that evaluates information, systematically and broadly. Although initially genomics and proteomics have been focused, but along on advances in analytical instruments, potential capabilities of subfields such as Lipidomics recognized, increasingly. Lipidomics studies have been largely able to change the past limited viewpoint to lipids as basic components of cell structure and sources of energy. For instance, to date results of several Lipidomics studies have confirmed the role of lipids as cell messengers, antigenic agents, cell integrator. New insights on function of lipids and potential features of Lipidomics, was followed by using of these studies to information synergy with genomics and proteomics, as well as developments in pharmaceutical-medicine fields. By consider of limited development of this scientific field in Iran, in this article we try to introduce the needed tools and applications of lipidomics.