Lipidomics Issues on Human Positive ssRNA Virus Infection: An Update

Abstract

The pathogenic mechanisms underlying the Biology and Biochemistry of viral infections are known to depend on the lipid metabolism of infected cells. From a lipidomics viewpoint, there are a variety of mechanisms involving virus infection that encompass virus entry, the disturbance of host cell lipid metabolism, and the role played by diverse lipids in regard to the infection effectiveness. All these aspects have currently been tackled separately as independent issues and focused on the function of proteins. Here, we review the role of cholesterol and other lipids in ssRNA+ infection.

Keywords

• lipidomics
• ssRNA+ virus
• membrane fusion
• lipid metabolism
• cholesterol
• sphingolipids