The Cerebrospinal Fluid

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays a crucial role in providing mechanical protection, buoyancy, homeostasis, waste clearance, nutrient transport, and immunological defence for the central nervous system. CSF contains essential lipids, including but not limited to phospholipids and lysophospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol, and fatty acids.

Lipidomics analysis is a comprehensive mass-spectrometry-based approach to analyzing the lipid composition of cerebrospinal fluid. Lipid analysis of CSF provides knowledge about brain metabolism and disease mechanisms. Changes in CSF lipid composition are associated with neurodegenerative disorders, aging, and other neurological conditions, making lipid analysis a powerful tool for studying brain health.

Lipotype Lipidomics helps researchers to identify specific lipid signatures in CSF that reflect brain pathology. CSF lipidomics allows for the exploration of lipid-related processes in neurological disorders, supporting biomarker discovery and the development of novel therapeutic strategies.

The analysis of CSF lipids can help discover biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis, aiding in early diagnosis and disease monitoring.

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays a crucial role in providing mechanical protection, buoyancy, homeostasis, waste clearance, nutrient transport, and immunological defence for the central nervous system. CSF contains essential lipids, including but not limited to phospholipids and lysophospholipids, sphingolipids, cholesterol, and fatty acids.

Lipotype Lipidomics helps researchers to identify specific lipid signatures in CSF that reflect brain pathology. CSF lipidomics allows for the exploration of lipid-related processes in neurological disorders, supporting biomarker discovery and the development of novel therapeutic strategies.

Lipidomics analysis is a comprehensive mass-spectrometry-based approach to analyzing the lipid composition of cerebrospinal fluid. Lipid analysis of CSF provides knowledge about brain metabolism and disease mechanisms. Changes in CSF lipid composition are associated with neurodegenerative disorders, aging, and other neurological conditions, making lipid analysis a powerful tool for studying brain health.

The analysis of CSF lipids can help discover biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and multiple sclerosis, aiding in early diagnosis and disease monitoring.

Our CSF Lipidomics Products

Lipotype lipidomics offers high-precision lipid analysis of CSF samples, supporting researchers in investigating lipid metabolism and disease-specific lipid alterations.

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Sample types

From exosomes and organelles to animal cells, blood, tissues, oils, milk, and far more – our untargeted and targeted lipidomics services can be applied to all biological samples.

Lipid coverage

Our lipidomics laboratories identify and quantify 100+ lipid classes, in total more than 4200 individual lipids.

Reports

Results are delivered in the form of various reports, such as data sheets with numerical values or PDFs with figures. Our lipidomics analysis reports help you understand complex lipid data sets.

Delivery time

Estimated delivery time is 2-6 weeks depending on the project.

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