Sphingolipid metabolism and analysis in metabolic disease / Sarah E. Brice and L. Ashley Cowart -- Sphingolipids and cardiovascular diseases : lipoprotein metabolism, atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy / Xian Cheng Jiang, Ira J. Goldberg, and Tae Sik Park -- Heart sphingolipids in health and disease / Marcin Baranowski and Jan Grski -- Blood sphingolipids in homeostasis and pathobiology / Samar M. Hammad -- Adipose tissue and ceramide biosynthesis in the pathogenesis of obesity / Fahumiya Samad [and others] -- Sphingolipids and hepatic steatosis / Benjamin T. Bikman and Scott A. Summers -- Glycosphingolipids and insulin resistance / Johannes M. Aerts [and others] -- Glycosphingolipids and kidney disease / Andrew R. Mather and Leah J. Siskind -- Sphingolipid synthetic pathways are major regulators of lipid homeostasis / Tilla S. Worgall