title: An introduction to phosphoinositides.
abstract: Phosphoinositides (PIs) are minor components of cellular membranes that play critical regulatory roles in several intracellular functions. This chapter describes the main enzymes regulating the turnover of each of the seven PIs in mammalian cells and introduces to some of their intracellular functions and to some evidences of their involvement in human diseases. Due to the complex interrelation between the distinct PIs and the plethora of functions that they can regulate inside a cell, this chapter is not meant to be a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of PI signalling but rather an introduction to this complex signalling field. For more details of their regulation/functions and extensive description of their intracellular roles, more detailed reviews are suggested on each single topic.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Diabetes, Blizard Institute, Inositide Signalling Group, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK. t.maffucci@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Tania
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maffucci
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase / Q000502:physiology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D051059:PTEN Phosphohydrolase