Citing Resources on LIPID MAPS®
When citing resources found on the LIPID MAPS® website, please use the references provided below.
LIPID MAPS® Classification System
Update of the LIPID MAPS® comprehensive classification system for lipids, Fahy E., Subramaniam S., Murphy R., Nishijima M., Raetz C., Shimizu T., Spener F., van Meer G., Wakelam M., and Dennis E., Journal of Lipid Research, 2009, DOI:
10.1194/jlr.R800095-JLR200
LIPID MAPS® Online Tools
LIPID MAPS® online tools for lipid research, Fahy E., Sud M., Cotter D. and Subramaniam S., Nucleic Acids Research 35, 2007, DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkm324
BioPAN
BioPAN: a web-based tool to explore mammalian lipidome metabolic pathways on LIPID MAPS®, Gaud C., Sousa B. C., Nguyen A., Fedorova M., Ni Z., O’Donnell V. B., Wakelam M. J. O., Andrews S., Lopez-Clavijo A. F., F1000 Research, 2021, DOI:
10.12688/f1000research.28022.2
LIPID MAPS® Pathway Editor
An editor for pathway drawing and data visualization in the Biopathways Workbench, Byrnes R.W., Cotter D., Maer A., Li J., Nadeau D., and Subramaniam S., BMC Systems Biology, 2009, DOI:
10.1186/1752-0509-3-99
Please note that the Pathway Editor is no longer available.
LIPID MAPS® Proteome Database (LMPD)
LMPD: LIPID MAPS® proteome database, Cotter D., Maer A., Guda C., Saunders B., and Subramaniam S., Nucleic Acids Research, 2006, DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkj122
LIPID MAPS® Structure Database (LMSD)
LMSD: LIPID MAPS® structure database, Sud M., Fahy E., Cotter D., Brown A., Dennis E., Glass C., Murphy R., Raetz C., Russell D., and Subramaniam S., Nucleic Acids Research, 2006, DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkl838
LipidLynxX
LipidLynxX: a data transfer hub to support integration of large scale lipidomics datasets, Ni Z. and Fedorova M., bioRxiv, 2020, DOI:
10.1101/2020.04.09.033894