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Life depends on lipids as the major structural components of membranes. Lipids are also crucial sources of energy in animals and humans. Fascinatingly, lipids have a diversity of additional roles in the immune system that range from acting as intercellular and intracellular Signal transduction Molecules to being modulators of membrane protein function, which influences tissue physiology in health and disease.
Lipids are comprised of Medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) / Medium-chain triglycerides and long-chain fatty acids depending on their carbon length and…