Heptadecanoic acid, [(4R)-2-hydroxy-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphospholan-4-yl]methyl ester, ammonium salt (1:1)

Glycerophospholipids act as regulators of various enzyme activities, and can be used as biological markers to indicate pathological states.

cPA affects numerous cellular functions, including anti-mitogenic regulation of the cell cycle, induction of stress fiber formation, inhibition of tumor cell invasion and metastasis, and regulation of differentiation and survival of neuronal cells.
Interestingly, many of these cellular responses caused by cPA oppose those of LPA despite the activation of apparently overlapping receptor populations.