Elevation of de novo ceramide synthesis in tumor masses and the role of microsomal dihydroceramide synthase

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Koyanagi, Satoru ^a   Kuga, Minoru ^a   Soeda, Shinji ^a   Hosoda, Yoshiko ^a   Yokomatsu, Tsutomu ^b   Takechi, Hiroaki ^b   Akiyama, Takeshi ^b   Shibuya, Shiroshi ^b   Shimeno, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Dihydroceramide synthase; Sphingomyelin; Sphingomyelinase; Tumor survival

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DIHYDROCERAMIDE; DIHYDROCERAMIDE SYNTHASE; FUMONISIN B1; MICROSOME ENZYME; PALMITOYL COENZYME A; SPHINGANINE; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; MALE; MICROSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA CELL;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; CERAMIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUMONISINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSOMES; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037457652     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11024     Document Type: Article

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