Suppression of sphingomyelin synthase 1 by small interference RNA is associated with enhanced ceramide production and apoptosis after photodamage

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 314, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1860-1868

  Separovic, Duska ^a   Semaan, Louie ^a   Tarca, Adi L ^a   Awad Maitah, Ma'In Yehya ^a   Hanada, Kentaro ^a,b   Bielawski, Jacek ^a,c   Villani, Maristella ^a,c   Luberto, Chiara ^a,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide; Dihydroceramide; Electrospray ionization double mass spectrometry; PDT; Phthalocyanine Pc 4; Sphingomyelin synthase

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN SYNTHASE 1; SYNTHETASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 42649083647     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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