Chemical and apoptotic properties of hydroxy-ceramides containing long-chain bases with unusual alkyl chain lengths

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-106

  Kyogashima, Mamoru ^a,b   Tadano Aritomi, Keiko ^c   Aoyama, Toshifumi ^d   Yusa, Akiko ^a   Goto, Yoshiko ^a   Tamiya Koizumi, Keiko ^a,e   Ito, Hiromi ^e   Murate, Takashi ^e   Kannagi, Reiji ^a   Hara, Atsushi ^d  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramides; Hydroxy ceramides; Long chain bases; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; HYDROXYCERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; PALMITIC ACID; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; SPHINGANINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CERAMIDES; FATTY ACIDS; HORSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 46849091774     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn050     Document Type: Article

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