Sphingolipid distribution changes with age in the human lens

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2753-2760

  Deeley, Jane M ^a   Hankin, Joseph A ^b   Friedrich, Michael G ^c   Murphy, Robert C ^b   Truscott, Roger J W ^c   Mitchell, Todd W ^a   Blanksby, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ceramide; Dihydroceramide; Dihydrosphingomyelin; Lipidomics; MALDI imaging; Phospholipid; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROSPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; LENS NUCLEUS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CATARACT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPHINGOLIPIDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956842668     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M007716     Document Type: Article

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