Ceramide, a crucial functional lipid, and its metabolic regulation by acid ceramidase

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 859-864

  Park, Jae Ho ^a   Yoon, Suk Hoo ^a  

^a Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid Ceramididase; Ceramide; Disease; Lipid Metabolite; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

ACID CERAMIDASE; APOPTOSIS; BIOACTIVE LIPIDS; CELL FATES; CELL REGULATION; CERAMIDES; FREE FATTY ACID; HUMAN DISEASE; INTRACELLULAR LEVELS; LIPID METABOLITE; METABOLIC REGULATIONS; SECOND MESSENGER; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATES;

AMIDES; CELL DEATH; ENZYMES; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FATTY ACIDS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957655290     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10068-010-0122-y     Document Type: Review

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