Up-regulation of ceramide glucosyltransferase during the differentiation of U937 cells

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-310

  Aida, Junya ^a   Higuchi, Syouta ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshie ^a   Nagano Ito, Michiyo ^a   Hirabayashi, Yoshio ^b   Banba, Aoi ^a   Shimizu, Takamitsu ^a   Kikuchi, Asako ^a   Saga, Mayuko ^a   Ichikawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

adhesion; ceramide; differentiation; glucosylceramide; leukaemia

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDE; LACTOSYLCERAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MACROPHAGES; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; U937 CELLS;

EID: 80052198683     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr058     Document Type: Article

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