Sphingomyelin and its role in cellular signaling

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 991, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Chakraborty, Mahua ^a,b   Jiang, Xian Cheng ^a,b  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Cholesterol homeostasis; Diacylglycerol; Lipid rafts; Sphingolipid biosynthesis; Sphingolipids; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GLYCOCERAMIDE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885005125     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6331-9_1     Document Type: Article

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