"Ceramides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group. They abnormally accumulate in FABRY DISEASE.
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D002518
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.313 D09.400.410.420.525.200 D10.390.470.675.200 D10.570.877.360.612.200
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2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ceramides" by people in Profiles.
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Role of ceramide-to-dihydroceramide ratios for insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in humans. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2020 11; 8(2).
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Inactivation of ceramide synthase 2 catalytic activity in mice affects transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism and cell division. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2018 07; 1863(7):734-749.
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Ceramide Synthase Schlank Is a Transcriptional Regulator Adapting Gene Expression to Energy Requirements. Cell Rep. 2018 01 23; 22(4):967-978.
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Altered lipid metabolism in the aging kidney identified by three layered omic analysis. Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Mar; 8(3):441-57.
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Impaired epidermal ceramide synthesis causes autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis and reveals the importance of ceramide acyl chain length. J Invest Dermatol. 2013 Sep; 133(9):2202-11.