Various lipid molecules serve as second messengers for transducing signals from the cell surface to the cell interior and trigger specific cellular responses. Recently, several sphingolipids have emerged as cellular constituents that are able to promote, mediate or counterbalance apoptosis. Sphingolipids are a family of membrane lipids whose structure is made up of a long-chain sphingoid base backbone (such as sphingosine), an amide-linked fatty acid of varying chain and one of various polar head groups (hydroxyl for ceramide, p...
Cannavo A, Liccardo D, Komici K, Corbi G, de Lucia C, Femminella GD, Elia A, Bencivenga L, Ferrara N, Koch WJ, Paolocci N, Rengo G. Front Pharmacol. 2017 Aug 23;8:556. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00556. eCollection 2017. Review.
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