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Mutations in the neutral sphingomyelinase gene SMPD3 implicate the ceramide pathway in human leukemias.
Blood - 1 May 2008
Kim Woo Jae, Okimoto Ross A, Purton Louise E, Goodwin Meagan, Haserlat Sara M, Dayyani Farshid, Sweetser David A, McClatchey Andrea I, Bernard Olivier A, Look A Thomas, Bell Daphne W, Scadden David T, Haber Daniel A
Abstract excerpt
Ceramide is a lipid second messenger derived from the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin by sphingomyelinases (SMases) and implicated in diverse cellular responses, including growth arrest, differentiation, and apoptosis. Defects in the neutral SMase (nSMase) gene Smpd3, the primary regulator of ceramid...
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