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Factors affecting longitudinal trajectories of plasma sphingomyelins: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
Aging cell - 1 Feb 2015
Mielke Michelle M, Bandaru Veera Venkata Ratnam, Han Dingfen, An Yang, Resnick Susan M, Ferrucci Luigi, Haughey Norman J
Abstract excerpt
Sphingomyelin metabolism has been linked to several diseases and to longevity. However, few epidemiological studies have quantified individual plasma sphingomyelin species (identified by acyl-chain length and saturation) or their relationship between demographic factors and disease processes. In this study, we determined plasma concentrations of distinct sphingomyelin species in 992 individuals, aged 55 and...
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