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Fenofibrate lowers atypical sphingolipids in plasma of dyslipidemic patients: A novel approach for treating diabetic neuropathy?
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Othman Alaa, Benghozi Renee, Alecu Irina, Wei Yu, Niesor Eric, von Eckardstein Arnold, Hornemann Thorsten
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BACKGROUND: The condensation of palmitoyl-CoA and L-Serine is the first step in the de novo formation of sphingolipids and catalyzed by the serine-palmitoyltransferase (SPT). Besides other acyl-CoAs the SPT can also metabolize L-alanine and glycine, which forms an atypical category of neurotoxic 1-deoxy-sphingolipids (1-deoxySL). Several mutations in SPT are associated with pathologically increased 1-deoxySL...
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