Article
Defective ceramide response in C3H/HeJ (Lpsd) macrophages.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Sept 1995
Barber S A, Perera P Y, Vogel S N
Abstract excerpt
Lipid second messengers are gaining recognition as important mediators of extracellular signals. One such lipid, ceramide, generated from membrane sphingomyelin following stimulation with TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, or IFN-gamma, activates ceramide-activated kinase (CAK). A recent study demonstrated th...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cells, Cultured
- Ceramides
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Macrophages, Peritoneal
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- RNA, Messenger
- Signal Transduction
