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SPRINGER Sphingolipid Biology 2006 Edition by ALFRED H. MERRILL, YOSHIO HIARBAYASHI, YASUYUKI IGARASHI
Sphingolipids are fundamental to the structures of cell membranes, lipoproteins, and the stratum cornea of the skin. Many complex sphingolipids, as well as simpler sphingoid bases and derivatives, are highly bioactive as extra- and intracellular regulators of growth, differentiation, migration, survival, senescence, and numerous cellular responses to stress. This book reviews exciting new developments in sphingolipid biology/sphingolipidology that challenge our understanding of how multicellular organisms grow, develop, function, age, and die. Part 1: Overview.- Sphingolipids Synthesis, Transport and Cellular Signaling Serine Palmitoyltransferase.- Part 2: Biosynthesis, Transport of Sphingolipids.- Serine Palmitoyltransferase.- Ceramide Synthase.- Dihydroceramide: Sphinganine D 4-Desaturase and C4-Hydroxylase.- Metabolizing Enzymes Such As Sphingomyelin Synthase Induce Cell Death by Increasing Ceramide Content.- Glucosylceramide and Galactosylceramide Synthase.- Synthesis, Metabolism, and Trans-Bilayer Movement of Long-Chain Base.- Molecular Mechanism of Ceramide Trafficking from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Golgi Apparatus in Mammalian Cells.- Sphingolipid Trafficking.- Current Perspectives on Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sphingolipids.- Part 3: Generation and Degradation of Sphingolipid Signaling Molecules.- Generation of Signaling Molecules by de novo Sphingolipid Synthesis.- Overview of Acid and Neutral Sphingomyelinases in Cell Signaling.- Neutral Ceramidase as an Integral Modulator for the Generation of S1P and S1P-Mediated Signaling.- Activation of Sphingosine Kinase 1.- Ceramide 1-Phosphate.- Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Lyase.- Part 4: Membrane Domain and Biological Function.- Close Interrelationship of Sphingomyelinase and Caveolin in Triton X-100-Insoluble Membrane Microdomains.- Roles of Membrane Domains in the Signaling Pathway for B Cell Survival.- The Role of Lipid Rafts in Axon Growth and Guidance.- Sphingolipids and Multidrug Resistance of Cancer Cells.- Part 5: Membrane Lipid Domain and Human Pathobiology.- A New Pathological Feature of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diadetes: Involvement of Ganglioside GM3 and Membrane Microdomains.- Neuronal Cell Death in Glycosphingolipidoses.- Endocytic Trafficking of Glycosphingolipids in Sphingolipidoses.- Ganglioside and Alzheimer's