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    Bacterial Infections and Ceramide

    Ceramide is released from sphingomyelin primarily by the activity of acid, neutral, or alkaline sphingomyelinases or is synthesized de novo. Several bacteria, viruses, and even parasites infect mammalian cells...

    Heike Grassmé, Katrin Anne Becker in Sphingolipids in Disease (2013)

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    Ceramide-Enriched Membrane Domains in Infectious Biology and Development

    Ceramide has been shown to be critically involved in multiple biological processes, for instance induction of apoptosis after ligation of death receptors or application of gamma-irradiation or UV-A light, resp...

    Katrin Anne Becker, Alexandra Gellhaus, Elke Winterhager in Lipids in Health and Disease (2008)