Lactosylceramides
"Lactosylceramides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Glycosphingolipids which contain as their polar head group a lactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramide. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in lactosylceramide beta-galactosidase, is the cause of lactosylceramidosis.
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D007790
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.313.612 D09.400.410.420.525.200.612 D10.390.470.675.200.612 D10.570.877.360.612.200.612
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactosylceramides" by people in Profiles.
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Mitsnefes M, Scherer PE, Friedman LA, Gordillo R, Furth S, Warady BA. Ceramides and cardiac function in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2014 Mar; 29(3):415-22.