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Meaning of "sphingomyelin"

Sphingomyelin is a type of complex lipid found in cell membranes, particularly in the nervous system. It plays a role in cell signaling and membrane stability
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  • a phospholipid, derived from sphingosine and choline, found in nerve tissue

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These phospholipids include sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine.
Sphingomyelin is a preferred sphingolipid of the present invention.
The lipid comprises sphingomyelin and cholesterol.
Sphingomyelin alone had no effect on tumor growth.
The major phospholipids were phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin.
Hydrolysis of sphingomyelin is catalyzed by the enzyme sphingomyelinase.
The present composition preferably comprises sphingomyelin.
Sphingomyelin is a major phospholipid component of cell membranes.
Preferably the nutritional composition comprises sphingomyelin.
Use of sphingomyelin for the treatment of influenza.
Polar lipids preferably also comprise sphingomyelin.
It also acts on sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol.
The sphingolipid can be ceramide or a sphingomyelin.
Reducing plasma membrane sphingomyelin increases insulin sensitivity.
Sphingomyelin is probably absent from microorganisms and plants.

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Preferably the glycosphingolipid is sphingomyelin or products derived therefrom.
The sphingomyelin content is preferably established by chromatographic methods.
The liposomes used comprised sphingomyelin and cholesterol.
Tissue sphingomyelin levels were quantitated as follows.
This fraction was lyophilized to obtain a sphingomyelin raw material.
Sphingomyelin with estimated chemical composition.
These structures have the trivial name of sphingomyelin.
Preferably the sphingolipid is sphingomyelin or products derived from sphingomyelin.
Preferably the composition that is to be administered comprises sphingomyelin.
Another possibility is to use sphingomyelinase to convert sphingomyelin into ceramide.
Reverse hydrolysis of the ceramide can give rise to a sphingomyelin.
Sphingomyelin breakdown is responsible for initiating many universal signaling pathways.
Discloses liposomes comprising sphingomyelin.
Sphingomyelin synthase is responsible for the production of sphingomyelin from ceramide.
An example of another phospholipid is sphingomyelin.
Sphingomyelin is ceramide phosphorylcholine.
Can be broken down in the brain into cholineand sphingomyelin.
Serum sphingomyelin levels then increase until supranormal levels are attained.
It is an advantage to use said natural sources of sialic acid and sphingomyelin.
The sphingomyelin can be any other sphingomyelin known in the art.
The use of liposomes comprising a mixture of sphingomyelin and cholesterol is not disclosed.
Sphingomyelin was hydrolyzed by the bacterial enzyme to yield ceramide and phosphorylcholine.
It has been discovered that sphingomyelin plays a significant role in cell signaling pathways.
Sphingomyelin is compartmentalized into two distinct pools in the plasma membrane.
This indicates the effect of sphingomyelin to prevent infection with an influenza virus.
Sphingomyelin inhibited the microsomal deacylase but not the lysosomal deacylase.
Phospholipids are in the present invention defined as the sum of sphingomyelin and glycerophospholipids.
The amount of sphingomyelin and cholesterol was negligible in the control formula.
Sphingolipids are in the present invention defined as the sum of sphingomyelin and glycosphingolipids.
Preferably the sphingomyelin is derived from milk or a whey protein concentrate.
Phospholipids derived from non human mammalian milk comprises glycerophospholipids and sphingomyelin.
It is also known that sphingomyelin is slightly contained in food such as yolk.
Another embodiment of the present invention concerns the conjugation of oligonucleotides with sphingomyelin derivatives.
Sphingomyelin is one of the main structural lipids within nervous tissue membranes.
Lysenin monomer shows three different sphingomyelin binding motifs in the receptor binding domain.

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