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- noun biochemistry a
phospholipid , derived fromsphingosine andcholine , found innerve tissue
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Adams CP, Opsahl S, Septier D, Bishop CE, et al. (2005) A deletion in the gene encoding sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 3 (Smpd3) results in osteogenesis and dentinogenesis imperfecta in the mouse.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010
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However, unlike what is the case in the vast majority of OI cases, fro/fro mice do not display any detectable collagen synthesis defect, thereby suggesting that sphingomyelin degradation may be a key factor regulating formation and mineralization of the bone matrix, independent of collagen production
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010
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Plasma sphingomyelin was analyzed using a commercial kit (Cayman Chemical, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yasushi Noguchi et al. 2010
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I. Consumption of human complement associated with the reaction of C-reactive protein with pneumococcal C-polysaccharide and with the choline phosphatides, lecithin and sphingomyelin.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alvaro Cervera et al. 2010
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Membrane structures that require choline include phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin.
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F, Chevy F, Rolland C, Barbaras R, et al. (2002) Coupled assay of sphingomyelin and ceramide molecular species by gas liquid chromatography.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yasushi Noguchi et al. 2010
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Albi E, Cataldi S, Villani M, Perrella G. Nuclear phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin metabolism of thyroid cells changes during stratospheric balloon flight.
SpaceRef Top Stories 2010
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Many of these foods contain not only choline itself, but also other forms of the vitamin including lecithin (phosphatidylcholine) and sphingomyelin.
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A parallel biochemical study of liver lipids revealed a near normalization of the levels of unesterified cholesterol and sphingomyelin, as well as of bis (monoacylglycero) phosphate (BMP) and neutral glycolipids (glucosylceramide and lactosylceramide) in chronic CD-treated
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cristin D. Davidson et al. 2009
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BMP: bis (monoacylglycero) phosphate; Sph: sphingomyelin.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cristin D. Davidson et al. 2009
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