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SUBMITTER: Stiles M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4847629 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stiles Megan M Qi Hui H Sun Eleanor E Tan Jeremy J Porter Hunter H Allegood Jeremy J Chalfant Charles E CE Yasumura Douglas D Matthes Michael T MT LaVail Matthew M MM Mandal Nawajes A NA
Journal of lipid research 20160305 5
Retinal degeneration (RD) affects millions of people and is a major cause of ocular impairment and blindness. With a wide range of mutations and conditions leading to degeneration, targeting downstream processes is necessary for developing effective treatments. Ceramide and sphingosine-1-phosphate, a pair of bioactive sphingolipids, are involved in apoptosis and its prevention, respectively. Apoptotic cell death is a potential driver of RD, and in order to understand the mechanism of degeneratio ...[more]