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SUBMITTER: Koike K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322006 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koike Kengo K Berdyshev Evgeny V EV Bowler Russell P RP Scruggs April K AK Cao Danting D Schweitzer Kelly S KS Serban Karina A KA Petrache Irina I
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 20181201 Suppl 4
A better understanding of the pathogenesis of distinct chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotypes will improve diagnostic and therapeutic options for this common disease. We present evidence that sphingolipids such as ceramides are involved in the emphysema pathogenesis. Whereas distinct ceramide species cause cell death by apoptosis and necroptosis, cell adaptation leads to accumulation of other sphingolipid metabolites that extend cell survival by triggering autophagy. Cigarette s ...[more]