title: Ceramide in apoptosis: a revisited role.
abstract: The sphingolipid ceramide has recently emerged as a new transducer or modulator of apoptotic cell death. This function, however, has recently been challenged. Here, in the light of recent observations, the role of ceramide in apoptosis signaling is discussed.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.466, Laboratoire de Biochimie, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France. levade@toulouse.inserm.fr
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Levade
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malagarie-Cazenave
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gouazé
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ségui
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tardy
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Betito
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Andrieu-Abadie
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cuvillier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D002518:Ceramides / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002518:Ceramides