Systemic ceramide accumulation leads to severe and varied pathological consequences

AM Alayoubi, JCM Wang, BCY Au… - EMBO molecular …, 2013 - embopress.org
Farber disease (FD) is a severe inherited disorder of lipid metabolism characterized by
deficient lysosomal acid ceramidase (ACDase) activity, resulting in ceramide accumulation …

Role of ceramides in the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and its complications

N Mandal, R Grambergs, K Mondal, SK Basu… - Journal of Diabetes and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a systemic metabolic disease that affects 463 million adults
worldwide and is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, blindness, nephropathy …

[HTML][HTML] S-acylation of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: Mechanistic dissection, in vitro reconstitution and role in viral infectivity

R Puthenveetil, CM Lun, RE Murphy, LB Healy… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
S-acylation, also known as palmitoylation, is the most widely prevalent form of protein
lipidation, whereby long-chain fatty acids get attached to cysteine residues facing the …

Ceramide is the key mediator of oxidative stress‐induced apoptosis in retinal photoreceptor cells

N Sanvicens, TG Cotter - Journal of neurochemistry, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species play a critical role in photoreceptor apoptosis.
However, the exact molecular mechanisms triggered by oxidative stress in photoreceptor …

Sphingolipid signaling and redox regulation

JS Won, I Singh - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Sphingolipids including ceramide and its derivatives such as ceramide-1-phosphate,
glycosyl-ceramide, and sphinogosine (-1-phosphate) are now recognized as novel …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 infection: lysosomes and lysosomotropism implicate new treatment strategies and personal risks

M Blaess, L Kaiser, M Sauer, R Csuk… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In line with SARS and MERS, the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic is one of the largest
challenges in medicine and health care worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19 …

Identification of inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 3CL-pro enzymatic activity using a small molecule in vitro repurposing screen

M Kuzikov, E Costanzi, J Reinshagen… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Compound repurposing is an important strategy for the identification of effective treatment
options against SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 disease. In this regard, SARS-CoV-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Role of ceramide in diabetes mellitus: evidence and mechanisms

S Galadari, A Rahman, S Pallichankandy… - Lipids in health and …, 2013 - Springer
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease with multiple complications that causes serious
diseases over the years. The condition leads to severe economic consequences and is …

High-throughput activity assay for screening inhibitors of the SARS-CoV-2 Mac1 macrodomain

M Dasovich, J Zhuo, JA Goodman, A Thomas… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Macrodomains are a class of conserved ADP-ribosylhydrolases expressed by viruses of
pandemic concern, including coronaviruses and alphaviruses. Viral macrodomains are …

Penicillin derivatives inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 main protease by reaction with its nucleophilic cysteine

TR Malla, L Brewitz, DG Muntean… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) is a medicinal chemistry target for COVID-19
treatment. Given the clinical efficacy of β-lactams as inhibitors of bacterial nucleophilic …