Definition of "sphingolipids" []

• Plural form of sphingolipid. (noun)

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• "The study, published last week in PloS One, a Public Library of Science journal, found for the first time an elevation of a particular type called sphingolipids in those with Alzheimer's."
• "The four diseases, all of which are caused by mutations that affect the cell's management of chemicals known as sphingolipids, are Tay-Sachs, Niemann-Pick, Gaucher, and mucolipidosis type IV."
• "Most of the dozen or so disease genes that are common in them belong to one of two types: they are involved either in the storage in nerve cells of special fats called sphingolipids, which form part of the insulating outer sheaths that allow nerve cells to transmit electrical signals, or in DNA repair."