Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase
"Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin to ceramide (N-acylsphingosine) plus choline phosphate. A defect in this enzyme leads to NIEMANN-PICK DISEASE. EC 3.1.4.12.
| Descriptor ID |
D013108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.352.640.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase- Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase
- Sphingomyelin Cleaving Enzyme
- Sphingomyelinase C
- Sphingomyelinase
- Sphingomyelin Cholinephosphohydrolase
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase" by people in Profiles.
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Acid Sphingomyelinase Regulates AdipoRon-Induced Differentiation of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells via TFEB Activation. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Feb 27; 26(5).
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Endothelial Acid Sphingomyelinase Promotes NLRP3 Inflammasome and Neointima Formation During Hypercholesterolemia. J Lipid Res. 2022 Dec; 63(12):100298.
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Acid Sphingomyelinase Contributes to the Control of Mycobacterial Infection via a Signaling Cascade Leading from Reactive Oxygen Species to Cathepsin D. Cells. 2020 Nov 03; 9(11).
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Contribution of p62/SQSTM1 to PDGF-BB-induced myofibroblast-like phenotypic transition in vascular smooth muscle cells lacking Smpd1 gene. Cell Death Dis. 2018 11 19; 9(12):1145.
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Endothelial NLRP3 inflammasome activation and arterial neointima formation associated with acid sphingomyelinase during hypercholesterolemia. Redox Biol. 2017 Oct; 13:336-344.
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Regulation of dynein-mediated autophagosomes trafficking by ASM in CASMCs. Front Biosci (Landmark Ed). 2016 Jan 01; 21(4):696-706.