Sphingomyelin Synthase 1 (SMS1) Downregulation Is Associated With Sphingolipid Reprogramming and a Worse Prognosis in Melanoma

Sphingolipid (SL) metabolism alterations have been frequently reported in cancer including in melanoma, a bad-prognosis skin cancer. In normal cells, de novo synthesized ceramide is mainly converted to sphingomyelin (SM), the most abundant SL, by sphingomyelin synthase 1 (SMS1) and, albeit to a less...

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Main Authors: Fatima Bilal, Anne Montfort, Julia Gilhodes, Virginie Garcia, Joëlle Riond, Stéphane Carpentier, Thomas Filleron, Céline Colacios, Thierry Levade, Ahmad Daher, Nicolas Meyer, Nathalie Andrieu-Abadie, Bruno Ségui
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2019.00443/full