Glycosphingolipids
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Glycosphingolipids. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Glycosphingolipids.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Acidic Glycosphingolipids - A subclass of GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS containing large polar heads made up of several sugar units. One or...
Ceramides - Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They ...
Cerebrosides - Neutral glycosphingolipids that contain a monosaccharide, normally glucose or galactose, in 1-ortho-...
G(M1) Ganglioside - A specific monosialoganglioside that accumulates abnormally within the nervous system due to a defic...
G(M2) Ganglioside - A glycosphingolipid that accumulates due to a deficiency of hexosaminidase A or B (BETA-N-ACETYLHEXO...
G(M3) Ganglioside - A ganglioside present in abnormally large amounts in the brain and liver due to a deficient biosynth...
Galactosylceramides - Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a galactose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage ...
Gangliosides - A subclass of ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS. They contain one or more sialic acid (N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC AC...
Globosides - Glycosphingolipids containing N-acetylglucosamine (paragloboside) or N-acetylgalactosamine (globosid...
Glucosylceramides - Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a glucose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to...
Glycosphingolipids - Lipids containing at least one monosaccharide residue and either a sphingoid or a ceramide (CERAMIDE...
Lactosylceramides - Glycosphingolipids which contain as their polar head group a lactose moiety bound in glycosidic link...
Neutral Glycosphingolipids - A subclass of GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS containing one or more sugars within their head group connected dir...
Psychosine - An intermediate in the biosynthesis of cerebrosides. It is formed by reaction of sphingosine with UD...
Sphingomyelins - A class of sphingolipids found largely in the brain and other nervous tissue. They contain phosphoch...
Sulfoglycosphingolipids - GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS with a sulfate group esterified to one of the sugar groups....
Trihexosylceramides - Glycosphingolipids which contain as their polar head group a trisaccharide (galactose-galactose-gluc...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
