Words similar to phospholipids
- phosphoenolpyruvate
- phosphogluconate
- phosphoimager
- phosphoinositide
- phospholipase
- phospholipase-like
- phospholipases
- phospholipid
- phospholipid-binding
- phospholipids
- phosphomoesin
- phosphomolybdate
- phosphonacetyl-
- phosphonate
- phosphopantetheine
- phosphopeptide
- phosphor
- phosphor-
- phosphorimager
- phosphorimaging
Example sentences for: phospholipids
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Peroxisomes shorten chains of very long fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids and branched fatty acids by β-oxidation [ 60 61 ] . They play critical roles in synthesis of ether phospholipids and cholesterol [ 62 63 ] . Peroxisomal abundance is associated with high membrane demand such as myelination in the central nervous system [ 64 65 ] and peroxisome diseases result in defective myelination [ 66 ] . Because the outer mitochondrial membrane normally tightly wraps around mitochondria, the extension of the outer membrane during vacuolation requires new membranes.
The fatty acid composition of serum phospholipids is known to reflect the phospholipid composition of cell membranes [ 10 ] . Because the fatty acid composition of membrane phospholipids is a major determinant of membrane fluidity and function [ 11 ] , any alteration in fatty acid composition of membrane phospholipids could contribute to the red cell abnormalities seen in SCD, such as cation imbalance, dehydration, reduced deformability and hypercoagulability [ 12 13 ] .
In a previous study of the fatty acid composition of the serum phospholipids of children with SCD and healthy controls that we conducted in Nigeria [ 8 ] , we found that the serum phospholipids of SCD patients and controls had comparable levels of linoleic and α-linolenic acid.
Two important determinants of membrane fluidity are the cholesterol content and the proportions of the fatty acids that comprise the phospholipids of membranes.
The altered fatty acid composition in both the serum and red cell phospholipids of the SCD subjects we studied may be due to several causes.
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