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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPHINGOMYELIN

From sphingo-, from Greek sphingein to bind + myelin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPHINGOMYELIN

sphingomyelin  [ˌsfɪŋɡəʊˈmaɪəlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPHINGOMYELIN

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Sphingomyelin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPHINGOMYELIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sphingomyelin

Sphingomyelin is a type of sphingolipid found in animal cell membranes, especially in the membranous myelin sheath that surrounds some nerve cell axons. It usually consists of phosphocholine and ceramide, or a phosphoethanolamine head group; therefore, sphingomyelins can also be classified as sphingophospholipids. In humans, SPH represents ~85% of all sphingolipids, and typically make up 10-20 mol % of plasma membrane lipids. Discovered in the 1880s, sphingomyelin was first isolated by Johann L.W. Thudicum. The structure of sphingomyelin was first reported in 1927 as N-acyl-sphingosine-1-phosphorylcholine. Sphingomyelin content in mammals ranges from 2 to 15% in most tissues, with higher concentrations found in nerve tissues, red blood cells, and the ocular lenses. Sphingomyelin has significant structural and functional roles in the cell. It is a plasma membrane component and participates in many signaling pathways. The metabolism of sphingomyelin creates many products that play significant roles in the cell.

Definition of sphingomyelin in the English dictionary

The definition of sphingomyelin in the dictionary is any of a group of phospholipids, derived from sphingosine, that occur in biological membranes, being especially abundant in the brain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPHINGOMYELIN


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əˈdrɛnəlɪn
adrenaline
əˈdrɛnəlɪn
capelin
ˈkæpəlɪn
chamberlain
ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn
conchiolin
kɒŋˈkaɪəlɪn
etiolin
ˈiːtɪəlɪn
formalin
ˈfɔːməlɪn
Hamelin
ˈhæməlɪn
hyalin
ˈhaɪəlɪn
hyaline
ˈhaɪəlɪn
kaolin
ˈkeɪəlɪn
kaoline
ˈkeɪəlɪn
luteolin
ˈluːtɪəlɪn
madeleine
ˈmædəlɪn
magdalen
ˈmæɡdəlɪn
naphthalene
ˈnæfθəlɪn
ptyalin
ˈtaɪəlɪn
Ritalin
ˈrɪtəlɪn
trampoline
ˈtræmpəlɪn
zeppelin
ˈzɛpəlɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPHINGOMYELIN

spherule
spherulite
spherulitic
sphery
sphincter
sphincteral
sphincterial
sphincteric
sphinges
sphingid
sphingosine
sphinx
sphinx moth
sphinxlike
sphragistic
sphragistics
sphygmic
sphygmogram
sphygmograph
sphygmographic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPHINGOMYELIN

bromelin
ermelin
ghrelin
glutelin
Gobelin
gridelin
javelin
Led Zeppelin
Michelin
myelin
Pied Piper of Hamelin
ravelin
tattie-peelin
the javelin
yeelin

Synonyms and antonyms of sphingomyelin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sphingomyelin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPHINGOMYELIN

Find out the translation of sphingomyelin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sphingomyelin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sphingomyelin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鞘磷脂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esfingomielina
570 millions of speakers

English

sphingomyelin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sphingomyelin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شحام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сфингомиелин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sphingomyelin
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sphingomyelin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sphingomyéline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sphingomyelin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sphingomyelin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スフィンゴミエリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스 핑고 미엘린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sphingomyelin
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sphingomyelin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sphingomyelin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पिंगोमायलीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sfingomiyelin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfingomielina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sfingomielina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сфингомиелин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfingomielina
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σφιγκομυελίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sfingomeïelien
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sfingomyelin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sfingomyelin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sphingomyelin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPHINGOMYELIN»

The term «sphingomyelin» is regularly used and occupies the 89.621 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPHINGOMYELIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sphingomyelin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPHINGOMYELIN»

Discover the use of sphingomyelin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sphingomyelin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Phospholipids
CHAPTER 4 Sphingomyelin: metabolism, chemical synthesis, chemical and physical properties YECHEZKEL BARENHOLZ and SHIMON GATT Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel 1.
John Nigel Hawthorne, 1982
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Principles of Orthomolecularism
PDGF induces sphingomyelin hydrolysis to ceramide (by sphingomyelinase), which is further metabolised (by ceramidase and sphingosine kinase) to sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate. TNF-α activates only sphingomyelinase that ...
R. A. S. Hemat, 2003
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Advances in Cholesterol Research
Thus, in a cosonicated vesicle of POPC and SSP where sphingomyelin is the higher melting component, the fluorescent sterol does not show a preferential interaction with the sphingomyelin. Instead, the cholestatrienol preferentially interacts ...
Mojtaba Esfahani, John B. Swaney, 1990
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Sphingolipids as Signaling and Regulatory Molecules
However, in vitro studies of primary hip- pocampal neurons from GCS deficient mice showed defects in neurite outgrowth in culture.54,55 Sphingomyelin Synthesis The most abundant complex sphingolipids in mammalian cells are the  ...
Charles Chalfant, Maurizio Del Poeta, 2011
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Bioactive Components of Milk
Important sphingolipids include sphingomyelin, gluco- sylceramide, and lactosylceramide, while lysophosphatidylcholine and phosphatidic acid are rarely detected (Christie et al., 1987). Sphingolipids are a class of phospholipids containing a ...
Zsuzsanna Bosze, 2007
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Apoptotis: Pharmacological Implications and Therapeutic ...
of glycerophospholipids in mitogenic pathways, the sphingomyelin cycle was identified [2]. The sphingomyelin cycle is activated when the binding of an extracellular ligand to its receptor activates a sphingomyelinase, which hydrolyzes ...
‎1997
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Springer Handbook of Enzymes
... 30-31, 33, 40, 42] Km-Value (mM) 0.00059 <5> (sphingomyelin) [43] 0.024 <3> (sphingomyelin) [9] 0.025 <3> (sphingomyelin) [14, 33-34] 0.027 <6> (2-n- hexadecanoylamino-4-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine) [10] 0.032 <3> ( sphingomyelin) ...
Dietmar Schomburg, Ida Schomburg, 2003
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Myelin
Table 3 Distribution and Half-Lives of C18:Sphingomyelin and C24: Sphingomyelin in Microsomes and Myelin of Rat Brain Microsomes Myelin % of total t]/2 % of total ti/2 sphingomyelin (days) sphingomyelin (days) CI Sphingomyelin 82 14 36 ...
Russell E. Martenson, 1992
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Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Third Edition
Robert E.C. Wildman, Robert Wildman, Taylor C. Wallace. oil, etc.) that contain very low amounts of sphingolipids. Sphingomyelin supplementation at 0.1% of the diet (wt/wt) reduced the number of aberrant colonic crypt foci (an early marker of ...
Robert E.C. Wildman, Robert Wildman, Taylor C. Wallace, 2000
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Transmembrane Dynamics of Lipids
There, ceramide has to cross the Golgi membrane to reach the sphingomyelin synthase SMS1, which is situated with its active center on the lumenal side [58,59 ] of the trans-Golgi [33]. It is not fully clear to what extent sphingomyelin is limited  ...
Philippe Devaux, Andreas Herrmann, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPHINGOMYELIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sphingomyelin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Imaging lipid rafts reveals some surprises
Artist's rendering of the distribution of sphingomyelin (red spheres with yellow heads) in a lipid raft. (Image: Mikiko Sodeoka, RIKEN Synthetic Organic Chemistry ... «Nanowerk, Jul 15»
2
Genetic Underpinnings of Intermediate Phenotypes in Psychosis
... networks, including neurogenesis-axon guidance and cell adhesion, and metabolic networks, including lysophosphatidylserine and sphingomyelin pathways. «Psychiatric Times, Jul 15»
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Genzyme kicks off paediatric trial of olipudase alfa
... Niemann-Pick disease type B), a serious and life-threatening disorder caused by insufficient activity of the enzyme ASM, which leads to sphingomyelin toxicity. «PharmaTimes, Jun 15»
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Healthcare Stocks in Actions: Sanofi (NYSE:SNY), Eli Lilly and …
... and life-threatening disorder caused by insufficient activity of the enzyme acid sphingomyelinase (ASM), which results in toxic accumulation of sphingomyelin. «StreetWise Report, Jun 15»
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Genzyme nabs breakthrough designation for rare enzyme disorder
Genzyme's drug is designed to replace the enzyme, which metabolizes sphingomyelin. When sphingomyelin is not processed properly it accumulates in the ... «BioPharma Dive, Jun 15»
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Pre-Market Stocks Roundup: Novogen (NASDAQ:NVGN), Sanofi SA …
Supplementing the defective or deficient native enzyme with olipudase alfa allows for the breakdown of sphingomyelin, whose accumulation is responsible for ... «wsnewspublishers, Jun 15»
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Nuclear techniques confirm unique biology of human eye lens
The lipid, a sphingomyelin, is more abundant than another type of phospholipid in the human lens. Lipids in the core of the nucleus are as old as the lens itself. «Phys.Org, May 15»
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TREM2 function in microglia
... disease (AD)-associated variant (TREM2 R47H) exhibits defective recognition of anionic lipids, such as phosphatidylserine, sulfatides and sphingomyelin, that ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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DEGS2 polymorphism associated with cognition in schizophrenia is …
Sphingomyelin consists of a ceramide with phosphocholine, and is a type of sphingolipid found in animal cell membranes, especially in the membranous myelin ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Genzyme Presents Data from its Phase 1b Program for Niemann …
This enzyme is found in special compartments within cells called lysosomes and is required to metabolize a lipid called sphingomyelin. If ASM is absent or not ... «Business Wire, Feb 15»

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