Ceramide Signaling

Foreword.- Preface.- Color Plates.- 1. Insights into the Modulation ofCeramide Metabolism by Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Sphingolipid Analogs as Monitored by Eleetrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry.- 2. Ceramide in Apoptosis: Possible Biophysical Foundations ofAction.- 21. Ceramide-Mediated Receptor Clustering.- 4. Ceramidases: Regulators of Turnover of Ceramide and Ceramide-Mediated Responses.- 5. MolecularEvolutionof Neutral Ceramidase: From Bacteriato Mammals.- 6. The Roleof Serine/Threonine Protein Phosphatases in Ceramide Signaling.- 7. Kinase Suppressorof Ras as a Ceramide-Activated Protein Kinase.- 8. Ceramide in Apoptosis: The FANThesis, Not a Fantasy.- 9. The Cross-Talk Between Nitric Oxide and Ceramide and Its Role in Apoptosis Regulation.- 10. Crosstalk of Ceramide with Cell Survival Signaling.- 11. Ceramide in the Regulation of Neuronal Development: Two Faces of a Lipid.- 12. Neurons, Neurotrophins and Ceramide Signaling: Do Domains and Pores Contribute to the Dichotomy?.- 13. Ceramide Signaling in Cannabinoid Action.- 14. Ceramide Glycosylation and Chemotherapy Resistance.- 15. Ceramide in Serum Lipoproteins: Function and Regulation of Metabolism.- 16. Therapeutic Implications of Ceramide-Regulated Signaling Cascades.