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ArticleCancers2021

C6 Ceramide (d18:1/6:0) as a Novel Treatment of Cutaneous T Cell Lymphoma.

Raphael Wilhelm, Timon Eckes, Gergely Imre, Stefan Kippenberger, Markus Meissner, Dominique Thomas, Sandra Trautmann, Jean-Philippe Merlio, Edith Chevret, Roland Kaufmann and 3 more

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Raphael WilhelmDepartment of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6854-1917
Timon EckesDepartment of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0156-8840
Gergely ImreDepartment of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Stefan KippenbergerDepartment of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Markus MeissnerDepartment of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5630-587X
Dominique ThomasDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4153-3669
Sandra TrautmannDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jean-Philippe MerlioCutaneous Lymphoma Oncogenesis Team, INSERM U1053 Bordeaux Research in Translational Oncology, Bordeaux University, 33076 Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0305-0850
Edith ChevretCutaneous Lymphoma Oncogenesis Team, INSERM U1053 Bordeaux Research in Translational Oncology, Bordeaux University, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
Roland KaufmannDepartment of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Josef PfeilschifterDepartment of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Alexander KochDepartment of General Pharmacology and Toxicology, Goethe University Hospital and Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Manuel JägerDepartment of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Goethe University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEInserm · FR

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) SFB 1039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCLs) represent a heterogeneous group of T cell lymphomas that primarily affect the skin. The most frequent forms of CTCL are mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome. Both are characterized by frequent recurrence, developing chronic conditions and high mortality with a lack of a curative treatment. In this study, we evaluated the effect of short-chain, cell-permeable C6 Ceramide (C6Cer) on CTCL cell lines and keratinocytes. C6Cer significantly reduced cell viability of CTCL cell lines and induced cell death via apoptosis and necrosis. In contrast, primary human keratinocytes and HaCaT keratinocytes were less affected by C6Cer. Both keratinocyte cell lines showed higher expressions of ceramide catabolizing enzymes and HaCaT keratinocytes were able to metabolize C6Cer faster and more efficiently than CTCL cell lines, which might explain the observed protective effects. Along with other existing skin-directed therapies, C6Cer could be a novel well-tolerated drug for the topical treatment of CTCL.

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C6 ceramidecutaneous T cell lymphomashort-chain ceramideskin

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PMID33450826
PMCPMC7828274
OpenAlexW3121098615

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