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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Loss of dihydroceramide desaturase drives neurodegeneration by disrupting endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplet homeostasis in glial cells.

Yuqing Zhu, Kevin Cho, Haluk Lacin, Yi Zhu, Jose T DiPaola, Beth A Wilson, Gary J Patti, James B Skeath

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuqing ZhuDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Kevin ChoDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Haluk LacinDivision of Biological and Biomedical Systems, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2468-9618
Yi ZhuDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Jose T DiPaolaDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Beth A WilsonDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Gary J PattiDepartment of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
James B SkeathDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 4523 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City · US

Funding

Washington University Center for Cellular ImagingP30CA091842 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TIMOTHY J. EBERLEIN · 2001 to 2026
$128.0M
WU P&FP30DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Jennifer Lynn Powers Carson · 2013 to 2026
$27.1M
THE ROLE OF ADAMTS-A IN REGULATING CNS STRUCTURE AND RESTRICTING CELL MIGRATIONR01NS036570 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SKEATH, JAMES BENJAMIN · 1997 to 2021
$6.4M
Developmental and Genetic Basis of Neural Circuit Formation and BehaviorR01NS122903 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Haluk Lacin · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA091842NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020579NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036570NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122903
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dihydroceramide desaturases convert dihydroceramides to ceramides, the precursors of all complex sphingolipids. Reduction of DEGS1 dihydroceramide desaturase function causes pediatric neurodegenerative disorder hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-18 (HLD-18). We discovered that

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ceramideDEGS1endoplasmic reticulumglialeukodystrophylipid dropletneurodegenerationsphingolipids

Identifiers

PMID38260379
PMCPMC10802327
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