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sulfatide

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sulfatide /sul·fa·tide/ (sul´fah-tīd) any of a class of cerebroside sulfuric esters; they are found largely in the medullated nerve fibers and may accumulate in metachromatic leukodystrophy.
sulfatide [sul´fah-tīd]
any of a class of cerebroside sulfuric esters.

sulfatide
any of a class of cerebroside sulfuric esters.


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The study identified sulfatide as a possible target of the immune attack.
Subjects covered include the biochemical diagnosis of Gaucher disease, modulation of fatty acid molecular species in sulfatide and its precursor, the role of gangliosides in cellular interactions with microbe and immune cell activation, and the importance of gangliosides in mast cell biology.
Cellular and humoral immune reaction against a variety of neural cell antigens, such as myelin basic protein, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein, myelin associated glycoprotein, ganglioside, sulfatide, and many other self-antigens, may result in a neuroimmune disorder including interference with neurotransmission.
 
 
 
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