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Niemann–Pick type C (NPC) disease is a fatal complex neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by genetic mutations in the proteins NPC1 (95% of patients) or NPC2 that decrease intracellular cholesterol trafficking, resulting in accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and sphingolipids in lysosomal storage organelles. Unfortunately, treatment options for NPC disease are still very limited,...
Sphingolipids have been implicated in various cellular processes including growth, cell-cell or ligand-receptor interactions, and differentiation. In addition to their importance as reservoirs of metabolites with important signaling properties, sphingolipids also help provide structural order to plasma membrane lipids and proteins within the bilayer. Glycosylated sphingolipids, and sphingomyelin in...
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