ceramide as a second messenger

[Dayanidhi Raman]

kddo at wsuhub.uc.twsu.edu writes:
Read Yusuf Hannun's articles and reviews.  It is mostly in J.Biol.Chem.  There are some from Kolesnick's lab too. Good luck!
>Is there anyone familiar with the recently identified intracellular
>sphingomyelin signal transduction pathway involving ceramide as a second
>messenger?  I would greatly appreciate any info offered about the mechanism &
>function of this pathway, and if possible, its role in the initiation of
>apoptosis.	Thankyou.