Foreword: Special Issue on Sphingolipids Dedicated to Professor Guido Tettamanti Sandro Sonnino OriginalPaper Pages: 535 - 538
Mimicking Gangliosides by Design: Mimics of GM1 Headgroup Anna BernardiDaniela ArosioSandro Sonnino OriginalPaper Pages: 539 - 545
Biochemical and Structural Information Transduction at the Mesoscopic Level in Biointerfaces Containing Sphingolipids Bruno MaggioMaria L. FananiRafael G. Oliveira OriginalPaper Pages: 547 - 557
Cooperative Behavior of Ganglioside Molecules in Model Systems Paola BroccaLaura CantùAntonio Raudino OriginalPaper Pages: 559 - 563
The Role of Sphingolipids in Neuronal Development: Lessons from Models of Sphingolipid Storage Diseases Rosaria BuccolieroJacques BodennecAnthony H. Futerman OriginalPaper Pages: 565 - 574
Cationic Glycosphingolipids in Neuronal Tissues and Their Possible Biological Significance Toshiyuki HikitaKeiko Tadano-AritomiSenitiroh Hakomori OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 581
Gangliosides with O-Acetylated Sialic Acids in Tumors of Neuroectodermal Origin Guido KohlaEggert StockflethRoland Schauer OriginalPaper Pages: 583 - 592
Carbohydrate Structural Units in Glycosphingolipids as Receptors for Gal and GalNAc Reactive Lectins Albert M. Wu OriginalPaper Pages: 593 - 600
Ceramide in Apoptosis: A Revisited Role Thierry LevadeSophie Malagarie-CazenaveOlivier Cuvillier OriginalPaper Pages: 601 - 607
Ceramide Regulation of Apoptosis versus Differentiation: A Walk on a Fine Line. Lessons from Neurobiology Chiara LubertoJacqueline M. KravekaYusuf A. Hannun OriginalPaper Pages: 609 - 617
Lysophospholipid Receptors in the Nervous System Rachelle E. TomanSarah Spiegel OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 627
Understanding the Stepwise Synthesis of Glycolipids Hugo J. F. MaccioniClaudio G. GiraudoJosé Luis Daniotti OriginalPaper Pages: 629 - 636
Ganglioside Function in Calcium Homeostasis and Signaling Robert W. LedeenGusheng Wu OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 647
Recent Development in Mammalian Sialidase Molecular Biology Eugenio MontiAugusto PretiGiuseppe Borsani OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 663
Sphingolipids in Neuroblastoma: Their Role in Drug Resistance Mechanisms Hannie SietsmaAnne Jan DijkhuisJan Willem Kok OriginalPaper Pages: 665 - 674
A New Aspect in Glycolipid Biology: Glycosphingolipids as Antigens Recognized by T Lymphocytes G. De LiberoA. DondaL. Mori OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 685
The Origin of Anti-GM1 Antibodies in Neuropathies: The “Binding Site Drift” Hypothesis Pablo H. H. LopezRicardo D. LardoneGustavo A. Nores OriginalPaper Pages: 687 - 695
Complex Gangliosides as Autoantibody Targets at the Neuromuscular Junction in Miller Fisher Syndrome: A Current Perspective Graham M. O'HanlonRoland W. M. BullensHugh J. Willison OriginalPaper Pages: 697 - 709
Metabolic Formation of Ceramide-1-Phosphate in Cerebellar Granule Cells: Evidence for the Phosphorylation of Ceramide by Different Metabolic Pathways Laura RiboniRosaria BassiPaola Viani OriginalPaper Pages: 711 - 716
Identification of Ceramide Binding Proteins in Neuronal Cells: A Critical Point of View Lutz ElsenRaymund BetzGerhild van Echten-Deckert OriginalPaper Pages: 717 - 727
Palmitic Is the Main Fatty Acid Carried by Lipids of Detergent-Resistant Membrane Fractions from Neural and Non-Neural Cells Marina PittoMarco ParentiMassimo Masserini OriginalPaper Pages: 729 - 734
CrmA Protects Against Apoptosis and Ceramide Formation in PC12 Cells Raja GoswamiJohn KilkusGlyn Dawson OriginalPaper Pages: 735 - 741
Association of Cellular Prion Protein with Gangliosides in Plasma Membrane Microdomains of Neural and Lymphocytic Cells Vincenzo MatteiTina GarofaloAntonio Pavan OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 749
Different Metabolic Effects of Ganglioside GM1 in Brain Synaptosomes and Phagocytic Cells N. F. AvrovaI. O. ZakharovaI. A. Schepetkin OriginalPaper Pages: 751 - 759
Influence of Gangliosides on the IL-2– and IL-4–Dependent Cell Proliferation Irina M. MolotkovskayaRoman V. KholodenkoJulian G. Molotkovsky OriginalPaper Pages: 761 - 770
Effects of Ganglioside GM3 on Phospholipid Turnover of Human Leukemic J6-2 Cells Zhao-Chun CuiKe-Li MaNai-Mei Tang OriginalPaper Pages: 771 - 778
Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Galactosylceramide Expression Factor-1 (GEF-1) Kiyoshi OguraTadashi Tai OriginalPaper Pages: 779 - 784
Study of Interaction of GM2 Activator Protein with GM2 Using Circular Dichroism and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Daniela RavasiMassimo MasseriniSu-Chen Li OriginalPaper Pages: 785 - 792
Restoration of the GM2 Ganglioside Metabolism in Bone Marrow–Derived Stromal Cells from Tay-Sachs Disease Animal Model S. MartinoC. CavalieriA. Orlacchio OriginalPaper Pages: 793 - 800
Stable Transfection of GM1 Synthase Gene into GM1-Deficient NG108-15 Cells, CR-72 Cells, Rescues the Responsiveness of TRK-Neurotrophin Receptor to Its Ligand, NGF Tatsuro MutohTadanori HamanoRobert W. Ledeen OriginalPaper Pages: 801 - 806
Effect of Globotriaosyl Ceramide Fatty Acid α-Hydroxylation on the Binding by Verotoxin 1 and Verotoxin 2 Beth BinningtonDaniel LingwoodClifford A. Lingwood OriginalPaper Pages: 807 - 813
Glycosyltransferases in Different Brain Regions During Chick Embryo Development Angela M. RizzoFederica RossiBruno Berra OriginalPaper Pages: 815 - 821
Association of GPI-Anchored Protein TAG-1 with Src-Family Kinase Lyn in Lipid Rafts of Cerebellar Granule Cells Kohji KasaharaKazutada WatanabeYutaka Sanai OriginalPaper Pages: 823 - 829
Sphingolipid Metabolism and Caveolin Expression in Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Expressing GN11 and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-Secreting GT1-7 Neuronal Cells Simona PrioniNicoletta LobertoSandro Sonnino OriginalPaper Pages: 831 - 840
Modulation of Neuritogenesis by Ganglioside-Specific Sialidase (Neu 3) in Human Neuroblastoma NB-1 Cells Sergey ProshinKazunori YamaguchiTaeko Miyagi OriginalPaper Pages: 841 - 846
Anti-Ganglioside Antibodies Bind with Enhanced Affinity to Gangliosides Containing Very Long Chain Fatty Acids Yumi TagawaWouter LaroyRonald L. Schnaar OriginalPaper Pages: 847 - 855