"Glucosylceramides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a glucose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramides. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-glucosidase, is the cause of Gaucher's disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D005963
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.313.250.490 D09.400.410.420.525.200.250.490 D10.390.470.675.200.250.490 D10.570.877.360.612.200.250.490
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucosylceramides- Glucosylceramides
- Glucosyl Ceramides
- Ceramides, Glucosyl
- Glucocerebrosides
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