any of a group of lipids containing a carbohydrate group, commonly glucose or galactose
glycolipid in American English
(ˌɡlaikəˈlɪpɪd)
noun
Biochemistry
any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine
Word origin
[1935–40; glyco- + lipid]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, aeroembolism, bingo, blitz, roadblockglyco- is a combining form with the meanings “sugar,” “glucose and its derivatives,” usedin the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix glyco- include: glycogen, glycogenesis, glycolysis, glyconeogenesis, glycosaminoglycan
Examples of 'glycolipid' in a sentence
glycolipid
There was also no influence of the gene knock-out on glycolipid synthesis.
Paulina Sosicka, Bożena Bazan, Dorota Maszczak-Seneczko, Yauhen Shauchuk, Teresa Olczak,Mariusz Olczak 2019, 'SLC35A5 Protein—A Golgi Complex Member with Putative Nucleotide Sugar Transport Activity',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/2/276. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Antibody titres to proteins declined more rapidly vs. those to carbohydrate and glycolipid antigens.
John S Spencer, Malcolm S Duthie, Annemieke Geluk, Marivic F Balagon, Hee Jin Kim,William H Wheat, Delphi Chatterjee, Mary Jackson, Wei Li, Jade N Kurihara, Armi Maghanoy,Irene Mallari, Paul Saunderson, Patrick J Brennan, Hazel M Dockrell 2012, 'Identification of serological biomarkers of infection, disease progression and treatmentefficacy for leprosy', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000900014&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The glycolipid and neutral lipid fraction failed to express a significant immunological response.
MILENA RADETA, JASNA NOVAKOVIC, MILANKA VICO-STEVANOVIC, SLOBODANKA SIMIC, ALEKSANDARPIROZKOV 2007, 'Isolation of thymus gland fractions and the determination of their biological activity',Journal of the Serbian Chemical Societyhttp://www.shd.org.yu/JSCS/Vol72/No3/JSCS_V72_No03-03.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Dysfunctional glycolipid storage causes severe neurodegeneration through a poorly understood pathogenic mechanism.
Yasuhiro Ogawa, Makoto Tanaka, Miho Tanabe, Toshihiro Suzuki, Tadayasu Togawa, TomokoFukushige, Takuro Kanekura, Hitoshi Sakuraba, Kazuhiko Oishi 2013, 'Impaired neural differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells generated from amouse model of Sandhoff disease.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561340?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Therefore, our studies illuminate the mechanism of glycolipid recognition for antigens from important pathogens.
Enrico Girardi, Esther Dawen Yu, Yali Li, Norihito Tarumoto, Bo Pei, Jing Wang, PetrIllarionov, Yuki Kinjo, Mitchell Kronenberg, Dirk M Zajonc 2011, 'Unique interplay between sugar and lipid in determining the antigenic potency of bacterialantigens for NKT cells.', PLoS Biologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206013?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The biosynthesis pathways of the glycolipid anchor and lipoteichoic acid have been fully characterized.
Yu Luo 2016, 'Alanylated lipoteichoic acid primer in Bacillus subtilis [version 2; referees: 2 approved]',F1000Researchhttp://f1000research.com/articles/5-155/v2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Incorporation of the synthesised glycolipid derivative also imparts antimicrobial activity to the composite film.
Clara Fernandes, Pratap Chandra Acharya, Shikha Bhatt 2018, 'Preparation of Lauroyl Grafted Alginate-Psyllium Husk Gel Composite Film with EnhancedPhysicochemical, Mechanical and Antimicrobial Properties', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-35632-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The inclusion of glycolipid complexes increased the positivity rate in demyelinating disease to62.4%.
Simon Rinaldi, Kathryn M Brennan, Gabriela Kalna, Christa Walgaard, Pieter van Doorn,Bart C Jacobs, Robert K Yu, Jan-Eric Mansson, Carl S Goodyear, Hugh J Willison 2013, 'Antibodies to heteromeric glycolipid complexes in Guillain-Barre syndrome.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3864991?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Changes in glycolipid metabolism, inflammatory responses, and autophagy in the liver were evaluated.
Wenbin Zheng, Jing Zhou, Shasha Song, Wen Kong, Wenfang Xia, Lulu Chen, Tianshu Zeng 2018, 'Dipeptidyl-Peptidase 4 Inhibitor Sitagliptin Ameliorates Hepatic Insulin Resistanceby Modulating Inflammation and Autophagy in ob/ob Mice', International Journal of Endocrinologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8309723. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)