1. Anti-tumor The pathogenesis of many tumors is related to the anti-apoptosis of cells. Therefore, the treatment of tumors mainly involves the induction of apoptosis. Traditional tumor therapy mainly relies on drug chemotherapy to induce cell apoptosis, while ceramide to treat tumor is different from general drugs, it can directly act on the signal transduction pathway of cell apoptosis, thus causing cell apoptosis. Therefore, ceramide opens up a new therapeutic option for anti-tumor treatment. Ceramides are divided into endogenous and exogenous ceramides. In the process of tumor treatment, the concentration of intracellular ceramide can be increased by adding exogenous ceramide directly or promoting the synthesis of endogenous ceramide, so as to induce cell apoptosis and achieve the purpose of tumor treatment. When cells are stimulated by various external conditions, endogenous ceramide starts to be synthesized, which promotes the increase of intracellular ceramide concentration and may induce a series of physiological and pathological reactions such as cell apoptosis. Therefore, ceramide is thought to be a lipid that can inhibit tumor cells.
2. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases vascular endothelial cells are the first barrier of the cardiovascular system. The integrity and endocrine function of the vascular endothelial cells are related to the normal function of the cardiovascular system. When the body is in a state of disease, the expression of a large number of inflammatory factors in the body will increase dramatically. Excessive expression of inflammatory factors will affect the integrity and endocrine function of endothelial cells, and even lead to apoptosis of endothelial cells in severe cases. Ceramide plays a significant role in inducing apoptosis of endothelial cells. It can be seen that ceramide plays a very important role in regulating the integrity and endocrine function of endothelial cells. Ceramide induces apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells through Fas pathway, which plays a very important role in studying the mechanism of ceramide inducing apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells.
3. Anti-inflammatory TNF (tumor necrosis factor) is a positive regulator of inflammation, and TNF can directly activate neutrophils. In recent years, it has been shown that increasing the amount of intracellular ceramide in Chemicalbook can increase the amount of TNF in the body, leading to a variety of cell apoptosis. The effect of ceramide on TNF, a positive regulator of inflammation, suggests that ceramide has an anti-inflammatory effect.