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. 2009 Mar 15;82(2):221–228. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvp088

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) metabolism. De novo synthesis of sphingolipids produces ceramide and sphingomyelin. Sphingomyelinase, ceramidase, and sphingosine kinase are required to produce S1P. The degradation of S1P is achieved by the enzymes S1P phosphatase and S1P lyase.