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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem J. 2012 Feb 1;441(3):789–802. doi: 10.1042/BJ20111626

Table 6. Selected studies demonstrating inhibition of cell death by FB1.

N/D, not detected.

Death inducer Cell line/system FB1 inhibits ceramide FB1 inhibits death Reference
Receptor-mediated
    TNF-α MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells + + [107]
L929 fibroblasts + + [107]
HL-60 promyelocytic leukaemia cells + + [108]
    TNF-α/cycloheximide Cerebral endothelial cells + + [109]
    B-cell receptor cross-linking Ramos B-cells + + [110]
    T-cell receptor cross-linking T-cell hybridoma N/D + [111]
Cancer chemotherapeutic agents
    Camptothecin 4B1 (human Fas-expressing L929 mouse fibroblasts) N/D + [112]
FTC-133 follicular thyroid carcinoma cells + + [97]
    Doxorubicin MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells N/D + [113]
Rat primary astrocytes N/D + [114]
FTC-133 follicular thyroid carcinoma cells + + [97]
    Daunorubicin P388 lymphocytic leukaemia cells + + [60]
Hen follicular granulosa cells N/D + [115]
    Etoposide MOLT4 leukaemia cells + + [116]
    Fenretinide (4-HPR) HL-60 promyelocytic leukaemia + + [117]
Endothelial cells + + [118]
    Fludarabine Chronic B-cell leukaemia + + [119]
LNCaP prostate cancer cells + + [120]
    Inostamycin Ms-1 small cell lung carcinoma cells + + [121]
    Oxaliplatin + SK inhibitor RKO colon carcinoma cells + + [122]
    Vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor SU5416 Mouse lung N/D + [101]
IR and non-IR
    γ-Irradiation Mouse colonic crypts N/D + [105]
Human lymphoblasts + + [123]
LNCaP prostate cancer cells + + [106]
    125I-Labelled 5-iodo-29-deoxyuridine Bovine aortic endothelial cells + + [102]
    UV-B Human keratinocytes + + [100]
    UV-C Hen follicular granulosa cells N/D + [115]