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From: Comparative sphingolipidomics of disease-causing trypanosomatids reveal unique lifecycle- and taxonomy-specific lipid chemistries

Figure 4

Presence of phosphoethanolamine- and AEPn-containing SP in human and animal disease-causing trypanosomatids. (a) Phosphoethanolamine ceramide (EPC) levels. (b) Aminoethylphosphonate ceramide (AEPnC) levels, which is specific to the stercorarian clade of Trypanosoma, T. cruzi and T. rangeli. Note: all parasite species were available in mammalian forms (abbreviated ‘m’), with the exception of T. rangeli, which was cultured in its insect form (abbreviated ‘i’). #parasites isolated from mouse infection model. Error bars represent standard deviation. *p-value < 0.05, determined by Kruskal Wallis test.

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