“…The sphingoid bases d18:3, 9Me-d18:3, d22:1, d22:2, and t22:1 are produced by the starfish Asterias amurensis 8,24,25 . Treatment of cultured human keratinocytes with sphingoid bases can induce differentiation and promote sphingolipid biosynthesis 7,8,26 . Previously, we reported that a mixture of sphingoid bases derived from A. amurensis induces the accumulation of ceramides, GlcCers, and SMs and up-regulates the mRNA expression levels of sphingolipid biosynthesis-related genes in undifferentiated keratinocytes 8 .…”