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C8 Galactosylceramide is a synthetic C8 short-chain derivative of known membrane microdomain-forming sphingolipids. It increases the amount delivered and toxicity of doxorubicin in cancerous but not non-cancerous cells when incorporated into the nanoliposomal membrane of nanoliposomal-doxorubicin. C8 Galactosylceramide induces proliferation and cytokine production by splenocytes in vitro at concentrations ranging from 100-1,000 ng/ml but has no effect on natural killer T cell production in vivo. It also activates NF-κB production in C6 glioma cells when used at a concentration of 10 μM. [Matreya, LLC. Catalog No. 1334]

ChEBI: C8 beta-D-galactosyl N-acylsphingosine is a D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine in which the glycosidic bond has beta-configuration and the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as octanoyl. It is a N-acyl-beta-D-galactosylsphingosine and a C8 beta-D-glycosyl N-acylsphingosine.