Author(s): Akira Abe, Miki Hiraoka and James A. Shayman
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Many therapeutic drugs currently in use are cationic amphiphiles. These cationic amphiphilic drugs (CADs) induce phospholipidosis in humans and experimental animals. The recent study shows that CAD-induced cellular phospholipidosis is linked to the impairment of phospholipid catabolism by inhibition of lysosomal phospholipase A2 activity.
Keywords: Cationic amphiphilic drug, amiodarone, PDMP, tetracycline, phospholipidosis, lysosomal phospholipase A2
