Any process that activates or increases the rate, frequency or extent of astrocyte differentiation.

The breakdown into simpler components of galactosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of galactose by a ceramide group.

negative regulation of astrocyte differentiation

Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the rate, frequency or extent of astrocyte differentiation.

The chemical reactions involving sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine, any of a class of phospholipids in which the amino group of sphingosine is in amide linkage with one of several fatty acids, while the terminal hydroxyl group of sphingosine is esterified to phosphorylcholine.

The breakdown into simpler components of sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine.

The formation from simpler components of sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine.

The chemical reactions involving glycosphingolipids, any compound with residues of sphingoid and at least one monosaccharide.

The formation from simpler components of glycosphingolipid, a compound with residues of sphingoid and at least one monosaccharide.

The breakdown into simpler components of ganglioside, a ceramide oligosaccharide carrying, in addition to other sugar residues, one or more sialic residues.

The chemical reactions involving sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.

The chemical reactions involving ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid.

The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the skeletal muscle fiber over time, from its formation to the mature structure.

The chemical reactions involving inositolphosphoceramides, any lipid with a phosphodiester bridge between an inositol residue and the ceramide moiety.

The chemical reactions involving mannose inositol phosphoceramide, any lipid with a phosphodiester bridge between an inositol residue and the ceramide moiety which contains a phosphoryl (-P(O)=) groups and a mannose derivative.