Mevalonate kinase deficiency: current perspectives [PDF]
Leslie A Favier, Grant S Schulert Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA Abstract: Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a recessively inherited autoinflammatory disorder with a spectrum of
Favier LA, Schulert GS
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Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency [PDF]
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a severe autoinflammatory disease caused by recessive mutations in MVK resulting in reduced function of the enzyme mevalonate kinase, involved in the cholesterol/isoprenoid pathway.
Nadia K. Rafiq +4 more
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Changes in chick liver and brain mevalonate kinase, mevalonate-5-phosphate kinase and mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase during development [PDF]
Phosphorylation and decarboxylation of mevalonate in chick liver and brain was investigated during early post hatching stages of development. In chick liver, both mevalonate kinase and mevalonate-5-phosphate kinase increased their activity from day 5 of age while pyrophosphate decarboxylase activity remained low during the first days after hatching ...
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Periodic fever syndrome with mevalonate kinase deficiency, also known as hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome, is characterized by early onset and relatively benign course.
Yu. S. Patrusheva, M. D. Bakradze
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Case Report: Clinical application of an in vitro prenylation assay in the diagnosis of an early-onset case of mevalonate kinase deficiency harbouring a novel MVK variant [PDF]
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a systemic autoinflammatory disease caused by biallelic mutations in MVK. Individuals with MKD present with a recurrent fever syndrome, often including a skin rash, gastrointestinal symptoms and lymphadenopathy.
Alice Burleigh +12 more
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Increased core body temperature exacerbates defective protein prenylation in mouse models of mevalonate kinase deficiency [PDF]
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is characterized by recurrent fevers and flares of systemic inflammation, caused by biallelic loss-of-function mutations in MVK.
Marcia A. Munoz +19 more
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Mevalonate kinase deficiency (hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome) in a Tanzanian girl: a case report [PDF]
Background Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive autoinflammatory syndrome caused by mevalonate kinase enzyme deficiency. It is characterized by recurrent febrile attacks beginning in the first year of life.
Elisamia Ngowi +10 more
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Evolutionary hypothesis of the Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency
Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency (MKD) is an autosomal-recessively inherited disorder of cholesterol biosynthesis with higher prevalence in the Netherlands and other North European countries. MKD is due to mutations in the second enzyme of mevalonate pathway (mevalonate kinase, MK/MVK) which results in reduced enzymatic activity and in the consequent ...
VUCH, JOSEF +5 more
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Molecular Characterization of Trypanosoma evansi Mevalonate Kinase (TeMVK) [PDF]
The mevalonate pathway is an essential part of isoprenoid biosynthesis leading to production of a diverse class of >30,000 biomolecules including cholesterol, heme, and all steroid hormones.
Daniel P. Duarte +8 more
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Defective Protein Prenylation in a Spectrum of Patients With Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency [PDF]
The rare autoinflammatory disease mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD, which includes HIDS and mevalonic aciduria) is caused by recessive, pathogenic variants in the MVK gene encoding mevalonate kinase.
Marcia A. Munoz +10 more
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