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Anti-inflammatory effect of miglustat in bronchial epithelial cells [PDF]
The role of CFTR deficiency in promoting inflammation remains unclear. Perez et al. [A. Perez, A.C. Issler, C.U. Cotton, T.J. Kelley, A.S. Verkman and P.B. Davis, CFTR inhibition mimics the cystic fibrosis inflammatory profile. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2007; 292:L383-L395.] recently demonstrated that the inhibition of function of w/t CFTR ...
Dechecchi MC +10 more
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Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Doenças Lisossomais: relatório 2012 [PDF]
Relatório anual do Grupo de Trabalho Coordenador do Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Doenças Lisossomais (GTCDTDL), relativo ao ano 2012, do qual se destaca a realização das seguintes atividades: − Discussão e avaliação de 43 casos clínicos relativos a ...
Fortuna, Ana +1 more
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Pressure for drug development in lysosomal storage disorders – a quantitative analysis thirty years beyond the US orphan drug act [PDF]
Background: Lysosomal storage disorders are a heterogeneous group of approximately 50 monogenically inherited orphan conditions. A defect leads to the storage of complex molecules in the lysosome, and patients develop a complex multisystemic phenotype of
Hoffmann, Georg Friedrich +3 more
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The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2025/26: Transporters
The Concise Guide to Pharmacology 2025/26 marks the seventh edition in this series of biennial publications in the British Journal of Pharmacology. Presented in landscape format, the guide provides a comparative overview of the pharmacology of drug target families. The concise nature of the Concise Guide refers to the style of presentation, being clear,
Stephen P. H. Alexander +28 more
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Background. Niemann–Pick disease type C is a multisystem orphan disease caused by mutations in the NPC1 and NPC2 genes and characterized by clinical polymorphism. The difficulties of managing such patients lie in the diagnosis and differential diagnostic
Nailya R. Mingacheva +4 more
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Trial Readiness: Understanding the Natural History of Rare Diseases
ABSTRACT Inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) represent the largest and still growing group of treatable genetic disorders and are increasingly amenable to targeted interventions that achieve varying degrees of prognostic improvement. Innovative therapies are on the horizon and offer promising opportunities for disease‐changing treatment for a variety of
Thomas Opladen +6 more
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Introduction Niemann-Pick disease type C is a rare genetic lysosomal storage disease associated with impaired intracellular lipid trafficking and a range of progressive neurological manifestations.
Skorpen Johannes +2 more
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Eye Movement Impairment Recovery in a Gaucher Patient Treated with Miglustat
In Gaucher Disease (GD) the enzyme (imiglucerase) replacement therapy (ERT) is not able to stop the progression of the neurological involvement, while the substrate reduction therapy (SRT), performed by N-Butyldeoxynojirimycin (miglustat), is an ...
Agostino Accardo +4 more
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Niemann-Pick disease type C: a case series of Brazilian patients
The aim of the study was to analyze a series of Brazilian patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C). Method Correlations between clinical findings, laboratory data, molecular findings and treatment response are presented.
Paulo José Lorenzoni +12 more
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Less is More: an overview on the use of RNAi as a tool to achieve Substrate Reduction in Mucopolysaccharidoses [PDF]
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) are a group of genetic disorders caused by dysfunction in enzymes responsible for the intralysosomal degradation of particular compounds.
Alves, Sandra +2 more
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