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Identification of Niemann-Pick C1 disease biomarkers through sphingolipid profiling
Niemann-Pick type C (NPC)1 is a rare neurodegenerative disease for which treatment options are limited. A major barrier to development of effective treatments has been the lack of validated biomarkers to monitor disease progression or serve as outcome ...
Martin Fan +12 more
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Background Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC) is an autosomal recessive, neurovisceral, lysosomal storage disorder with protean and progressive clinical manifestations, resulting from mutations in either of the two genes, NPC1 (~95% of families) and NPC2.
Evangelia Bountouvi +6 more
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INTRODUCTION:Gaucher disease (GD) is an infrequent progressive multisystem lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficient activity of the lysosomal enzyme, glucocerebrosidase.
Hast, Robert +6 more
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A clinical case of adult onset Niemann–Pick disease type C
The paper presents a brief review of an update of the etiology and pathogenesis of Niemann–Pick disease type C (NPC), a rare neurovisceral lysosomal storage disease. It highlights the main clinical manifestations and classification of the disease.
E. V. Saifullina +6 more
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Levels of GM2-isoforms and free cholesterol before and after Cyclo/ALLO/miglustat-treatment.
(A) - lipid analysis showed a decrease of free cholesterol level after Cyclo/ALLO/miglustat-treatment, both in NPC1+/+ and NPC1−/− mice (statistically not significant). (B) - levels of both isoforms of GM2 revealed a statistically significant decrease in
Arndt Rolfs (140849) +9 more
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Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with imiglucerase reduces hepatosplenomegaly and improves hematologic parameters in Gaucher disease type 1 within 6-24 months.
Elstein, Deborah +8 more
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PURPOSE: Miglustat (Zavesca(R)) is an orally-available substrate reduction therapy (SRT) for treatment of mild-to-moderate type 1 Gaucher disease (GD1) in adult patients unsuitable for enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Miglustat has not been evaluated in
Hughes, Derralynn +4 more
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