Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · May 20, 2026
With the increasing use of DNA sequencing technologies in healthcare, an accurate understanding of the clinical relevance of genetic variants is vital for the appropriate integration of these results into personalized care. To address this need, the NIH-fu ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · April 21, 2026
PURPOSE: Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II, OMIM 309900) is a lysosomal disorder recommended for newborn screening (NBS) in the United States. This study evaluated outcomes of high-throughput NBS for MPS II and use of two reflex testing methods to improve s ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med Open · 2026
PURPOSE: Delayed diagnosis of Mendelian disease prevents early therapeutic intervention that could improve symptoms and prognosis. One major contributing challenge is functional interpretation of noncoding variants that alter splicing. Here, we aimed to be ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · January 2026
Clinically used enzyme replacements therapies (ERTs) have been successful in mitigating peripheral tissue pathology in patients with infantile onset (IOPD) and late onset (LOPD) Pompe disease (PD). However, none of the approved therapies are known to cross ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · December 2025
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by the deficiency of the glycogen branching enzyme encoded by GBE1. GSD IV can present with variable age of onset and severity of disease processes involving liver, cent ...
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Journal ArticleSci Adv · November 14, 2025
Glycogen storage disease (GSD) type IX γ2 is a rare inborn error of metabolism where a defect in glycogenolysis leads to the inability to break down glycogen in the liver. Patients with GSD IX γ2 develop hypoglycemia and advanced liver disease, placing the ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · December 2024
Hepatic glycogen storage disease type IX γ2 (GSD IX γ2) is a severe, liver-specific subtype of GSD IX. While all patients with hepatic GSD IX present with similar symptoms, over 95 % of patients with GSD IX γ2 progress to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. Desp ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · November 2024
Lysosomal diseases (LDs) are a heterogeneous group of rare genetic disorders that result in impaired lysosomal function, leading to progressive multiorgan system dysfunction. Accurate diagnosis is paramount to initiating targeted therapies early in the dis ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · 2024
INTRODUCTION: Diseases caused by lysosomal dysfunction often exhibit multisystemic involvement, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality. Ensuring accurate diagnoses for individuals with lysosomal diseases (LD) is of great importance, especially wi ...
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Journal ArticlePrenat Diagn · December 2023
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of monogenic condition, with many characterized by an enzyme deficiency leading to the accumulation of an undegraded substrate within the lysosomes. For those LSDs, postnatal enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) r ...
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Journal ArticleJIMD Rep · September 2023
Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) is a multisystem disorder with significant myopathy. The standard treatment is enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), a therapy that is lifesaving, yet with limitations. Clinical trials have emerged for other potential treatment ...
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Journal ArticleMol Ther · July 5, 2023
Gene therapy with an adeno-associated virus serotype 8 (AAV8) vector (AAV8-LSPhGAA) could eliminate the need for enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) by creating a liver depot for acid α-glucosidase (GAA) production. We report initial safety and bioactivity of ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · March 2023
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in GBE1 which results in reduced or deficient glycogen branching enzyme activity. Consequently, glycogen synthesis is impaired and leads t ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · 2023
Accurate determination of the clinical significance of genetic variants is critical to the integration of genomics in medicine. To facilitate this process, the NIH-funded Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has assembled Variant Curation Expert Panels (VCEP ...
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Journal ArticleN Engl J Med · December 8, 2022
Patients with early-onset lysosomal storage diseases are ideal candidates for prenatal therapy because organ damage starts in utero. We report the safety and efficacy results of in utero enzyme-replacement therapy (ERT) in a fetus with CRIM (cross-reactive ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab Rep · June 2022
INTRODUCTION: Biotinidase synthesis is needed to recycle biotin for essential metabolic reactions. Biotinidase activity is lower than normal levels in advanced liver disease but is higher in hepatic glycogen storage disorders (GSDs), however the cause of t ...
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Journal ArticleFront Genet · 2022
Purpose: The addition of Pompe disease (Glycogen Storage Disease Type II) to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel in the United States has led to an increase in the number of variants of uncertain significance (VUS) and novel variants identified in the ...
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Journal ArticleNeuropediatrics · December 2021
Pompe's disease occurs due to an autosomal recessive trait resulting from numerous distinctive mutations in the GAA gene. It manifests as a broad spectrum of clinical phenotypes with progressive weakness that impairs motor and respiratory functions being c ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · July 2021
INTRODUCTION: Liver Glycogen Storage Disease IX is a rare metabolic disorder of glycogen metabolism caused by deficiency of the phosphorylase kinase enzyme (PhK). Variants in the PHKG2 gene, encoding the liver-specific catalytic γ2 subunit of PhK, are asso ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2021
Inherited disorders of carbohydrate metabolism result from defects in enzymes or transport proteins involved in glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, or glycogen metabolism. The carbohydrates to be discussed include three monosaccharides: glucose, galactose, and fr ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · July 2020
PURPOSE: Successful diagnosis of Fabry disease is often delayed or missed in patients, especially females, due to clinical heterogeneity and a lack of disease awareness. We present our experience testing for Fabry disease in high risk populations and discu ...
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Journal ArticleJCI Insight · February 27, 2020
BACKGROUNDLiver disease in urea cycle disorders (UCDs) ranges from hepatomegaly and chronic hepatocellular injury to cirrhosis and end-stage liver disease. However, the prevalence and underlying mechanisms are unclear.METHODSWe estimated the prevalence of ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · February 2020
This 24-week, Phase I/II, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study investigated the safety and efficacy of extended-release albuterol in late-onset Pompe disease stably treated with enzyme replacement therapy at the standard dose for 4.9 (1.0-9.4 ...
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Journal ArticleJAMA Netw Open · January 3, 2020
IMPORTANCE: X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a peroxisomal genetic disorder in which an accumulation of very long-chain fatty acids leads to inflammatory demyelination in the central nervous system and to adrenal cortex atrophy. In 2016, X-ALD was ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pediatr · January 2020
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the clinical and molecular spectrum, and factors affecting clinical outcome of patients in India diagnosed with infantile-onset Pompe disease (IOPD). STUDY DESIGN: In this multicenter, cross-sectional study, we evaluated the records ...
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Journal ArticlePract Lab Med · January 2020
BACKGROUND: Decreased galactocerebrosidase (GALC) enzyme activity is causative for Krabbe disease, a lysosomal storage disorder with devastating neurodegenerative consequences. Quantitative fluorimetric assays for GALC activity in isolated blood and skin c ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · December 2019
PURPOSE: In glycogen storage disease type III (GSD III), liver aminotransferases tend to normalize with age giving an impression that hepatic manifestations improve with age. However, despite dietary treatment, long-term liver complications emerge. We pres ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab Rep · September 2019
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with rhGAA has improved clinical outcomes in infantile Pompe disease (IPD). A subset of CRIM-positive IPD patients develop high and sustained antibody titers (HSAT; ≥51,200) and/or sustained intermediate titer (SIT; ≥12,800 ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pediatr · August 2019
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of a 2-tiered newborn screening method for mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) in North Carolina. STUDY DESIGN: The screening algorithm included a flow injection analysis-tandem mass spectrometry assay as a first-tie ...
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Journal ArticleAnn Transl Med · July 2019
BACKGROUND: Pompe disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) which results in accumulation of glycogen, particularly in the skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles. The late-onset form with symptom ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · April 2019
PURPOSE: Glycogen storage disease (GSD) types VI and IX are rare diseases of variable clinical severity affecting primarily the liver. GSD VI is caused by deficient activity of hepatic glycogen phosphorylase, an enzyme encoded by the PYGL gene. GSD IX is c ...
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Journal ArticleMol Ther · September 5, 2018
This 52-week, phase I/II double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study investigated the novel use of clenbuterol in late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) stably treated with ERT. Eleven of thirteen participants completed the study. No serious adverse events ...
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Journal ArticleInt J Neonatal Screen · September 2018
Prospective full-population newborn screening for multiple lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) is currently practiced in a few NBS programs, and several others are actively pursuing this course of action. Two platforms suitable for multiple LSD screening-ta ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · December 2017
Pompe disease is a metabolic myopathy with a wide spectrum of clinical presentation. The gold-standard diagnostic test is acid alpha-glucosidase assay on skin fibroblasts, muscle or blood. Identification of two GAA pathogenic variants in-trans is confirmat ...
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Journal ArticleSci Transl Med · November 29, 2017
Glycogen storage disease type II or Pompe disease is a severe neuromuscular disorder caused by mutations in the lysosomal enzyme, acid α-glucosidase (GAA), which result in pathological accumulation of glycogen throughout the body. Enzyme replacement therap ...
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Journal ArticleJ Inherit Metab Dis · November 2017
PRKAG2 encodes the γ2 subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), which is an important regulator of cardiac metabolism. Mutations in PRKAG2 cause a cardiac syndrome comprising ventricular hypertrophy, pre-excitation, and progressive conduction-system ...
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Journal ArticleJ Pediatr Hematol Oncol · November 2017
BACKGROUND: Infant leukemia most commonly present with pallor and hepatosplenomegaly. The possibility of other differential diagnosis also has to be kept in mind during evaluation, as identifying the precise etiology for this clinical presentation is cruci ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Hum Genet · February 2, 2017
Whole-exome sequencing (WES) has increasingly enabled new pathogenic gene variant identification for undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders and provided insights into both gene function and disease biology. Here, we describe seven children with a neurode ...
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Journal ArticleJIMD Rep · 2017
Many inborn errors of metabolism can cause cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy associated with glycogen storage includes PRKAG2-associated glycogen storage disease (GSD), Danon disease, infantile-onset Pompe disease (GSD II), GSD III, GSD IV, and phosphofructok ...
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Journal ArticleJIMD Rep · 2017
UNLABELLED: Glycogen storage disease (GSD) type IX is a rare disease of variable clinical severity affecting primarily the liver tissue. Individuals with liver phosphorylase b kinase (PhK) deficiency (GSD IX) can present with hepatomegaly with elevated ser ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2016
This chapter deals with the common carbohydrate disorders that would most likely be encountered in the population. Discussion of each disorder includes the pathophysiology of the disease (primary enzymatic defect, clinical manifestations), treatments, gene ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab Rep · December 1, 2015
Cross-reactive immunological material (CRIM) status is an important prognostic factor in patients with infantile Pompe disease (IPD) being treated with enzyme replacement therapy. Western blot analysis of cultured skin fibroblast lysates has been the gold ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · November 2015
PURPOSE: Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human acid α-glucosidase (rhGAA) prolongs survival in infantile Pompe disease (IPD). However, the majority of cross-reactive immunologic material (CRIM)-negative (CN) patients have immune responses ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · November 2014
PURPOSE: Glycogen storage disease type I (GSD I) is a rare disease of variable clinical severity that primarily affects the liver and kidney. It is caused by deficient activity of the glucose 6-phosphatase enzyme (GSD Ia) or a deficiency in the microsomal ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · October 1, 2014
AbstractBackground: It is known that malignant transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurs at a higher frequency in hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) from type I glycogen storage disease (GSD I) compa ...
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Journal ArticleJ Gastroenterol · August 2014
BACKGROUND: It is known that malignant transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurs at a higher frequency in hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) from type I glycogen storage disease (GSD I) compared to HCA from other etiologies. In this study, we aimed ...
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Chapter · June 30, 2014
Digital microfluidics (DMF) is a novel lab-on-a-chip technology that permits the transport, mixing, and splitting of sub-microliter droplets within an array of electrodes on a disposable printed circuit board entirely under software control. We describe he ...
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Journal ArticleFASEB J · May 2014
Effective dosages for enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in Pompe disease are much higher than for other lysosomal storage disorders, which has been attributed to low cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) in skeletal muscle. We have previo ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · March 2014
Liver phosphorylase b kinase (PhK) deficiency (glycogen storage disease type IX), one of the most common causes of glycogen storage disease, is caused by mutations in the PHKA2, PHKB, and PHKG2 genes. Presenting symptoms include hepatomegaly, ketotic hypog ...
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Journal ArticleJIMD Rep · 2014
Intermittent hypoglycemia has been described in association with Alpers' syndrome, a disorder caused by mutations in the mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma gene. In some patients hypoglycemia may define the initial disease presentation well before the onse ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab Rep · 2014
Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA or Morquio type-A disease is a hereditary lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficient activity of the lysosomal enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (GALNS). The disease is caused by lysosomal accumulation of u ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab Rep · 2014
Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI or Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of arylsulfatase B (ARS-B) enzyme activity. It results in mild to severe multi-organ system failure from accumulation of undi ...
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Journal ArticleMol Ther Methods Clin Dev · 2014
A preclinical safety study was conducted to evaluate the short- and long-term toxicity of a recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 8 (AAV2/8) vector that has been developed as an immune-modulatory adjunctive therapy to recombinant human acid α-glucosi ...
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Journal ArticleClin Biochem · December 2013
OBJECTIVE: Newborn screening for biotinidase deficiency can be performed using a fluorometric enzyme assay on dried blood spot specimens. As a pre-requisite to the consolidation of different enzymatic assays onto a single platform, we describe here a novel ...
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Journal ArticleClin Chim Acta · September 23, 2013
PURPOSE: New therapies for lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) have generated interest in screening newborns for these conditions. We present performance validation data on a digital microfluidic platform that performs multiplex enzymatic assays for Pompe, F ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · June 2013
OBJECTIVE: Easy tool for newborn screening of Gaucher and Hurler diseases. METHODS: Method comparison between fluorometric enzymatic activity assay on a digital microfluidic platform and micro-titer plate bench assay was performed on normal (n = 100), Gauc ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · February 2013
We investigated the feasibility of using recombinant human acid-α glucosidase (rhGAA, Alglucosidase alfa), an FDA approved therapy for Pompe disease, as a treatment approach for glycogen storage disease type III (GSD III). An in vitro disease model was est ...
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Journal ArticleFASEB J · January 2013
Pompe disease has resisted enzyme replacement therapy with acid α-glucosidase (GAA), which has been attributed to inefficient cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (CI-MPR) mediated uptake. We evaluated β2-agonist drugs, which increased CI-MPR ex ...
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Journal ArticlePLoS One · 2013
OBJECTIVE: Although enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is a highly effective therapy, CRIM-negative (CN) infantile Pompe disease (IPD) patients typically mount a strong immune response which abrogates the efficacy of ERT, resulting in clinical decline and de ...
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Journal ArticleHum Pathol · June 2012
Glycogen storage disease type IV is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of glycogen metabolism caused by mutations in the GBE1 gene that encodes the 1,4-alpha-glucan-branching enzyme 1. Its clinical presentation is variable, with the most common form prese ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · March 2012
Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II) or Hunter syndrome is a lysosomal storage disease caused by deficiency of iduronate-2-sulfatase (IDS). A convenient single-step fluorometric microplate enzyme assay has been developed and validated for clinical diagno ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet · February 15, 2012
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for Pompe disease using recombinant acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) has resulted in increased survival although the clinical response is variable. Cross-reactive immunological material (CRIM)-negative status has been recogni ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet · February 15, 2012
Defining disease severity in patients with Pompe disease is important for prognosis and monitoring the response to therapies. Current approaches include qualitative and quantitative assessments of the disease burden, and clinical measures of the impact of ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · February 2012
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human acid α-glucosidase (rhGAA) has improved clinical outcomes in patients with Pompe disease; however, the response of skeletal muscle and the central nervous system to ERT has been attenuated. The poor r ...
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Journal ArticleJ Child Neurol · February 2012
Anderson disease, also known as glycogen storage disease type IV (MIM 232500), is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of glycogen branching enzyme. Glycogen storage disease type IV has a broad clinical spectrum ranging from a perinat ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · January 2012
PURPOSE: Infantile Pompe disease resulting from a deficiency of lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA) requires enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human GAA (rhGAA). Cross-reactive immunologic material negative (CRIM-negative) Pompe patients dev ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · December 2011
We found that the missense mutation p.Pro1205Leu in the PHKA2 gene is a common cause of hepatic phosphorylase-kinase deficiency in Dutch patients, suggesting a founder-effect. Most patients presented with isolated growth delay and diarrhea, prior to the oc ...
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Journal ArticleIndian Pediatr · November 11, 2011
We report two cases which illustrate that enzyme assay results alone, may at times be equivocal and inconclusive in the prenatal diagnosis of storage disorders like Pompe disease and therefore, if the probands mutation is known, targeted mutation analysis ...
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Journal ArticleClin Chem · October 2011
BACKGROUND: Newborn screening for lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs) has been gaining considerable interest owing to the availability of enzyme replacement therapies. We present a digital microfluidic platform to perform rapid, multiplexed enzymatic analysi ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · June 2011
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with acid α-glucosidase has become available for Pompe disease; however, the response of skeletal muscle, as opposed to the heart, has been attenuated. The poor response of skeletal muscle has been attributed to the low abu ...
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Journal ArticleMuscle Nerve · May 2011
INTRODUCTION: Pompe disease (glycogen storage disease type II, acid maltase deficiency) is caused by deficiency of lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA). A few late-onset patients have been reported with skin fibroblast GAA activity levels of <2%. METHODS: We ...
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Journal ArticleAnnales de chirurgie plastique et esthetique · March 2011
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to review and present our experience with pedicled flap reconstruction of lower limb defects with particular reference to choice of flap, complications and pre-existing health disorders. METHODS: A retrospective review ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · February 1, 2011
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency in glycogen-branching enzyme (GBE1) activity that results in the accumulation of amylopectin-like polysaccharide, which presumably leads to osmotic swelling ...
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Journal ArticleExperimental hematology · January 2011
OBJECTIVE: In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), increased cellular turnover of hematopoietic cells driven by the oncogene BCR-ABL leads to accelerated telomere shortening despite increased telomerase activity. It has been postulated that shortened telomeres, ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · 2011
Dried blood spot (DBS) methods are currently available for identification of a range of lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). These disorders are generally characterized by a deficiency of activity of a lysosomal enzyme and by a broad spectrum of phenotypes. ...
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Journal ArticleJ Inherit Metab Dis · December 2010
Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV; Andersen disease) is caused by a deficiency of glycogen branching enzyme (GBE), leading to excessive deposition of structurally abnormal, amylopectin-like glycogen in affected tissues. The accumulated glycogen lack ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · July 2010
PURPOSE: Glycogen Storage Disease Type III, glycogen debranching enzyme deficiency, causes accumulation of glycogen in liver, skeletal, and cardiac muscle. Some patients develop increased left ventricular thickness by echocardiography, but the rate of incr ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · July 2010
PURPOSE: Glycogen Storage Disease Type III, also known as debrancher deficiency or Cori disease, is an autosomal recessive disorder recognized for both its hepatic and muscle manifestations. The neuromuscular manifestations of Glycogen Storage Disease Type ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · July 2010
PURPOSE: Glycogen storage disease type III is a rare disease of variable clinical severity affecting primarily the liver, heart, and skeletal muscle. It is caused by deficient activity of glycogen debranching enzyme, which is a key enzyme in glycogen degra ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · July 2010
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PURPOSE: Glycogen Storage Disease Type III (limit dextrinosis; Cori or Forbes disease) is an autosomal recessive disorder of glycogen metabolism caused by deficient activity of glycogen debranching enzyme in liver and muscle (Glycogen Storage Disease Type ...
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Journal ArticleSemin Perinatol · April 2010
Expansion of newborn screening for inherited metabolic disorders using tandem mass spectrometry has generated interest in screening for other treatable conditions, including lysosomal storage diseases. Limitations to expansion include labor and equipment c ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · January 2010
Deficiency of acid alpha glucosidase (GAA) causes Pompe disease, which is usually fatal if onset occurs in infancy. Patients synthesize a non-functional form of GAA or are unable to form native enzyme. Enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human GAA ...
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Journal ArticleHum Mol Genet · December 15, 2009
Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) is a frequent long-term complication of glycogen storage disease type I (GSD I) and malignant transformation to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is known to occur in some cases. However, the molecular pathogenesis of tumor develo ...
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Journal ArticleTrends Endocrinol Metab · July 2009
Glycogen storage disease type I (GSD I) is caused by deficiency of the glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit in type Ia or of glucose-6-phosphate transporter in type Ib. The cellular bases for disruptions of homeostasis have been increasingly understood ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · July 2009
PURPOSE: To investigate the correlation of the urinary glucose tetrasaccharide, Glcalpha1-6Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-4Glc, (Glc4) with skeletal muscle glycogen content and the long-term clinical response to enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human acid ...
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Journal ArticleMuscle Nerve · July 2009
Pompe disease (acid maltase deficiency; glycogen storage disease type II) is caused by deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). Our clinical laboratory began to offer a fluorometric dried blood spot (DBS)-based GAA activity assay fo ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · March 2009
PURPOSE: A clinical trial was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of alglucosidase alfa in infants and children with advanced Pompe disease. METHODS: Open-label, multicenter study of IV alglucosidase alfa treatment in 21 infants 3-43 months old ( ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · December 2008
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Benefits of enzyme replacement therapy with Myozyme (alglucosidase alfa), anecdotally reported in late-onset Pompe disease, range from motor and pulmonary improvement in less severely affected patients, to stabilization with minimal improvement in those wi ...
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Journal ArticleJ Child Neurol · March 2008
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (Andersen disease) is a rare metabolic disorder characterized by deficient glycogen branching enzyme activity resulting in abnormal, amylopectin-like glycogen deposition in multiple organs. This article reports on an infant ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · March 2008
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Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of glycogen metabolism caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). It presents at any age, with variable rates of progression ranging from a rapidly progressive course, often ...
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Journal ArticleMol Genet Metab · April 2007
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The enzymatic defect in Pompe disease is insufficient lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) activity which leads to lysosomal glycogen accumulation. We recently introduced a simple and reliable method to measure GAA activity in dried blood spots using Aca ...
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Journal ArticleJ Hepatol · March 2007
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Glycogen storage disease III (GSD III) is caused by a deficiency of glycogen-debranching enzyme which causes an incomplete glycogenolysis resulting in glycogen accumulation with abnormal structure (short outer chains resembling limit dextr ...
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Journal ArticleNeurology · January 9, 2007
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BACKGROUND: Pompe disease is a progressive metabolic neuromuscular disorder resulting from deficiency of lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). Infantile-onset Pompe disease is characterized by cardiomyopathy, respiratory and skeletal muscle weakness, and ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vet Intern Med · 2007
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BACKGROUND: Inborn errors of metabolism impose a significant genetic burden on purebred dogs and cats. The glycogen storage diseases are a category of such disorders that are typed by enzyme analysis, but deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based carrier tests are ...
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Journal ArticleResuscitation · May 2006
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OBJECTIVE: We sought to evaluate the knowledge of probable outcome by medical personnel for in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, and self-reported history of CPR training referrals for family members of cardiac patients. METHODS: One hundred pe ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · May 2006
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PURPOSE: Acid alpha-glucosidase is present in various tissues, including blood cells. Historically, enzyme measurement in cultured fibroblasts, or muscle, has been the gold standard to confirm a diagnosis of Pompe disease, due to the possibility of alterna ...
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Journal ArticleGenet Med · May 2006
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PURPOSE: The study's purpose was to compare acarbose and maltose as inhibitors of maltase-glucoamylase activity for determining acid alpha-glucosidase activity in dried blood spot specimens for early identification of patients with infantile Pompe disease, ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Genet A · April 15, 2006
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder due to a deficiency in the activity of the glycogen branching enzyme (GBE). A deficiency in GBE activity results in the accumulation of glycogen with fewer branching point ...
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Journal ArticleCirculation · November 15, 2005
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BACKGROUND: AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) regulatory gamma2 subunit (PRKAG2) mutations cause a human cardiomyopathy with cardiac hypertrophy, preexcitation, and glycogen deposition. PRKAG2 cardiomyopathy is recapitulated in transgenic mice overexpres ...
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Journal ArticlePediatr Transplant · April 2005
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We report a 17-month-old female patient with a rare cause of cardiomyopathy secondary to accumulation of amylopectin-like material (fibrillar glycogen) isolated to the heart. Evidence of amylopectinosis isolated to cardiac myocytes in this patient was demo ...
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Journal ArticleJ Inherit Metab Dis · 2005
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We present a series of 8 patients (6 males, 2 females) with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD Ia). In this group, the age at which treatment was initiated ranged from birth to 39 years (mean 9.9 years). All patients b ...
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Journal ArticleClin Chim Acta · November 2003
BACKGROUND: Homozygosity and compound heterozygosity for the short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) gene sequence variants 625G-->A and 511C-->T are associated with ethylmalonic aciduria (EMA), a biochemical indicator of SCAD deficiency. The clinical an ...
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Journal ArticlePediatr Res · August 2003
Tandem mass spectrometry was adopted for newborn screening by North Carolina in April 1999. Since then, three infants with short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) and one with isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency were detected on the basis of elevated ...
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Journal ArticleEur J Pediatr · October 2002
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UNLABELLED: Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD Ia) is caused by mutations in the G6PC gene encoding the phosphatase of the microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase system. GSD Ia is characterized by hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, lactic acidemia, hyperuricemia, hy ...
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Journal ArticleChir Main · July 2002
INTRODUCTION: Longitudinal melanonychia is a diagnostic and treatment problem for the surgeon. Fear of melanoma most frequently leads to total excision of nail bed, matrix and plate. METHOD: Twenty two patients, aged from 7 to 77, were operated on from 89 ...
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ConferenceEuropean Journal of Pediatrics Supplement · January 1, 2002
Glycogen storage disease type Ia (GSD Ia) is caused by mutations in the G6PC gene encoding the phosphatase of the microsomal glucose-6-phosphatase system. GSD Ia is characterized by hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, lactic acidemia, hyperuricemia, hyperlipidemia ...
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Journal ArticleBr J Plast Surg · June 2001
Over 10 years we performed 103 skin-expansion procedures and placed 207 prostheses on lower limbs, using the same surgical protocol. In 83 cases (80.6%) the expansion was achieved without complications. We recorded 20 complications in all (19.4%). Major co ...
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Journal ArticleGenes Immun · September 1999
To examine the genetic contribution of HLA and non-HLA genes in the etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 60 Caucasian multiplex families were identified and DNA analyzed for over 52 markers including DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 alleles. Many of the marke ...
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Journal ArticleArthritis Rheum · February 1999
OBJECTIVE: To develop diagnostic criteria for a familial form of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), identify families with >1 affected member, examine possible modes of inheritance, and determine linkage to potential candidate genes. METHODS: Family ...
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Journal ArticleAm J Med Genet · January 15, 1999
Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a genetic disease characterized by abnormal ciliary structure and function, impaired mucociliary clearance, and chronic middle ear, sinus, and lung disease. PCD is associated with situs inversus in approximately 50% of t ...
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Journal ArticleCancer Res · September 1, 1997
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) was recently mapped in a single report to the telomeric region of chromosome 19p (A. Hemminki et al., Nat. Genet., 15: 87-90, 1997). Our studies confirm this location and provide further localization of the PJS locus. In the fi ...
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Journal ArticleJ Biol Chem · September 15, 1995
Glucokinase catalyzes a rate-limiting step in glucose metabolism in hepatocytes and pancreatic beta cells and is considered the "glucose sensor" for regulation of insulin secretion. Patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) have heterozygou ...
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Journal ArticleMutat Res · July 1, 1994
Genotoxicity evaluation of a widely used glucocorticoid medicine, dexamethasone, was undertaken using in vitro and in vivo assays. Analyses of chromosomal aberrations, sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in human lymphocytes and micronuclei and SCEs in mouse ...
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Journal ArticleProc Natl Acad Sci U S A · July 15, 1992
Several overlapping chromosomal deletions spanning the albino locus in the mouse cause perinatal lethality when homozygous and a block in the transcriptional induction of various unlinked hepatocyte-specific genes. Studies of such lethal albino deletion ho ...
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Journal ArticleProc Natl Acad Sci U S A · March 15, 1992
A cluster of unlinked genes encoding gluconeogenic enzymes in the mouse is characterized by the failure of normal hormone-inducible expression in animals homozygous for one of several overlapping deletions mapping on chromosome 7 near the albino locus. Pre ...
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Journal ArticleProc Natl Acad Sci U S A · July 1, 1991
Wild-type newborn mice are characterized by the ability of certain liver-specific genes encoding various enzymes and mapping on different chromosomes to respond to glucocorticoid induction. Newborn mice homozygous for deletions at and around the albino loc ...
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Journal ArticleEnviron Mol Mutagen · 1990
Genotoxic evaluation of a widely used glucocorticoid, hydrocortisone, was undertaken using a battery of in vitro and in vivo test systems. Human lymphocyte cultures and mouse bone marrow studies (micronuclei and sister chromatid exchange analyses) showed t ...
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