Ultrastructural changes in fibroblast mitochondria of a patient with HHH-syndrome.

abstract：:The CLN3 gene is involved in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL), or Batten-Spielmeyer-Vogt disease, a severe hereditary neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder characterized by progressive disease pathology, with loss of vision as the first symptom. Another characteristic of JNCL is the lysosomal accu...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： de Voer G,van der Bent P,Rodrigues AJ,van Ommen GJ,Peters DJ,Taschner PE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte thiamin metabolism and transport were investigated in 7 patients from Brazil, Israel and Italy suffering from thiamin-responsive megaloblastic anaemia (TRMA) associated with diabetes mellitus and sensorineural deafness. All patients discontinued thiamin therapy for 4-7 days before the investigation. TRMA p...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Rindi G,Patrini C,Laforenza U,Mandel H,Berant M,Viana MB,Poggi V,Zarra AN

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a human dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) cDNA, the frequency of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) with restriction endonucleases AvaII, MspI, NcoI and HinfI was estimated in unrelated, unaffected Japanese. The allele frequencies are different from those found in Caucasians, especially with MspI ...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Hayasaka K,Narisawa K,Ohura T,Ogawa E,Dahl HH

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on our 6-year experience of expanded newborn screening by tandem mass spectrometry in Tuscany (Italy), the first Italian Region to screen all newborns for more than 40 inborn errors of metabolism: organization, diseases observed and updates on methods to reduce false-positive and false-negative tests are des...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： la Marca G,Malvagia S,Casetta B,Pasquini E,Donati MA,Zammarchi E

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report studies on two patients (1 and 2) with Hurler disease. They both had all of the non-neurological features of Hurler disease to a similar and extreme degree and similar signs of brain damage on computed tomography. However, intellectual function was unusually well-preserved in patient 1, but seriously and typ...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Watts RW,Spellacy E,Adams JH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, there have not been any confirmed reports of beta-mannosidase deficiency in man. We have now analysed urine from two patients with confirmed beta-mannosidase deficiency and have found Man-beta(1-4)GlcNAc concentrations of 65 and 73 mg/mmol creatinine. These levels are at least 12 times higher than thos...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Tjoa S,Wenger DA,Fennessey PV

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct alteration of a gene in the human genome requires an understanding of the role of the gene in metabolism. A gene may need to be introduced into a specific tissue or alternatively it may be possible to use accessible tissue such as bone marrow. The level of gene expression required also needs to be known as does...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Smithies O

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have identified a role for supraphysiological gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in the regulation of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), a protein kinase with pleiotropic roles in cellular development and homeostasis, including integration of growth factors and nutrient sensing and synaptic input in ne...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Vogel KR,Ainslie GR,Gibson KM

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article documents both the neurological and physical outcomes of the first published set of siblings undergoing transplantation at differing ages for α-mannosidosis. The older brother, the index case, was diagnosed at the age of 3 years and underwent transplantation at 13 years for the treatment of increasing som...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Broomfield AA,Chakrapani A,Wraith JE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial diseases are usually severe and progressive conditions; however, there are rare forms that show remarkable spontaneous recoveries. Two homoplasmic mitochondrial tRNA mutations (m.14674T>C/G in mt-tRNA(Glu)) have been reported to cause severe infantile mitochondrial myopathy in the first months of life. I...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Boczonadi V,Bansagi B,Horvath R

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using Guthrie Biological Inhibition Assay, 4963 mentally retarded individuals housed in 31 cities and towns across the country were screened for PKU. The average prevalence of classical PKU in the study population was 2.1%, which is higher than that reported for most mentally retarded populations in other countries pr...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Ghiasvand NM,Aledavood A,Ghiasvand R,Seyedin Borojeny F,Aledavood AR,Seyed S,Miner W,Saeb Taheri GR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in genes encoding metabolic enzymes are often the cause of inherited diseases. Mutations usually affect the ability of proteins to fold properly, thus leading to enzyme loss of function. In this work, we explored the relationships between protein stability, aggregation, and degradation in vitro and inside ce...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Pey AL,Maggi M,Valentini G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimum conditions for assay of human plasma beta-mannosidase activity were determined. Maximum activity was observed at pH 3.0-3.4, the apparent Km was 0.9 mmol L-1 and enzymatic hydrolysis was linear for at least 60 min. Assays were performed on plasma from two siblings with the recently described condition beta-man...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Cooper A,Hatton C,Sardharwalla IB

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal microvillar enzyme complex sucrase-isomaltase has been studied in cystic fibrosis and control ileum. A number of biochemical parameters of the enzyme in ileum homogenates have been determined. Both solubilized as well as membrane-bound sucrase-isomaltase were analyzed with respect to their reaction with...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Sips HJ,Claass AH,van Dongen JM,Willemsen R,Hoogeveen AT,Galjaard H,Sinaasappel M,Hauri HP,Sterchi EE

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural history of most rare diseases is incompletely understood and usually relies on studies with low level of evidence. Consistent with the goals for future research of rare disease research set by the International Rare Diseases Research Consortium in 2017, the purpose of this paper is to review the recently d...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Garbade SF,Zielonka M,Komatsuzaki S,Kölker S,Hoffmann GF,Hinderhofer K,Mountford WK,Mengel E,Sláma T,Mechler K,Ries M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid diagnosis and early specific treatment of metabolic epilepsies due to inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) is crucial to avoid irreversible sequalae. Nowadays, besides the profile analysis of amino- and organic acids, a range of additional targeted assays is used for the selective screening of those diseases. This...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Mathis D,Beese K,Rüegg C,Plecko B,Hersberger M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports three novel mutations of the methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) lA gene and confirms that hyperhomocysteinaemia may be a characteristic finding in MAT I/III deficiency. Thus, MAT I/III deficiency is important in the differential diagnoses of hyperhomocysteinaemia, which may lead to clinical compli...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Linnebank M,Lagler F,Muntau AC,Röschinger W,Olgemöller B,Fowler B,Koch HG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severely mentally retarded infant with congenital lactic acidosis due to pyruvate carboxylase deficiency is reported. The patient suffered from vomiting and convulsions soon after birth and developed severe mental and motor retardation at 3 months of age. The persistent elevation of pyruvate and lactate in both bloo...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Tsuchiyama A,Oyanagi K,Hirano S,Tachi N,Sogawa H,Wagatsuma K,Nakao T,Tsugawa S,Kawamura Y

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine deficiency disorders are rare defects in the biosynthesis of the amino acid L-serine. At present two disorders have been reported: 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase deficiency and 3-phosphoserine phosphatase deficiency. These enzyme defects lead to severe neurological symptoms such as congenital microcephaly and...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： de Koning TJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is paucity of literature on dietary treatment in glycogen storage disease (GSD) type IV and formal guidelines are not available. Traditionally, liver transplantation was considered the only treatment option for GSD IV. In light of the success of dietary treatment for the other hepatic forms of GSD, we have initi...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Derks TGJ,Peeks F,de Boer F,Fokkert-Wilts M,van der Doef HPJ,van den Heuvel MC,Szymańska E,Rokicki D,Ryan PT,Weinstein DA

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A battery of self-report psychosocial measures was mailed to 116 patients who had been referred for clinical management (clinic attenders) or laboratory diagnosis (non-clinic attenders) to the London Supraregional Assay Service Centre for Porphyria over the past decade and who tested positive for porphyria. Usable rep...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Millward LM,Kelly P,Deacon A,Senior V,Peters TJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study reports the first evaluation of therapeutic response in Romanian patients with Gaucher disease type I, after therapy with Cerezyme recently became available in our country. PATIENTS AND METHODS:24 patients (11-50 years) received Cerezyme 20-60 U/kg every two weeks for at least 18 months. Haemoglobin, pl...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Grigorescu Sido P,Drugan C,Cret V,Al-Kzouz C,Denes C,Coldea C,Zimmermann A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the value of the fasting plasma phenylalanine/tyrosine ratio obtained in an ordinary clinical setting for assessing the probability of being a heterozygote for hyperphenylalaninaemia. This biochemical test was found to be of little value in those with a high (66%) prior risk of heterozygosity, because it c...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Saraiva JM,Seakins JW,Smith I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine palmitoyltransferase type II (CPT II) deficiency has three basic phenotypes, late-onset muscular (mild), infantile/juvenile hepatic (intermediate) and severe neonatal. We have measured fatty acid oxidation and CPT II activity and performed mutation studies in 24 symptomatic patients representing the full cli...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Olpin SE,Afifi A,Clark S,Manning NJ,Bonham JR,Dalton A,Leonard JV,Land JM,Andresen BS,Morris AA,Muntoni F,Turnbull D,Pourfarzam M,Rahman S,Pollitt RJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequence analyses have become a major component in the diagnostic work-up of patients; however, limited consideration appears to be given to the possibility that reported results may in fact be wrong. Over the last four years we have carried out an External Quality Assessment scheme for mutation analysis in phenyl...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Zschocke J,Aulehla-Scholz C,Patton S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor for the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, alkylglycerol monooxygenase, and nitric oxide synthases (NOS). Inborn errors of BH4 metabolism lead to severe insufficiency of brain monoamine neurotransmitters while augmentation of BH4 by supplementation or stimulation of it...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Korner G,Scherer T,Adamsen D,Rebuffat A,Crabtree M,Rassi A,Scavelli R,Homma D,Ledermann B,Konrad D,Ichinose H,Wolfrum C,Horsch M,Rathkolb B,Klingenspor M,Beckers J,Wolf E,Gailus-Durner V,Fuchs H,Hrabě de Angelis M,

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internet searches on health topics are common, but not enough is known about online use during serious health concerns. The aim of this study was to investigate parents' internet use and responses to online information following the referral of their newborn screen-positive infants. METHODS:Forty-four paren...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： DeLuca JM,Kearney MH,Norton SA,Arnold GL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Creatine transporter deficiency was discovered in 2001 as an X-linked cause of intellectual disability characterized by cerebral creatine deficiency. This review describes the current knowledge regarding creatine metabolism, the creatine transporter and the clinical aspects of creatine transporter deficiency. The cond...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： van de Kamp JM,Mancini GM,Salomons GS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaric aciduria type I is an inborn error of organic acid metabolism that demonstrates a particular temporal vulnerability (acute encephalopathic episodes in infancy) and a spatial vulnerability (acute striatal necrosis, focused on the putamen). Excitotoxic mechanisms involving 3-hydroxyglutaric acid as the major ne...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Varadkar S,Surtees R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with MPS IV have a clinical disorder quite different from other MPS conditions. The major treatment issue revolves around the prevention of cervical myelopathy, although the other aspects of this multisystem disease should not be forgotten. Management is inevitably multidisciplinary and the paediatrician shou...

journal_title：Journal of inherited metabolic disease

authors： Northover H,Cowie RA,Wraith JE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00