[HTML][HTML] Consensus clinical management guidelines for Niemann-Pick disease type C

T Geberhiwot, A Moro, A Dardis, U Ramaswami… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) is a progressive and life limiting autosomal recessive
disorder caused by mutations in either the NPC1 or NPC2 gene. Mutations in these genes …

[HTML][HTML] Niemann-Pick disease type C

MT Vanier - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Niemann-Pick C disease (NP-C) is a neurovisceral atypical lysosomal lipid storage
disorder with an estimated minimal incidence of 1/120 000 live births. The broad clinical …

Saturation variant interpretation using CRISPR prime editing

S Erwood, TMI Bily, J Lequyer, J Yan, N Gulati… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
High-throughput functional characterization of genetic variants in their endogenous locus
has so far been possible only with methods that rely on homology-directed repair, which are …

[HTML][HTML] Miglustat in Niemann-Pick disease type C patients: a review

M Pineda, M Walterfang, MC Patterson - Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Objective Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare, autosomal recessive,
neurodegenerative disease associated with a wide variety of progressive neurological …

Recommendations for the diagnosis and management of Niemann–Pick disease type C: an update

MC Patterson, CJ Hendriksz, M Walterfang… - Molecular genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Niemann–Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a rare inherited neurovisceral disease caused by
mutations in either the NPC1 (in 95% of cases) or the NPC2 gene (in around 5% of cases) …

Genetics of dementia

CT Loy, PR Schofield, AM Turner, JBJ Kwok - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Summary 25% of all people aged 55 years and older have a family history of dementia. For
most, the family history is due to genetically complex disease, where many genetic …

Cholesterol metabolism in neurons and astrocytes

FW Pfrieger, N Ungerer - Progress in lipid research, 2011 - Elsevier
Cells in the mammalian body must accurately maintain their content of cholesterol, which is
an essential membrane component and precursor for vital signalling molecules. Outside the …

Recommendations for the detection and diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C: An update

MC Patterson, P Clayton, P Gissen… - Neurology: Clinical …, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Abstract Purpose of review: Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C) is a neurovisceral disorder
that may be more prevalent than earlier estimates. Diagnosis of NP-C is often delayed; a key …

Cholesterol oxidation products are sensitive and specific blood-based biomarkers for Niemann-Pick C1 disease

FD Porter, DE Scherrer, MH Lanier… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease is a rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by accumulation of cholesterol in the endolysosomes. Previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] A sensitive and specific LC-MS/MS method for rapid diagnosis of Niemann-Pick C1 disease from human plasma [S]

X Jiang, R Sidhu, FD Porter, NM Yanjanin… - Journal of lipid …, 2011 - ASBMB
Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease is a rare, progressively fatal neurodegenerative
disease for which there are no FDA-approved therapies. A major barrier to developing new …