Congenital disorders of glycosylation: narration of a story through its patents

M Monticelli, T D'Onofrio, J Jaeken, E Morava… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Congenital disorders of glycosylation are a group of more than 160 rare genetic defects in
protein and lipid glycosylation. Since the first clinical report in 1980 of PMM2-CDG, the most …

Current trends and future prospects of drug repositioning in gastrointestinal oncology

N Fatemi, M Karimpour, H Bahrami, MR Zali… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers comprise a significant number of cancer cases worldwide and
contribute to a high percentage of cancer-related deaths. To improve survival rates of GI …

Curcumin Has Beneficial Effects on Lysosomal Alpha-Galactosidase: Potential Implications for the Cure of Fabry Disease

M Monticelli, B Hay Mele, M Allocca, L Liguori… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disease caused by mutations in the GLA gene that
encodes alpha-galactosidase (AGAL). The disease causes abnormal globotriaosylceramide …

Long-term monitoring of cardiac involvement under migalastat treatment using magnetic resonance tomography in Fabry disease

C Gatterer, D Beitzke, S Graf, M Lenz… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Fabry cardiomyopathy is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy,
myocardial fibrosis, arrhythmia, and premature death. Treatment with migalastat, an oral …

Enzyme replacement therapy for FABRY disease: possible strategies to improve its efficacy

I Iacobucci, B Hay Mele, F Cozzolino… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enzyme replacement therapy is the only therapeutic option for Fabry patients with
completely absent AGAL activity. However, the treatment has side effects, is costly, and …

Human in vitro models for Fabry disease: new paths for unravelling disease mechanisms and therapies

C Borisch, T Thum, C Bär, J Hoepfner - Journal of Translational Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Fabry disease is a multi-organ disease, caused by mutations in the GLA gene and leading to
a progressive accumulation of glycosphingolipids due to enzymatic absence or malfunction …

Efficient Delivery of Globotriaosylceramide Synthase siRNA using Polyhistidine‐Incorporated Lipid Nanoparticles

IG Kim, WH Jung, G You, H Lee, YJ Shin… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a novel polyhistidine‐incorporated lipid nanoparticle (pHis/LNP) is developed
for the delivery of therapeutic globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) synthase siRNAs using a …

Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Hypoxia as Potential Mediators of Pain in Fabry Disease: A Human-Murine Translational Approach

K Klug, M Spitzel, C Hans, A Klein… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fabry disease (FD) is caused by α-galactosidase A (AGAL) enzyme deficiency, leading to
globotriaosylceramide accumulation (Gb3) in several cell types. Pain is one of the …

The junctophilin-2 mutation p.(Thr161Lys) is associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using patient-specific iPS cardiomyocytes and demonstrates prolonged …

J Valtonen, C Prajapati, RM Cherian, S Vanninen… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is one of the most common genetic cardiac diseases; it
is primarily caused by mutations in sarcomeric genes. However, HCM is also associated …

Ursodeoxycholic Acid Binds PERK and Ameliorates Neurite Atrophy in a Cellular Model of GM2 Gangliosidosis

C Morales, M Fernandez, R Ferrer… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Unfolded protein response (UPR), triggered by stress in the endoplasmic reticulum
(ER), is a key driver of neurodegenerative diseases. GM2 gangliosidosis, which includes …