Emerging cellular themes in leukodystrophies

JC Nowacki, AM Fields, MM Fu - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Leukodystrophies are a broad spectrum of neurological disorders that are characterized
primarily by deficiencies in myelin formation. Clinical manifestations of leukodystrophies …

Lysosomal storage disorders: from biology to the clinic with reference to India

J Sheth, A Nair, B Jee - The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, 2023 - thelancet.com
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of seventy different metabolic storage
diseases due to accumulation of substrate mainly in the form of carbohydrate, lipids …

The natural history of Type 1 infantile GM1 gangliosidosis: A literature-based meta-analysis

FM Lang, P Korner, M Harnett, A Karunakara… - Molecular genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Type 1 GM1 gangliosidosis is an ultra-rare, rapidly fatal lysosomal storage
disorder, with life expectancy of< 3 years of age. To date, only one prospective natural …

Multi-gene testing in neurological disorders showed an improved diagnostic yield: data from over 1000 Indian patients

A Ganapathy, A Mishra, MR Soni, P Kumar… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Neurological disorders are clinically heterogeneous group of disorders and are
major causes of disability and death. Several of these disorders are caused due to genetic …

Gene therapy approaches for GM1 gangliosidosis: Focus on animal and cellular studies

K Hosseini, J Fallahi, SMB Tabei… - Cell Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most important inherited metabolic disorders is GM1 gangliosidosis, which is a
progressive neurological disorder. The main cause of this disease is a genetic defect in the …

Hypomyelinating disorders in China: the clinical and genetic heterogeneity in 119 patients

H Ji, D Li, Y Wu, Q Zhang, Q Gu, H Xie, T Ji, H Wang… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective Hypomyelinating disorders are a group of clinically and genetically
heterogeneous diseases characterized by neurological deterioration with hypomyelination …

Defining the genetic basis of early onset hereditary spastic paraplegia using whole genome sequencing

KR Kumar, GM Wali, M Kamate, G Wali, AE Minoche… - Neurogenetics, 2016 - Springer
We performed whole genome sequencing (WGS) in nine families from India with early-onset
hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). We obtained a genetic diagnosis in 4/9 (44%) families …

Phenotyping and genotyping of skeletal dysplasias: Evolution of a center and a decade of experience in India

A Uttarilli, H Shah, GSL Bhavani, P Upadhyai, A Shukla… - Bone, 2019 - Elsevier
Genetic heterogeneity, high burden and the paucity of genetic testing for rare diseases
challenge genomic healthcare for these disorders in India. Here we report our experience …

Axonopathy and Reduction of Membrane Resistance: Key Features in a New Murine Model of Human GM1-Gangliosidosis

D Eikelberg, A Lehmbecker, G Brogden… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
GM1-gangliosidosis is caused by a reduced activity of β-galactosidase (Glb1), resulting in
intralysosomal accumulations of GM1. The aim of this study was to reveal the pathogenic …

Lysosomal Dysfunction: Connecting the Dots in the Landscape of Human Diseases

E Uribe-Carretero, V Rey, JM Fuentes… - Biology, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This article focuses on the impairment of lysosomes in the context of
lysosomal storage disorders. Lysosomal storage disorders are a group of rare diseases with …