Fabry disease: Mechanism and therapeutics strategies

X Li, X Ren, Y Zhang, L Ding, M Huo, Q Li - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fabry disease is a monogenic disease characterized by a deficiency or loss of the α-
galactosidase A (GLA). The resulting impairment in lysosomal GLA enzymatic activity leads …

N-acetylcysteine pharmacology and applications in rare diseases—Repurposing an old antioxidant

SA Sahasrabudhe, MR Terluk, RV Kartha - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor of cysteine and, thereby, glutathione (GSH), acts as an
antioxidant through a variety of mechanisms, including oxidant scavenging, GSH …

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 …

Inborn errors of metabolism: Lessons from iPSC models

R Escribá, R Ferrer-Lorente, Á Raya - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic …, 2021 - Springer
The possibility of reprogramming human somatic cells to pluripotency has opened
unprecedented opportunities for creating genuinely human experimental models of disease …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated A4GALT suppression rescues Fabry disease phenotypes in a kidney organoid model

S Cui, YJ Shin, X Fang, H Lee, SH Eum, EJ Ko… - Translational …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate whether CRISPR/Cas9-mediated suppression
of A4GALT could rescue phenotype of Fabry disease nephropathy (FDN) using human …

Harnessing CRISPR technology for next-generation microphysiological systems

S Song, HW Kang, M Kang, S Chung, N Choi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2025 - Elsevier
Microphysiological systems (MPSs) bridge traditional cell cultures and animal models,
recapitulating human organ functions and disease characteristics. Despite their promise …

Zebra-Sphinx: modeling sphingolipidoses in zebrafish

L Mignani, J Guerra, M Corli, D Capoferri… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sphingolipidoses are inborn errors of metabolism due to the pathogenic mutation of genes
that encode for lysosomal enzymes, transporters, or enzyme cofactors that participate in the …

Development of vascular disease models to explore disease causation and pathomechanisms of rare vascular diseases

RL Harper, EA Ferrante, M Boehm - Seminars in immunopathology, 2022 - Springer
As the field of medicine is striving forward heralded by a new era of next-generation
sequencing (NGS) and integrated technologies such as bioprinting and biological material …

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and CRISPR-Cas9 Innovations for Treating Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Glycogen Storage Diseases

C Walsh, S Jin - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technologies
have become powerful tools in disease modeling and treatment. By harnessing recent …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of angiogenesis by the secretome from iPSC-derived retinal ganglion cells with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy-like phenotypes

SY Peng, CY Chen, H Chen, YP Yang, ML Wang… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The blood supply in the retina ensures photoreceptor function and maintains regular vision.
Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON), caused by the mitochondrial DNA mutations …