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Prediction of response of mutated alpha-galactosidase A to a pharmacological chaperone.
Pharmacogenetics and genomics - 1 Sept 2008
Shin Sang H, Kluepfel-Stahl Stefanie, Cooney Adele M, Kaneski Christine R, Quirk Jane M, Schiffmann Raphael, Brady Roscoe O, Murray Gary J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between types and locations of mutations of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase (Gal) A in Fabry disease and the response to the pharmacological chaperone 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin (DGJ). METHODS: T cells grown from normal individuals or from patients with Fabry disease were tested for response to treatment with DGJ by increased activity of alpha-Gal A. RESULTS: Cells from normal...
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