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Chemical chaperone treatment for galactosialidosis: Effect of NOEV on β-galactosidase activities in fibroblasts.
Brain & development - 1 Feb 2016
Hossain Mohammad Arif, Higaki Katsumi, Shinpo Michiko, Nanba Eiji, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Ozono Keiichi, Sakai Norio
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INTRODUCTION: Galactosialidosis is a rare lysosomal storage disease caused by a combined deficiency of GM1 β-galactosidase (β-gal) and neuraminidase secondary to a defect of a lysosomal enzyme protective protein/cathepsin A (PPCA) and mutation in CTSA gene. Three subtypes are recognized: early infantile, late infantile, and juvenile/adult. There is no specific therapy for patients with galactosialidosis at this...
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