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New Directions in Gaucher Disease.
Human mutation - 1 Nov 2016
Horowitz Mia, Elstein Deborah, Zimran Ari, Goker-Alpan Ozlem
Abstract excerpt
In Gaucher disease (GD), mutant lysosomal acid β-glucocerebrosidase fails to properly hydrolyze its substrate, glucosylceramide, which accumulates in the lysosomes. Due to its phenotypic heterogeneity, GD has been classified into type 1, non-neuronopathic, and types 2 and 3, the neuronopathic forms, based on the primary involvement of the central nervous system. Neuroinflammation and necroptotic death may appear...
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