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A novel conditional Sgsh knockout mouse model recapitulates phenotypic and neuropathic deficits of Sanfilippo syndrome.
Journal of inherited metabolic disease - 1 Sept 2017
Lau Adeline A, King Barbara M, Thorsen Carly L, Hassiotis Sofia, Beard Helen, Trim Paul J, Whyte Lauren S, Tamang Sarah J, Duplock Stephen K, Snel Marten F, Hopwood John J, Hemsley Kim M
Abstract excerpt
Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type IIIA, or Sanfilippo syndrome, is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH), involved in the catabolism of heparan sulfate. The clinical spectrum is broad and the age of symptom onset and the degree of preservation of cognitive and motor functions appears greatly influenced by genotype. To...
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