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Clinical and metabolic consequences of L-serine supplementation in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 1C.
Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies - 1 Nov 2017
Auranen Mari, Toppila Jussi, Suriyanarayanan Saranya, Lone Museer A, Paetau Anders, Tyynismaa Henna, Hornemann Thorsten, Ylikallio Emil
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary sensory neuropathy type 1 (HSAN1) may be the first genetic neuropathy amenable to a specific mechanism-based treatment, as L-serine supplementation can be used to lower the neurotoxic levels of 1-deoxysphingolipids (1-deoxySL) that cause the neurodegeneration. The treatment is so far untested in HSAN1C caused by variants in the serine palmitoyl transferase subunit 2 (SPTLC2) gene. The aim of this study...
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