Article
Therapeutic advances in Fabry disease: The future awaits.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Nov 2020
Kant Sam, Atta Mohamed G
Abstract excerpt
Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked disorder caused by mutations in GLA gene responsible for coding of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A(α-GAL). The resultant accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb-3) leads to multisystemic disease including progressive chronic kidney disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, stroke, angiokeratomas and corneal whorls. Current treatments include enzyme replacement therapy...
Topics
- Animals
- Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- Fabry Disease
- Genetic Therapy
- Humans
- Molecular Chaperones
- Mutation
- RNA, Messenger
- Trihexosylceramides
- alpha-Galactosidase
