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Response of 33 UK patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease to enzyme replacement therapy
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for infantile-onset Pompe disease has been commercially available for almost 10 years. We report the experience of its use in a cohort treated at three specialist lysosomal tre...
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Myc overexpression brings out unexpected antiapoptotic effects of miR-34a
Downregulation of microRNA-34a by Myc is known to be essential for tumorigenesis and improve tumor-cell survival. Conversely, upregulation of miR-34a by p53 is thought to enhance its acetylation and activity a...
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Open AccessRNAi-mediated germline knockdown of FABP4 increases body weight but does not improve the deranged nutrient metabolism of diet-induced obese mice
To investigate the impact of reduced adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4) in control of body weight, glucose and lipid homeostasis in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice.
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Use of a long-chain triglyceride-restricted/medium-chain triglyceride-supplemented diet in a case of malonyl-CoA decarboxylase deficiency with cardiomyopathy
Malonyl coenzyme A (CoA) decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.9, MCD) deficiency, or malonic aciduria, is a rare inborn error of metabolism characterised by a variable phenotype of developmental delay, seizures, cardiomyop...
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Changes in gait pattern as assessed by the GAITRite™ walkway system in MPS II patients undergoing enzyme replacement therapy
Patients with MPS II often present with limitations to functional mobility. With the advent of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), robust assessment tools are important to assess response to treatment. The aim o...
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Comparative assessment of siRNA and shRNA off target effects: what is slowing clinical development
This review considers comparisons of the off-target effects of siRNA to shRNA and their potential impact on the efficacy and toxicity of RNAi based therapeutics.
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Randomised controlled trial of essential fatty acid supplementation in phenylketonuria
The long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) status of children with PKU is often compromised. LC-PUFA, which are important fatty acids in the development of the CNS, can be synthesised endogenously fr...
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Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency: Diagnostic difficulties in neonatal presentation
We describe two unrelated cases of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) deficiency with rare neonatal presentation of hyperammonaemia. The diagnosis in the neonatal presentation of OAT deficiency is hampered as hy...
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An Atlas of Common Metabolic and Genetic Diseases. Mohammed A. Al-Elessa, Nadia A. Sakati, Pinar T. Ozand
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Manual of Metabolic Diseases. Mohammed A. Al-Elessa and Pinar T. Ozand
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Galactosaemia: relationship of IQ to biochemical control and genotype
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Immune function in prolidase deficiency