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Olaparib Attenuates Demyelination and Neuroinflammation in an Organotypic Slice Culture Model of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a severe demyelinating, autosomal recessive genetic leukodystrophy. The disease is underpinned by mutations in...
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Identification of a Novel ARSA Gene Mutation Through High-Throughput Molecular Diagnosis Method in Two Girls with Late Infantile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare leukoencephalopathy caused by pathogenic mutations in the ARSA gene. It manifests as severe motor...
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Biochemical and molecular analysis of pediatric patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy in South China: functional characterization of five novel ARSA variants
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disease caused by deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme arylsulfatase A...
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Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Characterization of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Among Egyptian Pediatric Patients: Expansion of the ARSA Mutational Spectrum
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive demyelination due to deficiency of the enzyme...
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Chinese Cases of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy with the Novel Missense Mutations in ARSA Gene
Metachromatic leukodystrophy(MLD) is an autosomal recessive hereditary neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disorder caused by the mutations in...
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Toward newborn screening of metachromatic leukodystrophy: results from analysis of over 27,000 newborn dried blood spots
PurposeMetachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of arylsulfatase A (ARSA), which results in the...
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Metachromatic leukodystrophy genotypes in The Netherlands reveal novel pathogenic ARSA variants in non-Caucasian patients
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an autosomal recessively inherited sulfatide storage disease caused by deficient activity of the lysosomal...
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Three novel variants in the arylsulfatase A (ARSA) gene in patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)
ObjectiveTo describe the genetic variants in the ARSA gene in Sri Lankan patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). As the variant profile of...
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Elucidating the Therapeutic Utility of Olaparib in Sulfatide-Induced Human Astrocyte Toxicity and Neuroinflammation
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a severe demyelinating, autosomal recessive genetic leukodystrophy, with no curative treatment. The disease is...
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Spectrum of ARSA variations in Asian Indian patients with Arylsulfatase A deficient metachromatic leukodystrophy
Metachromatic leukodystrophy due to Arylsulfatase A enzyme deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by biallelic variations in ARSA gene....
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Rare Diseases in Glycosphingolipid Metabolism
Sphingolipidoses is a cluster of genetic rare disorders regarding glycosphingolipid metabolism, classified as lysosomal storage disorders (LSD).... -
Human post-mortem organotypic brain slice cultures: a tool to study pathomechanisms and test therapies
Human brain experimental models recapitulating age- and disease-related characteristics are lacking. There is urgent need for human-specific tools...
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Late Infantile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Due to Novel Pathogenic Variants in the PSAP Gene
Impairment of saposin B causes rare atypical metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). It is encoded (together with saposin A, C, and D) by the PSAP gene....
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Development, validation and application of single molecule molecular inversion probe based novel integrated genetic screening method for 29 common lysosomal storage disorders in India
BackgroundCurrent clinical diagnosis pathway for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) involves sequential biochemical enzymatic tests followed by DNA...
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Causes of Congenital Malformations
Congenital malformations are structural abnormalities due to faulty development, present at birth, and amongst the major causes of prenatal,... -
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Metabolic Treatments of Cerebellar Ataxia
Metabolic causes of cerebellar ataxia encompass all categories of inherited metabolic diseases, i.e., accumulation and deficiency of small or complex... -
Correction to: Three novel variants in the arylsulfatase A (ARSA) gene in patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD)
After publication of the original article [1], the authors became aware of a typographical error in the original Table 1. Nucleotide substitution...
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Overview of Ataxia in Childhood
In children, a wide number of hereditary or acquired diseases may cause ataxia. The prevalence varies significantly in causes between pediatric and... -