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Fabry disease is a rare genetic disease with deficient activity of enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. Deficient activity of this enzyme leads to the accumulation of lipid-derived inclusions in different organs including kidney, heart and vessels. These inclusions can be found in the kidney even before
INTRODUCTION Fabry disease is an X-linked error of glycosphingolipid catabolism caused by the deficient activity of the lysosomal hydrolase α-galactosidase A (α-gal A) in tissues and fluids of affected hemizygous males; most heterozygous females have an intermediate level of enzymatic activity. The
This protocol was developed in order to obtain bone marrow stem cells for ex vivo transduction with retroviruses containing the human glucocerebrosidase gene. We continue to enter a small number of patients to this protocol each year. Studies with the bone marrow hematopoietic progenitor cells have