Abstract
In mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), glycosaminoglycans (GAG) accumulate in tissues. In MPS II, approximately two-thirds of patients are cognitively impaired. We investigated levels of GAG in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in different populations from four clinical studies (including NCT00920647 and NCT01449240). Data indicate that MPS II patients with cognitive impairment have elevated levels of CSF GAG, whereas those with the attenuated phenotype typically have levels falling between those of the cognitively affected patients and healthy controls.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 103-106 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports |
Volume | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2015 |
Funding
All studies reported were funded and sponsored by Shire . The authors would like to thank David Viskochil, MD, PhD, University of Utah, School of Medicine for help in obtaining CSF samples for the work described in this manuscript. Editorial assistance to the authors was provided by Robin Smith, PhD, of The Curry Rockefeller Group, LLC, Tarrytown, New York, USA and this assistance was funded by Shire.
Keywords
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Cognitive impairment
- Glycosaminoglycans
- Idursulfase
- Inherited metabolic disease
- Lysosomal storage disease
- Mucopolysaccharidosis II
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics
- Endocrinology
- Molecular Biology