REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR INHERITED ENZYME DEFICIENCY - USE OF PURIFIED GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE IN GAUCHERS-DISEASE
REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR INHERITED ENZYME DEFICIENCY - USE OF PURIFIED GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE IN GAUCHERS-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197411072911901
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
DEKABAN, AS
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作者:
BRADY, RO;PENTCHEV, PG;DEKABAN, AS
The effect of intravenous administration of glucocerebrosidase isolated from human placenta was investigated in two patients with Gaucher's disease who are deficient in this enzyme. The first received one injection of 1.5 x 106units of glucocerebrosidase, and the second an injection of 1.65 x 106units on two successive days. Liver biopsies were obtained before and 24 hours after injection of enzyme. Glucocerebroside in the liver of the first patient decreased from 702 to 519 μg per gram wet weight and from 1634 to 1214 μg per gram in the second after infusion of glucocerebrosidase. The quantity of glucocerebroside in erythrocytes of the two patients before infusion was 7.4 and 6.2 μg per milliliter of cells respectively and 2.9 and 2.6 μg per milliliter of cells 72 hours afterward. These findings indicate that exogenous glucocerebrosidase causes definite decreases in the quantity of accumulated lipid in patients with Gaucher's disease. (N Engl J Med 291:989–993, 1974)