Mucolipidosis I--a sialidosis.
Mucolipidosis I--a sialidosis.
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粘脂沉积症 I——唾液酸沉积症。
DOI:
10.1002/ajmg.1320010104
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发表时间:
1977
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通讯作者:
M. Cantz
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作者:
J. Sphranger;J. Gehler;M. Cantz
Mucolipidosis I is characterized by Hurler-like features and skeletal dysplasia with a cherry-red macular spot and signs of neurodegeneration involving neuronal cells and myelin. Excessive amounts of sialic acid-containing compounds were found in cultured fibroblasts, leukocytes, and urine of a patient with a clinical phenotype of mucolipidosis I. In cultured fibroblasts, profoundly diminished activity of an alpha-N-acetylneuraminidase (sialidase) was found. Mucolipidosis I thus appears to be a distinct disorder of complex carbohydrate catabolism caused by the genetic deficiency of a neuraminidase.