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Trial reportJournal of inherited metabolic disease2009

Metabolic phenotypes of phenylketonuria. Kinetic and molecular evaluation of the Blaskovics protein loading test.

U Langenbeck, P Burgard, U Wendel, M Lindner, J Zschocke, German Collaborative Study on Phenylketonuria (PKU) / Hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA)

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Trial report in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

U LangenbeckInstitute of Human Genetics, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. ulrich.langenbeck@gmx.net
P Burgard
U Wendel
M Lindner
J Zschocke
German Collaborative Study on Phenylketonuria (PKU) / Hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA)
Heidelberg University · DEDüsseldorf University Hospital · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DEInnsbruck Medical University · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs part of the German Collaborative Study of Children Treated for Phenylketonuria (PKU), a three-day protein loading test was applied to children at 6 months of age. This load elicits three principal types of blood phenylalanine (Phe) response, with types I and III clinically corresponding to classic PKU and mild hyperphenylalaninaemia not requiring diet (MHP), respectively. An intermediate type II, clinically corresponding to mild PKU, is characterized by early decline of blood Phe from above 1200 micromol/L down to levels between 600 and 1200 micromol/L at 72 h.

aimsUnbiased classification and kinetic and molecular characterization of the intermediate Phe response; estimation of phenotypic variability of Phe disposal.

methodA kinetic model with zero-order protein synthesis and first-order rate of metabolic disposal of Phe is applied to 157 tests.

resultsA model of exponentially saturated activation describes the acceleration of Phe disposal from day 1 to 3 in the intermediate type of response. Eleven of 14 p.Y414C functional hemizygotes and two of three p.R261Q homozygotes manifested this kinetic type. The rate estimates of Phe metabolic disposal differ widely in patients with identical PAH genotype, yet are highly correlated with the Phe level at 72 h.

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Diagnostic Techniques and ProceduresDNA Mutational AnalysisGene FrequencyGenotypeHalf-LifeHumansInfantKineticsModels, BiologicalPhenotypePhenylalaninePhenylalanine HydroxylasePhenylketonuriasProteinsPhenylalaninePhenylalanine HydroxylaseProteins

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