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ReviewMolecular genetics and metabolism2012

Innovative therapy for Classic Galactosemia - tale of two HTS.

M Tang, S I Odejinmi, H Vankayalapati, K J Wierenga, K Lai

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Review in Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  5. Current and Future Treatments for Classic Galactosemia.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021
    Review
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  9. Discovery of novel inhibitors of human galactokinase by virtual screening.Journal of computer-aided molecular design · 2019
    Article
  10. Screening for galactosemia: is there a place for it?International journal of general medicine · 2019
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  11. Review
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  13. Sweet and sour: an update on classic galactosemia.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2017
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

M TangDivision of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
S I Odejinmi
H Vankayalapati
K J Wierenga
K Lai
University of Utah · USHuntsman Cancer Institute · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Innovative Therapies and Clinical Studies for Classic GalactosemiaR01HD054744 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI LAI, KENT · 2007 to 2011
$1.6M
NICHD NIH HHS 3R01HD054744-04S1NICHD NIH HHS 5R01HD054744-05NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD054744
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classic Galactosemia is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (GALT), one of the key enzymes in the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism. While the neonatal morbidity and mortality of the disease are now mostly prevented by newborn screening and galactose restriction, long-term outcome for older children and adults with this disorder remains unsatisfactory. The pathophysiology of Classic Galactosemia is complex, but there is convincing evidence that galactose-1-phosphate (gal-1P) accumulation is a major, if not the sole pathogenic factor. Galactokinase (GALK) inhibition will eliminate the accumulation of gal-1P from both dietary sources and endogenous production, and efforts toward identification of therapeutic small molecule GALK inhibitors are reviewed in detail. Experimental and computational high-throughput screenings of compound libraries to identify GALK inhibitors have been conducted, and subsequent studies aimed to characterize, prioritize, as well as to optimize the identified positives have been implemented to improve the potency of promising compounds. Although none of the identified GALK inhibitors inhibits glucokinase and hexokinase, some of them cross-inhibit other related enzymes in the GHMP small molecule kinase superfamily. While this finding may render the on-going hit-to-lead process more challenging, there is growing evidence that such cross-inhibition could also lead to advances in antimicrobial and anti-cancer therapies.

Indexed as

GalactokinaseGalactosemiasHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansProtein Kinase InhibitorsSmall Molecule LibrariesGalactokinaseProtein Kinase InhibitorsSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID22018723
PMCPMC3253915
OpenAlexW1987918200

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