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ArticleOrphanet journal of rare diseases2016

Biochemical response to substrate reduction therapy versus enzyme replacement therapy in Gaucher disease type 1 patients.

Bouwien E Smid, Maria J Ferraz, Marri Verhoek, Mina Mirzaian, Patrick Wisse, Herman S Overkleeft, Carla E Hollak, Johannes M Aerts

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Article in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bouwien E SmidDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maria J FerrazDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marri VerhoekDepartment of Biochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Mina MirzaianDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Patrick WisseDepartment of Bio-Organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Herman S OverkleeftDepartment of Bio-Organic Synthesis, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Carla E HollakDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Johannes M AertsDepartment of Biochemistry, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. j.m.f.g.aerts@lic.leidenuniv.nl.
Academic Medical Center · NLLeiden University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe retrospectively compared biochemical responses in type 1 Gaucher disease patients to treatment with glycosphingolipid synthesis inhibitors miglustat and eliglustat and ERT.

methodsSeventeen GD1 patients were included (n = 6 eliglustat, (two switched from ERT), n = 9 miglustat (seven switchers), n = 4 ERT (median dose 60U/kg/m). Plasma protein markers reflecting disease burden (chitotriosidase, CCL18) and lipids reflecting substrate accumulation (glucosylsphingosine, glucosylceramide) were determined. Also, liver and spleen volumes, hemoglobin, platelets, and fat fraction were measured.

resultsIn patients naïve to treatment, chitotriosidase, CCL18 and glucosylsphingosine decreased comparably upon eliglustat and ERT treatment, while the response to miglustat was less. After 2 years, median decrease of chitotriosidase was 89% (range 77-98), 88% (78-92) and 37% (29-46) for eliglustat, ERT and miglustat naïve patients respectively; decrease of CCL18 was 73% (63-78), 54% (43-86), and 10% (3-18); decrease of glucosylsphingosine was 86% (78-93), 78% (65-91), 48% (46-50). Plasma glucosylceramide in eliglustat treated patients (n = 4) reached values below the normal range (n = 20 healthy controls). Biochemical markers decreased or stabilized in switchers from ERT to eliglustat (n = 2), but less in miglustat switchers (n = 7). Clinical parameters responded comparably upon eliglustat and ERT treatment.

conclusionsOur explorative study provides evidence that biochemical markers respond comparably in patients receiving eliglustat treatment and ERT, while the corresponding response to miglustat treatment is less.

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1-DeoxynojirimycinEnzyme InhibitorsEnzyme Replacement TherapyFemaleGaucher DiseaseGlucosylceramidaseGlucosylceramidesHumansMalePyrrolidines1-DeoxynojirimycineliglustatEnzyme InhibitorsGlucosylceramidaseGlucosylceramidesmiglustatPyrrolidinesChitotriosidaseEliglustatEnzyme replacement therapyGaucher diseaseGlucosylceramideGlucosylsphingosineMiglustat

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PMID27008851
PMCPMC4806476
OpenAlexW2311314554

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