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ArticleOrphanet journal of rare diseases2016

Alpha-Galactosidase A p.A143T, a non-Fabry disease-causing variant.

Malte Lenders, Frank Weidemann, Christine Kurschat, Sima Canaan-Kühl, Thomas Duning, Jörg Stypmann, Boris Schmitz, Stefanie Reiermann, Johannes Krämer, Daniela Blaschke and 3 more

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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 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Malte LendersInternal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D-48149, Muenster, Germany.
Frank WeidemannDepartment of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Nephrology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Fabry Center for Interdisciplinary Therapy (FAZIT), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Christine KurschatDepartment II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sima Canaan-KühlDepartment of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
Thomas DuningDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Jörg StypmannDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Boris SchmitzInstitute of Sports Medicine, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Stefanie ReiermannInternal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D-48149, Muenster, Germany.
Johannes KrämerDepartment of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Nephrology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Fabry Center for Interdisciplinary Therapy (FAZIT), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Daniela BlaschkeDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany.
Christoph WannerDepartment of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology and Nephrology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Fabry Center for Interdisciplinary Therapy (FAZIT), University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.
Stefan-Martin BrandInstitute of Sports Medicine, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
Eva BrandInternal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, D-48149, Muenster, Germany. Eva.Brand@ukmuenster.de.
University Hospital Münster · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEKatharinenhospital · DETechnische Hochschule Ulm · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFabry disease (FD) is an X-linked multisystemic disorder with a heterogeneous phenotype. Especially atypical or late-onset type 2 phenotypes present a therapeutical dilemma.

methodsTo determine the clinical impact of the alpha-Galactosidase A (GLA) p.A143T/ c.427G > A variation, we retrospectively analyzed 25 p.A143T patients in comparison to 58 FD patients with other missense mutations.

resultsp.A143T patients suffering from stroke/ transient ischemic attacks had slightly decreased residual GLA activities, and/or increased lyso-Gb3 levels, suspecting FD. However, most male p.A143T patients presented with significant residual GLA activity (~50 % of reference), which was associated with normal lyso-Gb3 levels. Additionally, p.A143T patients showed less severe FD-typical symptoms and absent FD-typical renal and cardiac involvement in comparison to FD patients with other missense mutations. Two tested female p.A143T patients with stroke/TIA did not show skewed X chromosome inactivation. No accumulation of neurologic events in family members of p.A143T patients with stroke/transient ischemic attacks was observed.

conclusionsWe conclude that GLA p.A143T seems to be most likely a neutral variant or a possible modifier instead of a disease-causing mutation. Therefore, we suggest that p.A143T patients with stroke/transient ischemic attacks of unknown etiology should be further evaluated, since the diagnosis of FD is not probable and subsequent ERT or chaperone treatment should not be an unreflected option.

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Adultalpha-GalactosidaseFabry DiseaseFemaleGenotypeHumansIschemic Attack, TransientMaleMiddle AgedMutationMutation, MissenseRetrospective StudiesStrokealpha-GalactosidaseFabry diseaseGenotypeGLA mutationLate-onsetLyso-Gb3StrokeVariant of unknown significance

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PMID27142856
PMCPMC4855861
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