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ArticleAmerican journal of hematology2016

Glucosylsphingosine is a key biomarker of Gaucher disease.

Vagishwari Murugesan, Wei-Lien Chuang, Jun Liu, Andrew Lischuk, Katherine Kacena, Haiqun Lin, Gregory M Pastores, Ruhua Yang, Joan Keutzer, Kate Zhang and 1 more

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Article in American journal of hematology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 187 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Gaucher disease, state of the art and perspectives.Journal of internal medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Vagishwari MurugesanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Wei-Lien ChuangSanofi Genzyme, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Jun LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Andrew LischukDepartment of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Katherine KacenaKacena Consulting, Natick, Massachusetts.
Haiqun LinDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health.
Gregory M PastoresDepartment of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York.
Ruhua YangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
Joan KeutzerSanofi Genzyme, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Kate ZhangSanofi Genzyme, Framingham, Massachusetts.
Pramod K MistryDepartment of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. pramod.mistry@yale.Edu.
Yale University · USSanofi (United States) · USCombat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center · USNew York University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
ZIPRASIDONE (GEODON) AUGMENTATION IN SEROTONIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR-RESISTANT OBM01RR000071 · NCRR · MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF NYU · PI NEWCORN, JEFFREY H · 1985 to 2009
$41.5M
Yale Liver CenterP30DK034989 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YASUKO IWAKIRI · 1986 to 2026
$31.1M
Understanding the skeletal phenotype of Gaucher diseaseR01AR065932 · NIAMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MISTRY, PRAMOD K, ZAIDI, MONE · 2013 to 2017
$2.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000071NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR065932NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gaucher disease (GD) involves the accumulation of glucosylceramide (GL1) and its deacylated lysolipid, glucosylsphingosine (lyso-GL1) which is implicated in mediating immune dysregulation and skeletal disease. The aim of our study was to assess plasma Lyso-GL1 as a biomarker of GD and its response to therapy. Plasma lyso-GL1 in 169 patients with GD type 1 (GD1) was measured by LC-MS/MS. Significant predictors of plasma LGL1 were assessed by Pearson's correlation coefficient, Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test and multiple linear regression. Propensity scores were used to match patients on treatment mode: Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) vs. Eliglustat Tartrate SRT (ELI-SRT). Plasma Lyso-GL1 levels in healthy controls averaged 1.5 ng/ml (1.3-1.7; 95% CI). In untreated GD patients, the levels were massively elevated (180.9 ng/ml: 95% CI, 145.4-216.5) and imiglucerase ERT resulted in marked reduction (89 ng/ml: 95% CI, 69.2-129.4) (P < 0.001). Lyso-GL1 correlated with chitotriosidase (r = 0.59 P < 0.001), CCL18 (r = 0.62 P <0.001), hepatomegaly (r = 0.28 P < 0.001), splenomegaly (r = 0.27 P = 0.003), splenectomy (P = 0.01) and treatment mode (P < 0.001). By multiple linear regression, the strongest predictors of lyso-GL1 were age (P < 0.001), splenectomy (P = 0.02), Chitotriosidase (P < 0.001) and CCL18 levels (P = 0.001). After propensity score matching to obtain comparable groups of patients on ERT vs ELI-SRT, lyso-GL1 levels were lower among patients receiving ELI-SRT by 113 ng/ml (95% CI: 136-90.3 ng/ml P < 0.001). Plasma lyso-GL1 is a key biomarker of GD. ERT reduced lyso-GL1 levels. By propensity scoring, ELI-SRT resulted in greater reduction of lyso-GL1 than ERT. Am. J. Hematol. 91:1082-1089, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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AdolescentAdultBiomarkersChildChild, PreschoolEnzyme Replacement TherapyFemaleGaucher DiseaseHumansInfantMaleMiddle AgedPropensity ScorePsychosinePyrrolidinesYoung AdultBiomarkerseliglustatPsychosinePyrrolidinessphingosyl beta-glucoside

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PMCPMC5234703
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