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ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2019

An emerging phenotype of central nervous system involvement in Pompe disease: from bench to bedside and beyond.

Aditi Korlimarla, Jeong-A Lim, Priya S Kishnani, Baodong Sun

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Review in Annals of translational medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
49citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. What's new and what's next for gene therapy in Pompe disease?Expert opinion on biological therapy · 2022
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  6. Mapping glycogen accumulation and treatment effect in Pompe disease with saturation transfer MRI.Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine · 2026
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  9. Neonatal systemic gene therapy restores cardiorespiratory function in a rat model of Pompe disease.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  10. A myotropic AAV vector combined with skeletal muscleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  11. Current clinical applications of AAV-mediated gene therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  13. Management of Pompe disease alongside and beyond ERT: a narrative review.Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology · 2025
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  18. Neurological glycogen storage diseases and emerging therapeutics.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024
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  20. The multifaceted roles of the brain glycogen.Journal of neurochemistry · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aditi KorlimarlaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Jeong-A LimDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Priya S KishnaniDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Baodong SunDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pompe disease (PD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme acid-alpha glucosidase (GAA). Pathogenic variants in the GAA gene lead to excessive accumulation of lysosomal glycogen primarily in the cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscles. There is growing evidence of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in PD. Current research is focused on determining the true extent of CNS involvement, its effects on behavior and cognition, and effective therapies that would correct the disease in both muscle and the CNS. This review article summarizes the CNS findings in patients, highlights the importance of research on animal models, explores the probable success of gene therapy in reversing CNS pathologies as reported by some breakthrough preclinical studies, and emphasizes the need to follow patients and monitor for CNS involvement over time. Lessons learned from animal models (bench) and from the literature available to date on patients will guide future clinical trials in patients (bedside) with PD. Our preliminary studies in infantile PD show that some patients are susceptible to early and extensive CNS pathologies, as assessed by neuroimaging and developmental assessments. This article highlights the importance of neuroimaging which could serve as useful tools to diagnose and monitor certain CNS pathologies such as white matter hyperintense foci (WMF) in the brain. Longitudinal studies with large sample sizes are warranted at this time to better understand the emergence, progression and consequences of CNS involvement in patients with PD.

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central nervous system (CNS)GAAKO mouse modelgene therapyPompe disease (PD)white matter hyperintense foci (WMF)

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PMID31392201
PMCPMC6642933
OpenAlexW2942722183

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