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ArticleAnnals of neurology2023

Hurler Syndrome Glycosaminoglycans Decrease in Cerebrospinal Fluid without Brain-Targeted Therapy.

Troy C Lund, Elizabeth Braunlin, Lynda E Polgreen, Ashish O Gupta, Paul J Orchard, Julie B Eisengart

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Article in Annals of neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Troy C LundDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9174-8919
Elizabeth BraunlinDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Lynda E PolgreenThe Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
Ashish O GuptaDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Paul J OrchardDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Julie B EisengartDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5340-017X
University of Minnesota · USUCLA Medical Center · US

Funding

Training & EducationU54NS065768 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI WHITLEY, CHESTER B. · 2009 to 2024
$17.7M
NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS065768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Novel therapies for Hurler syndrome aim to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to target neurodegeneration by degrading glycosaminoglycans (GAG). BBB penetration has been assumed with decreased cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) GAG, yet little is known about CSF GAG without brain-targeting therapies. We compared pre-transplant CSF GAG in patients who were treatment naïve (n = 19) versus receiving standard non-BBB penetrating enzyme replacement therapy (ERT, n = 12). In the ERT versus treatment naïve groups, CSF GAG was significantly lower across all content assayed, raising questions about using CSF GAG decrements to show BBB penetration. Future studies should compare GAG reduction in standard versus novel therapies. ANN NEUROL 2023;94:1182-1186.

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Mucopolysaccharidosis IBlood-Brain BarrierBrainEnzyme Replacement TherapyGlycosaminoglycansHumansGlycosaminoglycans

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PMID37679306
PMCPMC11318530
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