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Lysosomal Storage Diseases
5/24/12
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05/24/2012

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Term

 

- lacks a-galactosidase A

- accumulates Ceramide trihexoside

- Peripheral neuropathy, Renal Dz, angiokeratomas

- X-linked recessive

Definition

 

Fabry's Dz

Term

 

- lacks Glucocerebrosidase

- accumulates Glucocerebroside

- Autosomal recessive

- Hepatosplenomegaly (HSM), aseptic necrosis of femur, crumpled tissue paper macrophages

- Most common

- Ashkenazi Jews

Definition

 

Gaucher's Dz

Term

 

- lack sphingomyelinase

- accumulate sphingomyelin

- Progessive neurodegeneration, HSM, cherry-red spot on macula, foam cells

- Autosomal recessive

- Ashkenazi Jews

Definition

 

Niemann-Pick Dz

Term

 

- lack Hexoaminidase A

- accumulate GM2 ganglioside

- progressive neurdegeneration, developmental delay, cherry-red spot on macula, lysosomes w/ onion skin

- Autosomal recessive

- Ashkenazi jews

Definition

 

Tay-Sachs Dz

Term

 

- lack a-galactocerebrosidase

- accumulate galactocerebroside

- peripheral neuropathy, developmental delay, optic atrophy, globoid cells

- autosomal recessive

- death by 3 y/o

Definition

 

Krabbe's Dz

Term

 

- lack arylsulfatase A

- accumulate cerebroside sulfate

- demyelination with ataxia, dementia

- autosomal recessive

Definition

 

Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Term

 

- lack a-L-iduronidase

- accumulate heparan/dermatan sulfate

- developmental delay, gargoylism, corneal clouding, HSM

- autosomal recessive

- mild form is Scheie's syndrome

Definition

 

Hurler's syndrome

Term

 

-lack iduronate sulfate

- accumulate heparan/dermatan sulfate

- aggressive behavior, no corneal clouding, gargoylism, developmental delay, HSM

- X-linked recessive

Definition

 

Hunter's syndrome

Term

 

- lack mannose-6-phosphorylation

- no lysosomal marking

- products released into system --> death by 6 y/o

Definition

 

I-cell Dz

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