2024
Plain language summary of a study looking at the long-term benefits of enzyme replacement therapy in children and teenagers with Gaucher disease type 3
El-Beshlawy A, Tylki-Szymanska A, Belmatoug N, Mistry P. Plain language summary of a study looking at the long-term benefits of enzyme replacement therapy in children and teenagers with Gaucher disease type 3. Future Rare Diseases 2024, 4: frd52. DOI: 10.2217/frd-2023-0015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBeta-glucosidase enzymePlain Language SummaryGaucher diseaseSlow growthBeta-glucosidaseEnzyme replacement therapyLanguage SummaryQuality of life of peopleLife-prolonging treatmentInternational Collaborative Gaucher GroupQuality of lifeGenetic conditionsEnzymeType 3Year of treatmentImproved most symptomsLong-term symptoms
2023
Osteonecrosis in Gaucher disease in the era of multiple therapies: Biomarker set for risk stratification from a tertiary referral center
Basiri M, Ghaffari M, Ruan J, Murugesan V, Kleytman N, Belinsky G, Akhavan A, Lischuk A, Guo L, Klinger K, Mistry P. Osteonecrosis in Gaucher disease in the era of multiple therapies: Biomarker set for risk stratification from a tertiary referral center. ELife 2023, 12: e87537. PMID: 37249220, PMCID: PMC10317498, DOI: 10.7554/elife.87537.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme replacement therapySubstrate reduction therapyAvascular osteonecrosisTertiary referral centerGaucher diseaseReferral centerTreatment initiationGD patientsImiglucerase enzyme replacement therapyResidual disease activityAnti-drug antibodiesYears of treatmentType of therapyRare inborn errorMixed-effects logistic modelGD1 patientsSpleen statusDisease activityClinical outcomesRisk stratificationReplacement therapyIndependent correlatesMultiple therapiesReduction therapyHigh riskP310: Project Searchlight study methodology: Real-world evaluation and validation of an algorithm to identify persons at risk of Gaucher disease
King L, Aguiar M, Chiorean A, Dumitriu A, Hull J, Mistry P, Modave F, Montmerle M, Pavlick P, Shah N, Weinreb N, Wilson A. P310: Project Searchlight study methodology: Real-world evaluation and validation of an algorithm to identify persons at risk of Gaucher disease. Genetics In Medicine Open 2023, 1: 100338. DOI: 10.1016/j.gimo.2023.100338.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Cancer risk and gammopathies in 2123 adults with Gaucher disease type 1 in the International Gaucher Group Gaucher Registry
Rosenbloom BE, Cappellini MD, Weinreb NJ, Dragosky M, Revel‐Vilk S, Batista JL, Sekulic D, Mistry PK. Cancer risk and gammopathies in 2123 adults with Gaucher disease type 1 in the International Gaucher Group Gaucher Registry. American Journal Of Hematology 2022, 97: 1337-1347. PMID: 36054609, PMCID: PMC9541044, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGD type 1Multiple myelomaGaucher RegistryHematological malignanciesCancer riskGeneral populationSmall single-center studiesType 1Gaucher diseaseAge-specific incidence ratesGaucher disease type 1End Results (SEER) databaseSingle-center studyDiagnosis of MGUSInternational observational studyNon-Hodgkin lymphomaCare of patientsLung cancer riskTypes of malignanciesGeneral US populationDisease type 1Precise risk estimatesUnited States populationGD1 patientsCumulative incidenceNeuroinflammation in neuronopathic Gaucher disease: Role of microglia and NK cells, biomarkers, and response to substrate reduction therapy
Boddupalli CS, Nair S, Belinsky G, Gans J, Teeple E, Nguyen TH, Mehta S, Guo L, Kramer ML, Ruan J, Wang H, Davison M, Kumar D, Vidyadhara D, Zhang B, Klinger K, Mistry PK. Neuroinflammation in neuronopathic Gaucher disease: Role of microglia and NK cells, biomarkers, and response to substrate reduction therapy. ELife 2022, 11: e79830. PMID: 35972072, PMCID: PMC9381039, DOI: 10.7554/elife.79830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuronopathic Gaucher diseaseAmelioration of neuroinflammationNK cellsGaucher diseaseSerum neurofilament light chainInvolvement of microgliaActivation of microgliaRole of microgliaProminent pathological featureNeurofilament light chainBlood-derived macrophagesRare neurodegenerative disorderGlucosylceramide synthaseNeuroinflammation pathwaysSerum NFMicroglia activationNeuronal injuryImmune infiltratesImproved survivalBrain macrophagesPathological featuresGD patientsClinical trialsMacrophage compartmentPatient managementTransjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for Refractory Ascites in Gaucher Disease
Adhyaru K, Menezes S, Mistry PK, Nagral A, Mistry P. Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt for Refractory Ascites in Gaucher Disease. Cureus 2022, 14: e23941. PMID: 35535294, PMCID: PMC9079779, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.23941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatic venous pressure gradientGaucher diseaseRefractory ascitesTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedureAdvanced hepatic diseaseVenous pressure gradientIntrahepatic portosystemic shuntAnterior abdominal wallPortosystemic shunt procedureEnzyme replacement therapyAvascular osteonecrosisLiver transplantationLysosomal storage disorderPortal hypertensionVariceal bleedingSevere cytopeniaHepatic encephalopathyVenous collateralsLiver diseaseShunt procedurePortosystemic shuntReplacement therapyHepatic diseaseAbdominal wallOverlapping and divergent hepatic and lipoprotein phenotypes in untreated adults with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency versus untreated adults with Gaucher disease from two pivotal clinical trials
Cassiman D, Mistry P, Jones S, Lachmann R, Lukina E, Prada C, Thurberg B, Wasserstein M, Foster M, Patel R, Ribes M, Underhill L, Peterschmitt M. Overlapping and divergent hepatic and lipoprotein phenotypes in untreated adults with acid sphingomyelinase deficiency versus untreated adults with Gaucher disease from two pivotal clinical trials. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2022, 135: s29. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.11.058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProject Searchlight Gaucher study design: Real-world evaluation and validation of a rare disease algorithm to identify persons at risk of Gaucher disease using data from electronic health records in the United States
King L, Aguiar M, Chiorean A, Dumitriu A, Mistry P, Modave F, Montmerle M, Pavlick P, Weinreb N, Wilson A. Project Searchlight Gaucher study design: Real-world evaluation and validation of a rare disease algorithm to identify persons at risk of Gaucher disease using data from electronic health records in the United States. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2022, 135: s114. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.11.303.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Long-read single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing of GBA1 locus in Gaucher disease national cohort from Argentina reveals high frequency of complex allele underlying severe skeletal phenotypes: Collaborative study from the Argentine Group for Diagnosis and Treatment of Gaucher Disease
Drelichman G, Escobar N, Soberon B, Basack N, Frabasil J, Schenone A, Aguilar G, Larroudé M, Knight J, Zhao D, Ruan J, Mistry PK, Disease A. Long-read single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing of GBA1 locus in Gaucher disease national cohort from Argentina reveals high frequency of complex allele underlying severe skeletal phenotypes: Collaborative study from the Argentine Group for Diagnosis and Treatment of Gaucher Disease. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism Reports 2021, 29: 100820. PMID: 34820281, PMCID: PMC8600149, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100820.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere skeletal manifestationsDiagnóstico y tratamientoSevere skeletal phenotypeGenotype/phenotype correlationGrupo ArgentinoNational cohortDisease manifestationsSkeletal manifestationsGaucher diseaseSkeletal diseaseLarge burdenDiseaseSkeletal phenotypePhenotype correlationComplex allelesArgentine groupCollaborative studyManifestationsChildhoodCollaborative groupsGroupHigh frequencyCohortIncremental biomarker and clinical outcomes after switch from enzyme therapy to eliglustat substrate reduction therapy in Gaucher disease
Kleytman N, Ruan J, Ruan A, Zhang B, Murugesan V, Lin H, Guo L, Klinger K, Mistry PK. Incremental biomarker and clinical outcomes after switch from enzyme therapy to eliglustat substrate reduction therapy in Gaucher disease. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism Reports 2021, 29: 100798. PMID: 34485083, PMCID: PMC8408524, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2021.100798.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong-term enzyme replacement therapyEnzyme replacement therapySubstrate reduction therapyGaucher diseaseStable patientsReduction therapySingle tertiary referral centerPhase 3 clinical trialsChronic metabolic inflammationFirst-line therapyTertiary referral centerGD type 1Primary metabolic defectLipid-laden cellsType 1 patientsGD type 1 patientsSubstrate glucosylceramideDisease activityOral therapyReferral centerAvascular necrosisMetabolic inflammationWeek infusionClinical outcomesInflammatory cascadeThe clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Gaucher disease: Effect of both a pandemic and a rare disease that disrupts the immune system
Narayanan P, Nair S, Balwani M, Malinis M, Mistry P. The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Gaucher disease: Effect of both a pandemic and a rare disease that disrupts the immune system. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2021, 135: 115-121. PMID: 34412940, PMCID: PMC8361210, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2021.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionType 1 Gaucher diseaseSARS-CoV-2Gaucher diseaseRare diseaseCOVID-19Immune system dysfunctionRare disease populationMedian agePediatric patientsCase seriesFemale patientsAdverse outcomesClinical spectrumIntensive careGD patientsSystem dysfunctionRetrospective analysisDisease populationHigh riskGeneral populationPatientsImmune systemDiseaseSimilar frequencyMiglustat Therapy for SCARB2-Associated Action Myoclonus–Renal Failure Syndrome
Quraishi IH, Szekely AM, Shirali AC, Mistry PK, Hirsch LJ. Miglustat Therapy for SCARB2-Associated Action Myoclonus–Renal Failure Syndrome. Neurology Genetics 2021, 7: e614. PMID: 34337151, PMCID: PMC8320328, DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAction myoclonus-renal failure syndromeNeurologic symptomsAction myoclonusFailure syndromeProgressive myoclonic epilepsySubstrate reduction therapyWhole-exome sequencingMiglustat therapyAvailable medicationsEarly mortalityReduction therapyMyoclonic epilepsySteady worseningGaucher diseaseMyoclonusGlycosphingolipid metabolismExome sequencingGene mutationsGlucosylceramide accumulationPatientsSeizuresMiglustatSyndromeTherapySymptomsGaucher disease type 1 patients from the ICGG Gaucher Registry sustain initial clinical improvements during twenty years of imiglucerase treatment
Weinreb NJ, Camelo JS, Charrow J, McClain MR, Mistry P, Belmatoug N, investigators F. Gaucher disease type 1 patients from the ICGG Gaucher Registry sustain initial clinical improvements during twenty years of imiglucerase treatment. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2021, 132: 100-111. PMID: 33485799, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2020.12.295.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBone painNon-splenectomized patientsType 1 patientsBone crisesPlatelet countLiver volumeSubset analysisBody mass index (BMI) outcomesGaucher diseaseEarly treatment yearsInitial clinical improvementDifferent patient subsetsPre-treatment baselineLong-term treatmentEnzyme replacement therapyICGG Gaucher RegistryGD type 1 patientsImiglucerase treatmentAdult patientsClinical improvementSplenectomy statusGaucher RegistryPatient subsetsTreatment initiationNormal weight
2020
Gaucher disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection: Experience from 181 patients in New York
Fierro L, Nesheiwat N, Naik H, Narayanan P, Mistry PK, Balwani M. Gaucher disease and SARS-CoV-2 infection: Experience from 181 patients in New York. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2020, 132: 44-48. PMID: 33353808, PMCID: PMC7834197, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2020.12.288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2Gaucher diseaseAcid β-glucosidase activitySARS-CoV-2 nucleic acidCOVID-19-specific treatmentsMajority of patientsChronic inflammatory stateCross-sectional studyHigher antibody responseCOVID-19 symptomsCOVID-19 exposureRare disease populationSubset of adultsGBA genotypeQuantitative titersPrior splenectomyAntibody testingHigh morbidityImmune activationInflammatory statePrimary exposureAntibody responseChronic disordersMale genderLargest Cohort Study of Gaucher Disease Type 3 from a Single Center in Egypt Spanning Two Decades
El-Beshlawy A, Eid K, AbdelSalam A, Mohamed F, Selim Y, Gebril N, Fateen E, Mistry P. Largest Cohort Study of Gaucher Disease Type 3 from a Single Center in Egypt Spanning Two Decades. Blood 2020, 136: 21-22. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-141776.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnzyme replacement therapyOverall survivalPediatric hematology clinicGaucher diseaseHepatopulmonary syndromeCohort studyNeurological findingsGBA mutationsHigh-dose enzyme replacement therapyLarge single-centre cohort studySingle-center cohort studyType 1 Gaucher diseaseCommon neurological findingsGaucher cell infiltrationCenter cohort studySingle-center cohortBaseline disease severityBone marrow examinationDate of diagnosisGaucher disease type 3Kaplan-Meier analysisLong-term outcomesProgressive neurological diseaseEarly-onset diseaseLarge cohort study
2019
Aberrant progranulin, YKL-40, cathepsin D and cathepsin S in Gaucher disease
Afinogenova Y, Ruan J, Yang R, Kleytman N, Pastores G, Lischuk A, Mistry PK. Aberrant progranulin, YKL-40, cathepsin D and cathepsin S in Gaucher disease. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2019, 128: 62-67. PMID: 31358474, PMCID: PMC6864269, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme replacement therapyGaucher disease patientsYKL-40 levelsYKL-40Replacement therapyDisease patientsGaucher diseaseBone involvementHealthy controlsProgranulin levelsLong-term enzyme replacement therapyHigh serum YKL-40Cathepsin DSerum YKL-40 levelsGaucher disease mouse modelContribution of fibrosisLower progranulin levelsSerum YKL-40Chemokine ligand 18Disease mouse modelSevere bone involvementCathepsin SPersistent splenomegalyResidual splenomegalyGene array analysisReversal of life-threatening hepatopulmonary syndrome in Gaucher disease by imiglucerase enzyme replacement therapy
Beshlawy AE, Murugesan V, Mistry PK, Eid K. Reversal of life-threatening hepatopulmonary syndrome in Gaucher disease by imiglucerase enzyme replacement therapy. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism Reports 2019, 20: 100490. PMID: 31309038, PMCID: PMC6606832, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2019.100490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImiglucerase enzyme replacement therapyEnzyme replacement therapyHepatopulmonary syndromeReplacement therapyGaucher diseaseLiver diseaseRecombinant enzyme replacement therapyAdvanced liver diseaseLife-threatening complicationsAdvanced fibrosisFibrotic featuresMassive hepatomegalySplenectomized patientsClinical manifestationsEnzyme therapySyndromeTherapyDisease pathologyDiseaseComplicationsMacrophagesCirrhosisHepatomegalyPatientsFibrosisGaucher disease in Montenegro - genotype/phenotype correlations: Five cases report
Vujosevic S, Medenica S, Vujicic V, Dapcevic M, Bakic N, Yang R, Liu J, Mistry PK. Gaucher disease in Montenegro - genotype/phenotype correlations: Five cases report. World Journal Of Clinical Cases 2019, 7: 1475-1482. PMID: 31363476, PMCID: PMC6656677, DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i12.1475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnzyme replacement therapyGaucher diseaseType 1 Gaucher diseaseDeposition of glucocerebrosideGene mutationsCommon lysosomal storage disorderBone mineral densityErlenmeyer flask deformityBone painAbdominal painLysosomal storage disorderReplacement therapyMineral densityVisceral parametersDistal femurPatientsSignificant progressionClinical phenotypeSystem cellsBiallelic mutationsStorage disorderLysosomal glucocerebrosidasePainPhenotype correlationSymptomsEffects of oral eliglustat on skeletal manifestations in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease: Results from four completed clinical trials after long-term treatment
Cox T, Charrow J, Lukina E, Mistry P, Marinakis T, Foster M, Gaemers S, Peterschmitt M. Effects of oral eliglustat on skeletal manifestations in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease: Results from four completed clinical trials after long-term treatment. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2019, 126: s43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.12.091.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Antigen-mediated regulation in monoclonal gammopathies and myeloma
Nair S, Sng J, Boddupalli CS, Seckinger A, Chesi M, Fulciniti M, Zhang L, Rauniyar N, Lopez M, Neparidze N, Parker T, Munshi NC, Sexton R, Barlogie B, Orlowski R, Bergsagel L, Hose D, Flavell RA, Mistry PK, Meffre E, Dhodapkar MV. Antigen-mediated regulation in monoclonal gammopathies and myeloma. JCI Insight 2018, 3: e98259. PMID: 29669929, PMCID: PMC5931125, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.98259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple myelomaPlasma cellsGaucher diseaseAntigenic stimulationMonoclonal gammopathyAntigen-driven stimulationMonoclonal IgClonal IgB cell receptorSingle tumor cellsPatient cohortUndetermined significanceVivo responsivenessMalignant cloneGammopathyTumor growthMonoclonal tumorsCell receptorTumor cellsAntigenGene expression profilingStimulationClonal natureMyelomaTumors