2014
Glucocerebrosidase 2 gene deletion rescues type 1 Gaucher disease
Mistry PK, Liu J, Sun L, Chuang WL, Yuen T, Yang R, Lu P, Zhang K, Li J, Keutzer J, Stachnik A, Mennone A, Boyer JL, Jain D, Brady RO, New MI, Zaidi M. Glucocerebrosidase 2 gene deletion rescues type 1 Gaucher disease. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 4934-4939. PMID: 24639522, PMCID: PMC3977292, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1400768111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 Gaucher's diseaseBone formation defectGaucher diseaseSerum ceramide levelsBone formation rateEnzyme replacement therapyViable therapeutic targetGD1 patientsGBA deficiencyEnhanced elevationTherapeutic targetBone volumeMononuclear phagocytesClinical phenotypeGBA geneConditional deletionBioactive lipidsSphingosine levelsDevelopment of inhibitorsCeramide levelsLysosomal glucocerebrosidasePatientsNanomolar concentrationsDiseaseMice
2013
Mutations in GBA2 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia with Spasticity
Hammer MB, Eleuch-Fayache G, Schottlaender LV, Nehdi H, Gibbs JR, Arepalli SK, Chong SB, Hernandez DG, Sailer A, Liu G, Mistry PK, Cai H, Shrader G, Sassi C, Bouhlal Y, Houlden H, Hentati F, Amouri R, Singleton AB. Mutations in GBA2 Cause Autosomal-Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia with Spasticity. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2013, 92: 245-251. PMID: 23332917, PMCID: PMC3567281, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Phenotype diversity in type 1 Gaucher disease: discovering the genetic basis of Gaucher disease/hematologic malignancy phenotype by individual genome analysis
Lo SM, Choi M, Liu J, Jain D, Boot RG, Kallemeijn WW, Aerts JM, Pashankar F, Kupfer GM, Mane S, Lifton RP, Mistry PK. Phenotype diversity in type 1 Gaucher disease: discovering the genetic basis of Gaucher disease/hematologic malignancy phenotype by individual genome analysis. Blood 2012, 119: 4731-4740. PMID: 22493294, PMCID: PMC3367875, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-10-386862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome analysisGenetic basisCancer phenotypeWhole exome captureNovel mutationsGenomic analysisPhenotype annotationsPhenotype diversityParallel sequencingHomozygosity mappingT-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphomaGenetic modifiersNovel insightsGene sequencingGaucher diseaseMalignancy phenotypeMutationsLysosomal accumulationPhenotypeHomozygous novel mutationPathogenic mutationsGenesMSH6 proteinsSequencingEnzyme studies
2010
Expanding spectrum of the association between Type 1 Gaucher disease and cancers: A series of patients with up to 3 sequential cancers of multiple types—Correlation with genotype and phenotype
Lo SM, Stein P, Mullaly S, Bar M, Jain D, Pastores GM, Mistry PK. Expanding spectrum of the association between Type 1 Gaucher disease and cancers: A series of patients with up to 3 sequential cancers of multiple types—Correlation with genotype and phenotype. American Journal Of Hematology 2010, 85: 340-345. PMID: 20425796, PMCID: PMC2875938, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21684.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 Gaucher's diseaseGaucher diseaseMultiple myelomaMultiple malignanciesMultiple cancersEnzyme replacement therapy statusDiagnosis of GD1Initiation of ERTRate of splenectomySeries of patientsSystemic macrophage activationTypes of malignanciesLymphoma/leukemiaAccumulation of glucosylceramideAsplenic patientsGBA1 genotypeGD1 patientsSequential cancersFirst cancerSplenectomy statusTherapy statusNonhematologic malignanciesHematologic malignanciesIntact spleenProstate cancer