2011
Pulmonary vascular disease in Gaucher disease: clinical spectrum, determinants of phenotype and long‐term outcomes of therapy
Lo SM, Liu J, Chen F, Pastores GM, Knowles J, Boxer M, Aleck K, Mistry PK. Pulmonary vascular disease in Gaucher disease: clinical spectrum, determinants of phenotype and long‐term outcomes of therapy. Journal Of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2011, 34: 643-650. PMID: 21445609, PMCID: PMC3782382, DOI: 10.1007/s10545-011-9313-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionEnzyme replacement therapySeverity Score IndexHepatopulmonary syndromeLong-term outcomesGBA1 genotypeAdjuvant therapyPreponderance of femalesImiglucerase enzyme replacement therapyType 1 Gaucher diseaseDiagnosis of GD1Pulmonary vascular complicationsPulmonary vascular diseaseMedian age 12Spleen statusArterial hypertensionVascular complicationsPatient characteristicsConsecutive patientsInitial presentationMedian ageReplacement therapyClinical spectrumVascular diseasePatientsEvaluation of high density lipoprotein as a circulating biomarker of Gaucher disease activity
Stein P, Yang R, Liu J, Pastores GM, Mistry PK. Evaluation of high density lipoprotein as a circulating biomarker of Gaucher disease activity. Journal Of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2011, 34: 429-437. PMID: 21290183, PMCID: PMC3186206, DOI: 10.1007/s10545-010-9271-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme replacement therapyHigh-density lipoproteinHDL cholesterolDisease severityDisease activitySpleen volumeIndividual patientsLow high-density lipoproteinLow HDL cholesterolSeverity Score IndexMonitoring of patientsGD1 patientsSerum levelsReplacement therapyLiver volumeScore indexDensity lipoproteinPatientsCholesterolSeverityChitotriosidaseBiomarkersStriking increaseImportant surrogateLipoprotein
2010
Hyperferritinemia and iron overload in type 1 Gaucher disease
Stein P, Yu H, Jain D, Mistry PK. Hyperferritinemia and iron overload in type 1 Gaucher disease. American Journal Of Hematology 2010, 85: 472-476. PMID: 20575041, PMCID: PMC2895498, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21721.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnzyme replacement therapyType 1 Gaucher's diseaseSystemic iron overloadIron overloadGaucher diseaseLiver biopsySerum ferritinReplacement therapyTransferrin saturationHFE genotypeHFE mutationsType 1 Gaucher diseaseSubset of patientsSeverity Score IndexCorrelation of ferritinClinical iron overloadSevere hyperferritinemiaDisease activityPrior splenectomyFerritin levelsClinical spectrumHFE genotypingLiver volumeIntact spleenHigh prevalence