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 diseasePatients
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