• Clinical relevance of endpoints in clinical trials for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency enzyme replacement therapy 

      Jones, Simon A.; McGovern, Margaret M.; Lidove, Olivier; Giugliani, Roberto; Mistry, Pramod; Vici, Carlo Dionisi; Munõz Rojas, Maria Verônica; Nalysnyk, Lubomyra; Schecter, Alison D.; Wasserstein, Melissa P. (2020) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) also known as Niemann-Pick disease, is a rare lysosomal storage disorder with a diverse disease spectrum that includes slowly progressive, chronic visceral (type B) and ...
    • Consensus recommendation for a diagnostic guideline for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency 

      McGovern, Margaret M.; Vici, Carlo Dionisi; Giugliani, Roberto; Hwu, Paul; Lidove, Olivier; Lukacs, Zoltan; Mengel, Karl Eugen; Mistry, Pramod; Schuchman, Edward; Wasserstein, Melissa P. (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) is a rare, progressive, and often fatal lysosomal storage disease. The underlying metabolic defect is deficiency of the enzyme acid sphingomyelinase that results in ...
    • Experience of the NPC Brazil network with a comprehensive program for the screening and diagnosis of Niemann-Pick disease type C 

      Kubaski, Francyne; Burlina, Alberto; Polo, Giulia; Pereira, Danilo; Herbst, Zackary M.; Silva, Camilo; Trapp, Franciele Barbosa; Tirelli, Kristiane Michelin; Lopes, Franciele Fátima; Burin, Maira Graeff; Facchin, Ana Carolina Brusius; Netto, Alice Brinckmann Oliveira; Faqueti, Larissa Gabriela; Iop, Gabrielle Dineck; Poletto, Édina; Giugliani, Roberto (2022) [Artigo de periódico]
      Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a lysosomal disorder caused by impaired cholesterol metabolism. Levels of lysosphingomyelin 509 (LysoSM509) have been shown elevated in dried blood spots (DBS) of NPC and acid ...
    • Molecular basis of mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (Morquio A syndrome) : a review and classification of GALNS gene variants and reporting of 68 novel variants 

      Zanetti, Alessandra; D'Avanzo, Francesca; AlSayed, M.; Facchin, Ana Carolina Brusius; Chien, Yin-Hsiu; Giugliani, Roberto; Izzo, Emanuela; Kasper David C.; Lin, Hsiang-Yu; Lin, Shuan-Pei; Pollard, Laura Malinda; Singh, Akashdeep; Tonin, Rodolfo; Wood, Tim J.; Marrone, Amelia; Tomanin, Rosella (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA, Morquio A syndrome) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfatase (GALNS) gene. We collected, analyzed, and uniformly ...
    • Mucopolysaccharidosis VII in Brazil : natural history and clinical findings 

      Giugliani, Roberto; Garcia, Daniel (2021) [Artigo de periódico]
      Background: Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII (MPS VII), also known as Sly syndrome, caused by defciency of the lysosomal enzyme β-glucuronidase, is an ultra-rare disorder with scarce epidemiological data and few publications ...
    • Risks of long-term port use in enzyme replacement therapy for lysosomal storage disorders 

      Hendriksz, Christian J.; Harmatz, Paul; Giugliani, Roberto; Roberts, Jane T.; Arul, G. Suren (2017) [Artigo de periódico]
      Totally implantable vascular access devices (TIVADs) are commonly used in conjunction with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). This case series describes potential complications associated ...
    • Transient high-level expression of B-galactosidase after transfection of fibroplasts from GM1 gangliosidosis patients with plasmid DNA 

      Balestrin, Raquel Cristina; Baldo, Guilherme; Vieira, Matheus Barbosa; Sano, Renata; Coelho, Janice Carneiro; Giugliani, Roberto; Matte, Ursula da Silveira (2008) [Artigo de periódico]
      GM1 gangliosidosis is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the deficiency of lysosomal acid hydrolase ß-galactosidase (ß-Gal). It is one of the most frequent lysosomal storage disorders in Brazil, with an estimated ...