Consensus guidelines for the monitoring and management of metachromatic leukodystrophy in the United States

LA Adang, JL Bonkowsky, JJ Boelens, E Mallack… - Cytotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disorder
caused by biallelic pathogenic mutations in the ARSA (Arylsulfatase A) gene. With the …

[HTML][HTML] Arylsulfatase A deficiency

N Gomez-Ospina - GeneReviews®[Internet], 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Arylsulfatase A deficiency (also known as metachromatic leukodystrophy or MLD) is
characterized by three clinical subtypes: late-infantile, juvenile, and adult MLD. The age of …

[HTML][HTML] Newborn screening in metachromatic leukodystrophy–European consensus-based recommendations on clinical management

L Laugwitz, DH Schoenmakers, LA Adang… - European journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal
storage disorder resulting from arylsulfatase A enzyme deficiency, leading to toxic sulfatide …

Inventory of current practices regarding hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in metachromatic leukodystrophy in Europe and neighboring countries

DH Schoenmakers, F Mochel, LA Adang… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background For decades, early allogeneic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has been used
to slow neurological decline in metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). There is lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Improving newborn screening test performance for metachromatic leukodystrophy: Recommendation from a pre-pilot study that identified a late-infantile case …

HY Teresa, HA Brown, HJ Church, CJ Kershaw… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a devastating rare neurodegenerative disease.
Typically, loss of motor and cognitive skills precedes early death. The disease is …

[HTML][HTML] First-tier next-generation sequencing for newborn screening: An important role for biochemical second-tier testing

SL Stenton, M Campagna, A Philippakis… - Genetics in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is discussion of expanding newborn screening (NBS) through the use of genomic
sequence data; yet, challenges remain in the interpretation of DNA variants. Population …

Evaluation of enzyme activity predictions for variants of unknown significance in Arylsulfatase A

S Jain, M Trinidad, TB Nguyen, K Jones, SD Neto… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Continued advances in variant effect prediction are necessary to demonstrate the ability of
machine learning methods to accurately determine the clinical impact of variants of unknown …

QAFI: a novel method for quantitative estimation of missense variant impact using protein-specific predictors and ensemble learning

S Ozkan, N Padilla, X de la Cruz - Human Genetics, 2024 - Springer
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized genetic diagnostics, yet its
application in precision medicine remains incomplete, despite significant advances in …

Characterization of gallbladder disease in metachromatic leukodystrophy across the lifespan

S Mutua, A Sevagamoorthy, S Woidill… - Molecular Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a progressive demyelinating disorder resulting from
the toxic accumulation of sulfatides. The stereotyped neurodegeneration of MLD is well …

Assessment the Efficacy of the CRISPR System for Inducing Mutations in the AIMP2 Gene to Create a Cell Line Model of HLD17 Disease

S Farrokhi, A Eslahi, F Alizadeh, MA Kerachian… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-17 is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by
autosomal recessive mutations in the AIMP2 gene, resulting in a lack of myelin deposition …