Cystinosis: a review

MA Elmonem, KR Veys, NA Soliman… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2016 - Springer
Cystinosis is the most common hereditary cause of renal Fanconi syndrome in children. It is
an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the CTNS gene …

Rare inherited kidney diseases: challenges, opportunities, and perspectives

O Devuyst, NVAM Knoers, G Remuzzi, F Schaefer - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
At least 10% of adults and nearly all children who receive renal-replacement therapy have
an inherited kidney disease. These patients rarely die when their disease progresses and …

Nephropathic cystinosis: an international consensus document

F Emma, G Nesterova, C Langman… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Cystinosis is caused by mutations in the CTNS gene (17p13. 2), which encodes for a
lysosomal cystine/proton symporter termed cystinosin. It is the most common cause of …

The renal Fanconi syndrome in cystinosis: pathogenic insights and therapeutic perspectives

S Cherqui, PJ Courtoy - Nature reviews Nephrology, 2017 - nature.com
Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease that belongs to the family of
lysosomal storage disorders. It is caused by a defect in the lysosomal cystine transporter …

Rescue of Alzheimer's disease phenotype in a mouse model by transplantation of wild-type hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells

P Mishra, A Silva, J Sharma, J Nguyen, DP Pizzo… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most prevalent cause of dementia; microglia have been
implicated in AD pathogenesis, but their role is still matter of debate. Our study showed that …

[HTML][HTML] Cysteamine therapy delays the progression of nephropathic cystinosis in late adolescents and adults

A Brodin-Sartorius, MJ Tête, P Niaudet, C Antignac… - Kidney international, 2012 - Elsevier
Nephropathic cystinosis is a multisystem autosomal recessive disease caused by cystine
accumulation, which is usually treated by oral cysteamine. In order to determine long-term …

Exosome-and extracellular vesicle-based approaches for the treatment of lysosomal storage disorders

B Lu, J Ku, R Flojo, C Olson, D Bengford… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell-generated extracellular vesicles (EVs) are being engineered as biologically-inspired
vehicles for targeted delivery of therapeutic agents to treat difficult-to-manage human …

Cystinosis: the evolution of a treatable disease

G Nesterova, WA Gahl - Pediatric nephrology, 2013 - Springer
Cystinosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder involving lysosomal storage of the amino
acid cystine due to a defect in the membrane transport protein, cystinosin. Since the …

Cystinosis: practical tools for diagnosis and treatment

MJ Wilmer, JP Schoeber, LP Van Den Heuvel… - Pediatric …, 2011 - Springer
Cystinosis is the major cause of inherited Fanconi syndrome, and should be suspected in
young children with failure to thrive and signs of renal proximal tubular damage. The …

Lysosomal cross-correction by hematopoietic stem cell-derived macrophages via tunneling nanotubes

S Naphade, J Sharma, HP Gaide Chevronnay… - Stem …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Despite controversies on the potential of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to promote tissue
repair, we previously showed that HSC transplantation could correct cystinosis, a …