Lysosomal functions and dysfunctions: Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying Gaucher disease and its association with Parkinson disease

M Horowitz, H Braunstein, A Zimran… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lysosomes have a critical role in maintaining normal cellular homeostasis mediated by their
involvement in secretion, plasma membrane repair, cell signaling and energy metabolism …

Gaucher disease: complexity in a “simple” disorder

E Sidransky - Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2004 - Elsevier
Gaucher disease, the recessively inherited deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase
and the most common sphingolipidosis, has both non-neurological and neuronopathic forms …

Ambroxol improves lysosomal biochemistry in glucocerebrosidase mutation-linked Parkinson disease cells

A McNeill, J Magalhaes, C Shen, KY Chau, D Hughes… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Gaucher disease is caused by mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene, which encodes
the lysosomal hydrolase glucosylceramidase. Patients with Gaucher disease and …

Analysis and classification of 304 mutant alleles in patients with type 1 and type 3 Gaucher disease

V Koprivica, DL Stone, JK Park, M Callahan… - The American Journal of …, 2000 - cell.com
Gaucher disease results from the inherited deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase
(EC 3.2. 1.45). Although> 100 mutations in the gene for human glucocerebrosidase have …

Glucocerebrosidase is present in α-synuclein inclusions in Lewy body disorders

O Goker-Alpan, BK Stubblefield, BI Giasson… - Acta …, 2010 - Springer
Mutations in the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase, known to cause
Gaucher disease (GD), are a risk factor for the development of Parkinson disease (PD) and …

Glucocerebrosidase gene mutations in patients with type 2 Gaucher disease

DL Stone, N Tayebi, E Orvisky, B Stubblefield… - Human …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Gaucher disease, the most common lysosomal storage disorder, results from the inherited
deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Three clinical types are recognized: type 1 …

Gaucher disease and parkinsonism: a phenotypic and genotypic characterization

N Tayebi, M Callahan, V Madike… - Molecular genetics and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Among the many phenotypes associated with Gaucher disease, the inherited deficiency of
glucocerebrosidase, are reports of patients with parkinsonian symptoms. The basis for this …

Glucosylsphingosine accumulation in tissues from patients with Gaucher disease: correlation with phenotype and genotype

E Orvisky, JK Park, ME LaMarca, EI Ginns… - Molecular genetics and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Gaucher disease, the inherited deficiency of lysosomal glucocerebrosidase, presents with a
wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including neuronopathic and non-neuronopathic …

The spectrum of parkinsonian manifestations associated with glucocerebrosidase mutations

O Goker-Alpan, G Lopez, J Vithayathil… - Archives of …, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Background Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA) result in Gaucher disease and
can be associated with a phenotype characterized by adult-onset progressive neurologic …

Murine models of acute neuronopathic Gaucher disease

IB Enquist, CL Bianco, A Ooka… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Gaucher disease (GD) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by
mutations in the glucosidase, beta, acid (GBA) gene that encodes the lysosomal enzyme …