- Alpha-mannosidosis
Infobox_Disease
Name = Alpha-mannosidosis
Caption =
DiseasesDB = 31422
ICD10 = ICD10|E|77|1|e|70
ICD9 = ICD9|271
ICDO =
OMIM = 248500
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj =
eMedicineTopic =
MeshID = D008363Alpha-mannosidosis is an
autosomal recessive cite journal |pmid=9758606 |year=1998 |month=Oct |author=Gotoda Y, Wakamatsu N, Kawai H, Nishida Y, Matsumoto T |title=Missense and nonsense mutations in the lysosomal alpha-mannosidase gene (MANB) in severe and mild forms of alpha-mannosidosis |volume=63 |issue=4 |pages=1015–24 |pmc=1377481 |doi=10.1086/302048 |journal=American journal of human genetics]metabolic disorder that causes mental and physical deterioration. It is alysosomal storage disorder .cite journal |author=Roces DP, Lüllmann-Rauch R, Peng J, "et al" |title=Efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy in alpha-mannosidosis mice: a preclinical animal study |journal=Hum. Mol. Genet. |volume=13 |issue=18 |pages=1979–88 |year=2004 |pmid=15269179 |doi=10.1093/hmg/ddh220 |url=http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15269179]Pathophysiology
A defective α-mannosidase
enzyme , which normally helps to break down complexsugar s derived fromglycoprotein s in thelysosome , causes sugar build up and impair cell function.Complete absence of functional enzyme leads to death during early childhood due to deterioration of the
central nervous system . Enzyme with low residual activity leads to a milder type of the disease, with symptoms like reduced hearing, mental retardation, susceptibility to bacterial infections and skeletal deformities. The course of the disease is progressive.Genetic prevalence
The worldwide incidence of alpha-mannosidosis is in the range of 1 per 500,000cite journal |author=Malm D, Nilssen O |title=Alpha-mannosidosis |journal=Orphanet J Rare Dis |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=21 |year=2008 |pmid=18651971 |doi=10.1186/1750-1172-3-21 |url=http://www.ojrd.com/content/3/1/21] to 1 per 1,000,000.
References
External links
* [http://www.mannosidosis.org/alphaman/amanclinic.htm mannosidosis.org]
* [http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/nord420 Yahoo]
* [http://health.enotes.com/genetic-disorders-encyclopedia/mannosidosis eNotes]
*dmoz|Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Genetic_Disorders/Mannosidosis/
*RareDiseases|6968|Alpha-mannosidosis type 1
*RareDiseases|9651|Alpha-mannosidosis type 2
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