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Pompe disease is a rare autosomal-recessive neuromuscular disorder caused by a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA), leading to the pathological accumulation of glycogen and impaired autophagy. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) has been available since 2006, but may lead to the formation of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) against the recombinant human enzyme, which, in turn, may adversely affect the response to ERT. Knowledge of the antigenic determinants of rhGAA involved in interaction with ADAs may facilitate the development of strategies to attenuate the anti-drug immune response in patients. Here, we determined the rhGAA ADA epitopes in the plasma of Pompe disease patients using a series of affinity purifications combined with epitope extraction and label free quantitation LC-MS.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antib14030064 | DOI Listing |
Am J Med Genet A
September 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Pompe disease (PD), a severe inherited metabolic myopathy caused by the deficiency of acid α-glucosidase (GAA), is characterized by progressive myopathy with reduced muscle strength, endurance, and respiratory insufficiency. The primary GAA deficiency treatment is enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with alglucosidase alfa; however, its long-term efficacy seems to diminish with time. In 2021, a new ERT medication, avalglucosidase alfa, was approved for patients over 6 months of age with PD in Taiwan.
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August 2025
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address:
Pompe disease (PD), an autosomal recessive lysosomal disorder, results in glycogen accumulation in muscle cells, leading to progressive muscle weakness and respiratory insufficiency. Newborn screening (NBS) has improved outcomes for infantile-onset PD by enabling early diagnosis and intervention with enzyme replacement therapy. NBS also identifies late-onset PD (LOPD) cases, wherein children have a wide clinical spectrum and may remain asymptomatic for years, placing families in uncertainty as "patients-in-waiting.
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August 2025
Université Paris-Saclay, Université d'Evry, Inserm, IStem, UMR861, Corbeil-Essonnes, France; IStem, CECS, Corbeil-Essonnes, France. Electronic address:
Glycogen storage disease type II (GSDII), or Pompe disease, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). GAA deficiency results in the progressive accumulation of glycogen in cardiac and skeletal muscle tissues, leading to cellular dysfunction and clinical manifestations, including muscle weakness, respiratory difficulties, and cardiomyopathy. In this study, we report the derivation of three induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of GSDII patients.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
J Med Econ
September 2025
Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Clinic, Munich, Germany.
Objective: To describe the economic burden of Pompe Disease in patients treated with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in the US.
Methods: A retrospective cohort study (1 January 2012-30 September 2022) was conducted using the Merative™ MarketScan Research Databases. Patients with ≥2 outpatient or ≥1 inpatient claims of Pompe disease, ≥1 claim of ERT, and continuous enrollment in medical/prescription coverage for ≥90 days prior to diagnosis date for patients ≥2 years and ≥1-month post-index were included.