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SUBMITTER: Pandey MK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3382074 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pandey Manoj Kumar MK Rani Reena R Zhang Wujuan W Setchell Kenneth K Grabowski Gregory A GA
Molecular genetics and metabolism 20120430 3
Gaucher disease is a lysosomal storage disease resulting from insufficient acid β-glucosidase (glucocerebrosidase, GCase, EC 4.2.1.25) activity and the resultant accumulation of glucosylceramide. Macrophage (Mϕ) lineage cells are thought to be the major disease effectors because of their secretion of numerous cytokines and chemokines that influence other poorly defined immunological cell populations. Increases in several such populations were identified in a Gba1 mouse model (D409V/null; 9V/null ...[more]