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SUBMITTER: Sun B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5121343 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Baodong B Banugaria Suhrad G SG Prater Sean N SN Patel Trusha T TT Fredrickson Keri K Ringler Douglas J DJ de Fougerolles Antonin A Rosenberg Amy S AS Waldmann Herman H Kishnani Priya S PS
Molecular genetics and metabolism reports 20141012
Approximately 35-40% of patients with classic infantile Pompe disease treated with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) develop high, sustained antibody titers against the therapeutic enzyme alglucosidase alfa, which abrogates the treatment efficacy. Induction of antigen-specific immune tolerance would greatly enhance ERT for these patients. Here we show that a short-course treatment with non-depleting anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody successfully induced long-term ERT-specific immune tolerance in Pompe ...[more]