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SUBMITTER: Cho YK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7090298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cho Yun Kyung YK Lee Seo Young SY Kim Sang Wook SW
Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) 20200301 1
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) occurs due to mutations in the <i>ABCD1</i> gene that encodes the peroxisomal membrane protein peroxisomal transporter ATP-binding cassette sub-family D member 1 (ABCD1). Degradation of very long-chain fatty acids in peroxisomes is impaired owing to ABCD dysfunction, subsequently leading to adrenomyeloneuropathy, cerebral adrenoleukodystrophy, and adrenal insufficiency. X-ALD frequently induces idiopathic Addison's disease in young male patients. Here, we co ...[more]