TY  - JOUR
A1  - Germain, Dominique P.
A1  - Elliott, Perry M.
A1  - Falissard, Bruno
A1  - Fomin, Victor V.
A1  - Hilz, Max J.
A1  - Jovanovic, Ana
A1  - Kantola, Ilkka
A1  - Linhart, Aleš
A1  - Renzo, Mignani
A1  - Namdar, Mehdi
A1  - Nowak, Albina
A1  - Oliveira, João-Paulo
A1  - Pieroni, Maurizio
A1  - Viana-Baptista, Miguel
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Spada, Marco
T1  - The effect of enzyme replacement therapy on clinical outcomes in male patients with Fabry disease: A systematic literature review by a European panel of experts
JF  - Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
N2  - Background
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human α-galactosidase has been available for the treatment of Fabry disease since 2001 in Europe and 2003 in the USA. Treatment outcomes with ERT are dependent on baseline patient characteristics, and published data are derived from heterogeneous study populations.

Methods
We conducted a comprehensive systematic literature review of all original articles on ERT in the treatment of Fabry disease published up until January 2017. This article presents the findings in adult male patients.

Results
Clinical evidence for the efficacy of ERT in adult male patients was available from 166 publications including 36 clinical trial publications. ERT significantly decreases globotriaosylceramide levels in plasma, urine, and in different kidney, heart, and skin cell types, slows the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate, and reduces/stabilizes left ventricular mass and cardiac wall thickness. ERT also improves nervous system, gastrointestinal, pain, and quality of life outcomes.

Conclusions
ERT is a disease-specific treatment for patients with Fabry disease that may provide clinical benefits on several outcomes and organ systems. Better outcomes may be observed when treatment is started at an early age prior to the development of organ damage such as chronic kidney disease or cardiac fibrosis. Consolidated evidence suggests a dose effect. Data described in male patients, together with female and paediatric data, informs clinical practice and therapeutic goals for individualized treatment.
KW  - Fabry disease
KW  - systematic literature review
KW  - agalsidase beta
KW  - agalsidase alfa
KW  - enzyme replacement therapy
KW  - adult male patients
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232987
VL  - 19
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Weidemann, Frank
A1  - Sanchez-Nino, Maria D.
A1  - Politei, Juan
A1  - Oliveira, João-Paulo
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Warnock, David G.
A1  - Oritz, Alberto
T1  - Fibrosis: a key feature of Fabry disease with potential therapeutic implications
JF  - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
N2  - Fabry disease is a rare X-linked hereditary disease caused by mutations in the AGAL gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is the current cornerstone of Fabry disease management. Involvement of kidney, heart and the central nervous system shortens life span, and fibrosis of these organs is a hallmark of the disease. Fibrosis was initially thought to result from tissue ischemia secondary to endothelial accumulation of glycosphingolipids in the microvasculature. However, despite ready clearance of endothelial deposits, ERT is less effective in patients who have already developed fibrosis. Several potential explanations of this clinical observation may impact on the future management of Fabry disease. Alternative molecular pathways linking glycosphingolipids and fibrosis may be operative; tissue injury may recruit secondary molecular mediators of fibrosis that are unresponsive to ERT, or fibrosis may represent irreversible tissue injury that limits the therapeutic response to ERT. We provide an overview of Fabry disease, with a focus on the assessment of fibrosis, the clinical consequences of fibrosis, and recent advances in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of fibrosis that may suggest novel therapeutic approaches to Fabry disease.
KW  - Fabry
KW  - fibrosis
KW  - podocyte
KW  - Lyso-Gb3
KW  - kidney
KW  - enzyme replacement therapy
KW  - alpha-galactosidase-A
KW  - focal semental glomerulosclerosis
KW  - cardiovascular magnetic-resonance
KW  - left-ventricular hypertrophy
KW  - biopsy findings
KW  - agalsidase-beta
KW  - natural-history data
KW  - cardiac energy metabolism
KW  - randomized controlled trial
Y1  - 2013
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-124773
SN  - 1750-1172
VL  - 8
IS  - 116
ER  -