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Case Reports
. 2006 Oct 24;67(8):1458-60.
doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000240853.97716.24. Epub 2006 Sep 13.

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation corrects biochemical derangements in MNGIE

M Hirano  1 , R Martí, C Casali, S Tadesse, T Uldrick, B Fine, D M Escolar, M L Valentino, I Nishino, C Hesdorffer, J Schwartz, R G Hawks, D L Martone, M S Cairo, S DiMauro, M Stanzani, J H Garvin Jr, D G Savage
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation corrects biochemical derangements in MNGIE

M Hirano et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a multisystemic autosomal recessive disease due to primary thymidine phosphorylase (TP) deficiency. To restore TP activity, we performed reduced intensity allogeneic stem cell transplantations (alloSCTs) in two patients. In the first, alloSCT failed to engraft, but the second achieved mixed donor chimerism, which partially restored buffy coat TP activity and lowered plasma nucleosides. Thus, alloSCT can correct biochemical abnormalities in the blood of patients with MNGIE, but clinical efficacy remains unproven.

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Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
Patient 1 pre– and post–allogeneic stem cell transplantation buffy coat thymidine phosphorylase (TP) activity in nmol/h/mg protein (A) and plasma thymidine and deoxyuridine levels in µM (B).
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Figure 2
Patient 2 pre– and post–allogeneic stem cell transplantation buffy coat thymidine phosphorylase (TP) activity in nmol/h/mg protein (A) and plasma thymidine and deoxyuridine levels in µM (B).
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