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Plasmalogen analysis in erythrocyte membranes of adrenoleukodystrophy. 1985

Y Antoku, and T Sakai, and I Goto, and H Iwashita, and Y Kuroiwa

Very long-chain fatty acids accumulate in both adrenoleukodystrophy and Zellweger's syndrome. Plasmalogen content is decreased in Zellweger's syndrome. We therefore analyzed plasmalogen in erythrocyte membrane glycerophospholipids of three patients with adrenoleukodystrophy and eight normal controls. There was no significant difference in the ratio of plasmalogen and diacyl forms in the phosphatidylethanolamine class of the patients and controls. This observation suggests that plasmalogen metabolism differs in adrenoleukodystrophy and Zellweger's syndrome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D010955	Plasmalogens	GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS in which one of the two acyl chains is attached to glycerol with an ether alkenyl linkage instead of an ester as with the other glycerophospholipids.	Phosphatidal Compounds,Plasmalogen,Alkenyl Ether Phospholipids,Compounds, Phosphatidal,Ether Phospholipids, Alkenyl,Phospholipids, Alkenyl Ether
D002549	Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder	A rare central nervous system demyelinating condition affecting children and young adults. Pathologic findings include a large, sharply defined, asymmetric focus of myelin destruction that may involve an entire lobe or cerebral hemisphere. The clinical course tends to be progressive and includes dementia, cortical blindness, cortical deafness, spastic hemiplegia, and pseudobulbar palsy. Concentric sclerosis of Balo is differentiated from diffuse cerebral sclerosis of Schilder by the pathologic finding of alternating bands of destruction and preservation of myelin in concentric rings. Alpers' Syndrome refers to a heterogeneous group of diseases that feature progressive cerebral deterioration and liver disease. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p914; Dev Neurosci 1991;13(4-5):267-73)	Alpers Syndrome,Balo Concentric Sclerosis,Cerebral Sclerosis, Diffuse,Encephalitis Periaxialis,Myelinoclastic Diffuse Sclerosis,Poliodystrophia Cerebri,Schilder Disease,Alpers Diffuse Degeneration of Cerebral Gray Matter with Hepatic Cirrhosis,Alpers Disease,Alpers Progressive Infantile Poliodystrophy,Alpers' Disease,Alpers' Syndrome,Alpers-Huttenlocher Syndrome,Balo's Concentric Sclerosis,Encephalitis Periaxialis Concentrica,Encephalitis Periaxialis Diffusa,Neuronal Degeneration Of Childhood With Liver Disease, Progressive,Progressive Neuronal Degeneration of Childhood with Liver Disease,Progressive Sclerosing Poliodystrophy,Schilder's Disease,Sudanophilic Cerebral Sclerosis,Alper Disease,Alper Syndrome,Alper's Disease,Alper's Syndrome,Alpers Huttenlocher Syndrome,Concentric Sclerosis, Balo,Concentric Sclerosis, Balo's,Diffuse Cerebral Scleroses,Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis,Diffuse Scleroses, Myelinoclastic,Diffuse Sclerosis, Myelinoclastic,Disease, Alpers',Disease, Schilder,Disease, Schilder's,Myelinoclastic Diffuse Scleroses,Progressive Sclerosing Poliodystrophies,Schilders Disease,Scleroses, Balo's Concentric,Scleroses, Myelinoclastic Diffuse,Sclerosis, Diffuse Cerebral,Sclerosis, Myelinoclastic Diffuse,Syndrome, Alpers,Syndrome, Alpers-Huttenlocher
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004910	Erythrocyte Membrane	The semi-permeable outer structure of a red blood cell. It is known as a red cell 'ghost' after HEMOLYSIS.	Erythrocyte Ghost,Red Cell Cytoskeleton,Red Cell Ghost,Erythrocyte Cytoskeleton,Cytoskeleton, Erythrocyte,Cytoskeleton, Red Cell,Erythrocyte Cytoskeletons,Erythrocyte Ghosts,Erythrocyte Membranes,Ghost, Erythrocyte,Ghost, Red Cell,Membrane, Erythrocyte,Red Cell Cytoskeletons,Red Cell Ghosts
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000326	Adrenoleukodystrophy	An X-linked recessive disorder characterized by the accumulation of saturated very long chain fatty acids in the LYSOSOMES of ADRENAL CORTEX and the white matter of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. This disease occurs almost exclusively in the males. Clinical features include the childhood onset of ATAXIA; NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SEIZURES; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; and DEMENTIA. The slowly progressive adult form is called adrenomyeloneuropathy. The defective gene ABCD1 is located at Xq28, and encodes the adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS).	Adrenomyeloneuropathy,Schilder-Addison Complex,X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy,ALD (Adrenoleukodystrophy),Addison Disease and Cerebral Sclerosis,Bronze Schilder Disease,Melanodermic Leukodystrophy,Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease,X-ALD,X-ALD (X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy),Adrenoleukodystrophy, X-Linked,Leukodystrophies, Melanodermic,Leukodystrophy, Melanodermic,Schilder Addison Complex,Siemerling Creutzfeldt Disease,X ALD,X ALD (X Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy),X Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults