The sphingolipidoses are a group of monogenic inherited diseases caused by defects in the system of lysosomal sphingolipid degradation, with subsequent accumulation of non-degradable storage material in one or more organs.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder, Lysosomal disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C56 Lysosomal diseases
H00423 Sphingolipidosis
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Lipid/glycolipid metabolism
nt06014 Sphingolipid degradation
H00423 Sphingolipidosis
Kuchar L, Ledvinova J, Hrebicek M, Myskova H, Dvorakova L, Berna L, Chrastina P, Asfaw B, Elleder M, Petermoller M, Mayrhofer H, Staudt M, Krageloh-Mann I, Paton BC, Harzer K
Title
Prosaposin deficiency and saposin B deficiency (activator-deficient metachromatic leukodystrophy): report on two patients detected by analysis of urinary sphingolipids and carrying novel PSAP gene mutations.
Schlotawa L, Steinfeld R, von Figura K, Dierks T, Gartner J
Title
Molecular analysis of SUMF1 mutations: stability and residual activity of mutant formylglycine-generating enzyme determine disease severity in multiple sulfatase deficiency.
