title: Adult polyglucosan body disease: a postmortem correlation study.
abstract: Autopsy of a 50-year-old woman with adult polyglucosan body disease and missense mutations (Arg515His, Arg524Gln) in the glycogen branching enzyme gene (GBE) revealed accumulation of polyglucosan bodies in the heart, brain, and nerve. GBE activity was decreased in the morphologically affected tissues but was normal in unaffected tissues. GBE mRNA transcripts were similar in all tissues and in controls, which confirms the lack of tissue-specific GBE isoforms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany. eckhart.sindern@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sindern
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziemssen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ziemssen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Podskarbi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brasch
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Malin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vorgerd
mesh_terms: D015061:1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme / Q000032:analysis / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D002239:Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005936:Glucans / Q000378:metabolism*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000201:enzymology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005936:Glucans; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C083094:polyglucosan; D015061:1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme