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Multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome-2 is a genetic disorder also known as infantile epileptic encephalopathy. This disorder is associated with a mutation in the PIGA gene, resulting in defective in glycosylphosphatidylinositol...
Lim JH, Kim Y, Kim DW, Jin JY, Han CW, Han K, Shim SI, Kim CC
KMID: 2038504
Korean J Hematol.
1997 Nov;32(3):465-469.
A patient presenting paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) cloned cells in the course of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with reticulocytosis is described. The bone marrow biopsy demonstrated erythroid hyperplasia and moderate dysplasia....
Inflammation, an innate immune response mediated by macrophages, forms the first line of defence to protect our body from the invasion of various pathogens. Although inflammation is a defensive response,...
BACKGROUND: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is caused by deficient biosynthesis of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor in hemopoietic stem cells. Mutation of phosphatidyl inositol glycan class A (PIG-A) gene, an X-linked...
Trypanosoma brucei, a protozoan parasite, causes sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana disease in domestic animals in central Africa. The trypanosome surface is extensively covered by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins known...
Cluster of differentiation (CD) 24 or heat stable antigen 24 (HSA) molecule is a mucin-type glycoprotein attached to the cell surface by glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor, promoting adhesive interactions between cells or...