OMIA:000725-9615 : Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 in Canis lupus familiaris (dog) |
In other species: domestic cat , taurine cattle
Categories: Lysosomal storage disease , Nervous system phene
Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 257220 (trait) , 607623 (gene)
Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:
Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown
Disease-related: yes
Cross-species summary: Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) disease is a lysosomal storage disease (LSD) characterised by impaired un-esterified cholesterol and sphingomyelin transport and metabolism, resulting in the accumulation of un-esterified cholesterol and glycosphingolipids within late endosomes and lysosomes. Affected animals present with hepatosplenomegaly, neurological degeneration and premature death.
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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2011). OMIA:000725-9615: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
Reference
| 1993 | Kuwamura, M., Awakura, T., Shimada, A., Umemura, T., Kagota, K., Kawamura, N., Naiki, M. : |
| Type C Niemann-Pick disease in a boxer dog. Acta Neuropathol 85:345-8, 1993. Pubmed reference: 8460536. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 17 Mar 2011