2 Ohio girls near Toledo have rare aging disorder
In this Aug. 10, 2011 photo, from left, Garret, 12, Grant, 12, Ryan, Heather, and Carly Kudzia, 13.5 months old, stand in their front yard in Whitehouse, Ohio. Carly has been diagnosed with progeria, a rare disease that is characterized by accelerated aging. Two girls in the Toledo area have been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that a research foundation says affects about one in 4 million to 8 million newborns.Affects Of Progeria - News
Carly has been diagnosed with progeria, a rare disease that is characterized by accelerated aging. Two girls in the Toledo area have been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that a research foundation says affects about one in 4 million to 8 million
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) -- A childhood disease so rare it affects one in 8 million children. Tonight: staggering news that we now have not one, but two cases of Progeria in the Toledo area. 13abc's Susan Ross Wells has followed the story of Kaylee Halko of
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is a premature ageing syndrome that affects children leading to premature death, usually from heart infarction or strokes, making this syndrome similar to normative ageing. HGPS is commonly caused by a
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Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. HGPS is a childhood disorder caused by mutations in one of the major architectural proteins of the cell nucleus. In HGPS patients the cell nucleus has dramatically aberrant morphology (bottom, right) rather than the uniform shape typically found in healthy individuals (top, right). Image: PLoS Biology Vol. 3/11/2005, e395 (via Wikipedia)
(Medical Xpress) — A new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine shows that rapamycin and its derivative everolimus, which is currently used to treat cancer and transplant rejections, may work to reverse the aging effects seen in children with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, better known as simply progeria.
Progeria is a rare and fatal genetic disease that affects children and causes rapid aging. It is caused by a defect that affects the processing of the protein lamin A which is responsible for shaping a cell’s nucleus. The cells instead produce a large amount of progerin, or an abnormal form of lamin A, which causes a disruption to the cells. A buildup of this progerin in the body affects the normal development of tissues in the body. The disease is usually fatal by age 12.
Led by Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, a team of researchers looked at everolimus and its effects on the mutant protein progerin. Progerin is a protein that is found in everyone as they age, not just in children with progeria. Their original research showed that everolimus was able reduce progerin in healthy individuals and showed the ability to prolong cell life.
The research shows that the everolimus seems to boost the cells internal recycling system to eliminate the progerin as much as 50 percent. The researchers believe that these findings provide enough data to begin clinical trials on children with progeria. In the laboratory, the drug was administered to cells from progeria patients and the progerin protein in the cells disappeared.
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