Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (HSS) is a devastating neurological disease, characterized by iron accumulation in the globus pallidus in the basal ganglia. Most HSS cases are caused by mutations in one of the four human pantothenate kinases (PANK2). This PANK2-caused subgroup of HSS is sometimes referred as PKAN (pantothenate-kinase-associated neurodegeneration). No effective treatment for PKAN or HSS is currently available. fumble, a Drosophila mutant that carries a mutation in Drosophila Pank, has many features similar to those of PKAN patients. In this study, we used fumble as a model to evaluate various compounds or nutritional products for their possible therapeutic efficacy. While no product was found to dramatically improve the symptoms, GKE (containing Ginkgo biloba extract and flavone) and vitamin E showed statistically significant beneficial effects. Our studies indicate that pantothenate is of limited value in alleviating fumble phenotypes and also suggest that some compounds might have deleterious effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0141-8955
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1055-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-3-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Animal Feed, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Ascorbic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Carnitine, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Creatine, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Diet, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Drosophila melanogaster, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Edetic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Ginkgo biloba, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Inosine, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Neurodegenerative Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:16435199-Vitamin E
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Dietary rescue of fumble--a Drosophila model for pantothenate-kinase-associated neurodegeneration.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't