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  • Article
  • Open Access
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Oral Self-Mutilation in Lesch–Nyhan Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Gaetano Isola,
  • Ilaria Piccardo,
  • Anna De Mari,
  • Giorgio Alberti and
  • Marco Migliorati

11 October 2022

Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare genetic condition resulting from an inherited disorder of purine metabolism. It is characterized by the lack of one enzyme, hypoxanthine-guanine phos-phoribosyltransferase (HGPRT), which is responsible for p...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,771 Views
8 Pages

Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome: Evaluation of a Modified Bite Device to Prevent Bite Injuries

  • Gaetano Ierardo,
  • Valeria Luzzi,
  • Gian Luca Sfasciotti,
  • Antonella Polimeni and
  • Maurizio Bossù

30 May 2020

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a serious form of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficiency, a hereditary purine metabolism disorder. The prevalence reported in the literature is 1/380,000 to 235,000 births. Males are affected an...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,772 Views
8 Pages

Whole Exome Sequencing Facilitates Early Diagnosis of Lesch–Nyhan Syndrome: A Case Series

  • Hung-Hsiang Fang,
  • Chung-Lin Lee,
  • Hui-Ju Chen,
  • Chih-Kuang Chuang,
  • Huei-Ching Chiu,
  • Ya-Hui Chang,
  • Yuan-Rong Tu,
  • Yun-Ting Lo,
  • Hsiang-Yu Lin and
  • Shuan-Pei Lin

13 December 2024

Background: Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare X-linked recessive metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the HPRT1 gene, resulting in hypoxanthine–guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) deficiency. Early diagnosis is critical for o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,748 Views
20 Pages

31 August 2023

Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LN) is an is an X-linked recessive inborn error of metabolism that arises from a deficiency of purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). The disease manifests severely, causing intellectu...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
13,032 Views
4 Pages

Lesch–Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a rare X-linked recessive disorder with an incidence of 1/100,000–380,000 live births. It is characterized by neurological manifestations, including symptoms of compulsive self-mutilation, which result in the destruction...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,753 Views
28 Pages

11 February 2025

This review explores the essential roles of purine metabolism including the catabolic product, uric acid, in the development of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. The high energy requirements of the substantia nigra pars comp...

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  • Open Access
1,314 Views
26 Pages

Gene Expression Analysis of HPRT-Deficient Cells Maintained with Physiological Levels of Folic Acid

  • Rosa J. Torres,
  • Gerard Valentines-Casas,
  • Claudia Cano-Estrada,
  • Neus Ontiveros and
  • José M. López

18 July 2025

Lesch–Nyhan disease (LND) is associated with a complete deficiency of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) activity due to mutations in the HPRT1 gene. Although the physiopathology of LND-related neurological manifestations rem...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
9,532 Views
15 Pages

Yeast to Study Human Purine Metabolism Diseases

  • Bertrand Daignan-Fornier and
  • Benoît Pinson

17 January 2019

Purine nucleotides are involved in a multitude of cellular processes, and the dysfunction of purine metabolism has drastic physiological and pathological consequences. Accordingly, several genetic disorders associated with defective purine metabolism...

  • Review
  • Open Access
82 Citations
19,913 Views
19 Pages

27 April 2015

Nucleotide balance is critically important not only in replicating cells but also in quiescent cells. This is especially true in the nervous system, where there is a high demand for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) produced from mitochondria. Mitochondr...