Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: EC:4.1.2.13 (aldolase)
 3,461 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

In eight women with polymyositis (three patients), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (three patients), rheumatoid arthritis (one patient) and shoulder-hand syndrome (one patient), weakness developed during high dose prednisone therapy. These women were studied using serial functional and manual muscle tests, determination of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transminase (SGOT), creatine phosphokinase (CPK) and serum aldolase levels, and urinary excretion of creatine. Insidious onset of weakness was characteristic. Myalgias were seen in five patients and unusual sudden weakness in two. Weakness was always most severe in the pelvic girdle muscles; there was a lesser involvement of shoulder girdle and distal muscles. Serum muscle enzyme levels were normal in all cases, but urinary creatine excretion was invariably increased and proved to be the most sensitive laboratory indicator for clinical diagnosis and for monitoring patient improvement. Serial urinary creatine excretion and serum enzyme studies were of value in differenting steroid myopathy from a flare of myositis in patients with connective tissue disease. Diagnosis and effective management were achieved by the use of readily available laboratory and clinical procedures without resorting to muscle biopsy.
 ...
PMID:Steroid myopathy in connective tissue disease. 97 43

We describe here the case of a young man admitted to our department for asthenia and diffuse myalgia. Because of persistently increasing aminotransferase levels over the preceding 2 years, he had undergone a number of diagnostic procedures to evaluate liver function. On admission to our department, the patient suffered from asthenia, myalgia, notable hair loss and sinus bradycardia. Laboratory examinations confirmed severe primary hypothyroidism with high serum levels of aminotransferase, aldolase and creatine-phosphokinase attributable to thyroprivic myopathy. The thyroid deficit was caused by autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis. Treated with levothyroxine, the patient recovered fully from his illness, his normal metabolic state was restored, and his serum aminotransferase level returned to normal.
 ...
PMID:[Hypothyroid myopathy in a young adult]. 835 21

Steroid myopathy, characterized by muscle atrophy and weakness, is an adverse effect of high-dose steroid therapy. Weakness of proximal muscle that interferes with activities of daily living is a serious problem for patients with steroid myopathy. Here, we outline the pathogenic mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of steroid myopathy. Recent studies have shown that steroid-mediated induction of ubiquitin ligases (atrogin-1, muscle RING finger-1) and suppression of mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin cause an imbalance between anabolism and catabolism of muscle proteins, resulting in muscle atrophy. Despite the progress in understanding the pathogenic mechanism, the diagnosis and treatment of steroid myopathy has not yet been established. Small changes in muscle enzymes, including CK, LDH, and aldolase, make it difficult to define diagnostic criteria. Furthermore, since there is no drug available for treating the disorder, the patients have no opinion except waiting for spontaneous recovery with steroid tapering and exercising. To address these issues, we introduce novel approaches involving branched-chain amino acids that aim at treatment and assessment of steroid myopathy.
 ...
PMID:[Mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment of steroid myopathy]. 2420 Jun 15