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Abnormally increased carotid intima media-thickness and elasticity in patients with Morquio A disease.

Raymond Yu-Jeang WangKyle D RudserDonald R DengelNicholas EvanoffJulia SteinbergerNina MovsesyanRobert GarrettKatherine ChristensenDeborah BoylanStephen R BraddockMarwan ShinawiQi GanAdriana M Montaño
Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2020)
Increased carotid elasticity in Morquio A patients is an unexpected contrast to the reduced elasticity observed in other MPS. These Morquio A cIMT findings corroborate MPS IVA arterial post-mortem reports and are consistent with cIMT of other MPS. Aortic root dilatation in Morquio A indicates arterial elastin dysfunction, but their carotid hyperelasticity indicates other vascular intima/media components, such as proteoglycans, may also influence artery function. Studying MPS I and IVA model systems may uniquely illuminate the function of glycosaminoglycan-bearing proteoglycans in arterial health.
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