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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2015
Amicus Therapeutics, Inc., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Elfrida Benjamin, Millstone Township, NJ (US);
Hung V. Do, New Hope, NJ (US);
Xiaoyang Wu, Edison, NJ (US);
John Flanagan, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Brandon Wustman, San Diego, CA (US);
AMICUS THERAPEUTICS, INC., Cranbury, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods to determine whether a patient with a lysosomal storage disorder will benefit from treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone. The present invention exemplifies an in vitro method for determining α-galactosidase A responsiveness to a pharmacological chaperone such as 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin in a cell line expressing a mutant from of α-galactosidase A. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing Fabry disease in patients suspected of having Fabry disease.