An in vivo drug repurposing screen and transcriptional analyses reveals the serotonin pathway and GSK3 as major therapeutic targets for NGLY1 deficiency.

NGLY1 deficiency, a rare disease with no effective treatment, is caused by autosomal recessive, loss-of-function mutations in the N-glycanase 1 (NGLY1) gene and is characterized by global developmental delay, hypotonia, alacrima, and seizures. We used a Drosophila model of NGLY1 deficiency to conduc...

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Main Authors: Kevin A Hope, Alexys R Berman, Randall T Peterson, Clement Y Chow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010228