chitotriosidase

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noun

A chitinase whose activity is elevated in serum of patients suffering from lipid storage disorders

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Meanings

nounchitotriosidase (plural chitotriosidases)

plural chitotriosidases

  1. biochemistryA chitinase whose activity is elevated in serum of patients suffering from lipid storage disorders

    All three patients showed maintenance of platelets, hemoglobin and plasma chitotriosidase during a period of 4 to 8 years of subsequent miglustat therapy.

    2015 June 23, Christine Serratrice, Laure Swiader, Jacques Serratrice, “Switching from imiglucerase to miglustat for the treatment of French patients with Gaucher disease type 1: a case series”, in Journal of Medical Case Reports, volume 9, →DOI

Origin

From chitotriose.

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