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5 types of drugs invovled in MT inhibition
mebendazole/thiabendazole (antihelminthic),
griseofulvin (antifungal),
vincrinstine/vinblastine (anti-cnacer)
paclitaxel (anti breat cancer)
cochicine (anti-gout)
trinucleotide repeat disorders
tri hunting for my fried eggs
huntingtons CAG
friedrick's ataxia GAA
fragile X CGG
myotonic dystophy CTG
leber's optic dystrophy
mitochondrial disorder
degen retinal gangion cells
loss of central vision
prader willi
15q11 imprinting paternal


infancy-mental retardation; hypotonia, poor feeding, almond eyes downward turned mouth; hyperphagia, obesity, short (partial GH def), MR, tantrums, skin picking, OCD; hypogonadotropic hypogonadism→genital hypoplasia, osteoporosis, delayed menarche; dx: FISH; tx: limit food; DNA methylation alters phenotype (silence gene expression)
angelman's syndrome
imprinting
inact of chrom 15 uniparental disomy maternal, single locus 1 allele active -happy puppet, jerky happy, mental retardation, ataxia inappropriate laughter
XR disorders
XR-(sons of hetero mothers 50% males) WBC; Fabry’s Tale: Duke the Muscular Hunter Brutally Lysed the Albino Gopher w/o aWAre it was a Fragile Hemophiliac; bruton’s, wiskott Aldrich, fabry’s disease G6PD def, ocular albinism lesch nyhan, duchenne’s and beckers muscular dystrophy, hunter’s syndrome, hemophilia A/B; CGD,
fragile X
↑ trinucleotide repeats FMR1-“famial mental retardation”, long face, prom jaw, large ears, cleft palate, macroorchidism, MVP, short, joint laxicity, scoliosis, pes cavus, single palmus crease; nick on the X chrom; gene methylation
Duschenne’s-
XR frame shift →deletion of dystorphin gene accelerated mm breakdown. Weakness begins in pelvic girdle in mm and progresses superiorly. Pseduohypertorphy of calf mm due to fibrofatty replacement of mm; cardia myopathy; Gower’s maneuver requiring assistance of upper extreme to stand up; <5y/o; DMD ↑rate of spont mutation; dystrophin anchors mm fibers in sk and cardiac mm ↑CPK and mm biopsy
becker's
XR mutated dystorphin. Less severe onset in adolescence or early adulthood; ↑CPK an dmm biopsy
G6PD def
XR)- ↓NADPH prod ↓ glutathione in mature RBCsintravasc hemolytic anemia (hemoglobinuria)infections, oxidant drugs (dapsone, PQ, TMP) fava beans IZD high dose apirin, napthiline; ↑H2O2 in RBCs denatures Hb (Heinz bodies) and damages the RBC membraneintravasular heomlysis; Mac removal of damaged RBCsbite in peripheral blood; inc suscept to infection ↓NADPH compromises NADPH oxidase so MPO system can’t kill bacteria; bite cell-chronic; Heiz bodies-acute
AD disorders
usually structural (often pleiotropic, after puberty FH) 50%; ADOMINANT (APKD, dystrophic myotonia, osteogenesis imperfcta/osler, marfans, intermittent porphyria, NF, achondroplasia, none, tuberous sclerosis, hypercholest, huntingtons, HOCM, hered sphero, hered non polypsis hered telangictasia; vWD, vHL, PTH
achondroplasia
dwarfism, ↑ paternal age,; failure of longitudinal bone growth (endochondrial ossification)→short limbs; large head; FGFR3 ↓ chondrocyte prolif; AD-50%. Normal life span and fertility normal intelligence
ADPKD
always b/l, massive enlargement of kidneys due to multiple large cysts. Flank pain hematuria, HTN, progressive RF, urinary infection, ↑renin assoc w/ polycystic liver disease,APKD1 assoc w/ polycystic liver disease berry aneurysms, MVP, infantile is AR
FAP
AD
5q two hit hypothesis can progress to CRC thoughsands of polyps always RECTUM; familial adenomatous polyposis; polyps after puberty must be taken out; nuclear transcription by catenin, colon cancer APC 5
famial hypercholesteralemia hyperlipidemia 2a
AD
↑LDL defect or absent LDL Rc, heterozygotes 1:500 CH=300 homozygoes 700, severe atherosclerotic disease early in life; tendon xanthomas Achiles tendon, MI before age 19; chrom 19
hereditary hemorragic telangictasia
osler weber rendu syndrome)-inherited disorder of bv; telangietasia, recurrent epistaxis, skin discolorations, AV malformations
AD
hereditary spherocytosis
AD
spheroid erythrocytes due to sepctrin or ankyrin defect, hemolytic anemia ↑MCHC, pslenectomy curative; diagnose osmotic fragility
huntington's disease
AD
AD trinucleotide repeat. C’s chrom cuatro (4), 40, caudate nucleus atrophy CAG repeat, crazy, Chorea, enlarged lat ventricles (sometimes inititally mistaken for substance abuse). Neuronal death via NMDA_R biding and glutamate tox. Atrophy of striatal nuclei (main inhib of movment) see on imaging; CAG (caudate loses Ach and GABA-precursor glutamate def in B6…convulsions); tx: dopamine blockers (haloperidol); silence by methylationneurotrophic proteins
marfan's disease
AD
fibrillin gene mut CT disorder skeleton, heart eyes; tall long extreme, pectus excavatum, hyperextensive joint, arachnodactyly, cystic medial necrosis of aorta, arotic incompetence dissecting aortic aneurysms floppy mitral valve subluxation lenses; berry aneurysms
MEN1
pancreas (ZE, insulinoma, VIPomas, glucaonomas), pit (prolatin/GH), parathyroid; kidney stones and stomach ulcers
men 2A
men Ca thyroid, pheo, parathyroid;

Ret gene also in medullary/papillary thyroid 2A/B; AD
men2b
Men 2b-med ca thyroid, pheo,mucosal neuroma, marphanoid habitus;

Ret gene also in medullary/papillary thyroid 2A/B; AD
NF-1
(von Recklinghausen’s)-café au lait, enural tumors, Lisch nodules (iris hamartomas) sk disorders scoliosis optic path gliomas; chrom 17
NF-2
b/l acoustic schwannomas, juvenile catarach NF2 gene chrom22
tuberous sclerosis
facial angiofibroma, seizures, mental retardation, cardiac rhabdomyoma, adenoma sabceum, hypopig ashleaf spots on skin, cortical retinal hamartomas→ seizures, renal cysts b/l renal angiomyolipomas, cardia rhabdomyomas, ↑astrocytomas; incompletepenetrance, variable
vHL
cappillary rich ↑VEGF , hypoxia inhibitory factor 1 hemangioblastomas of retin/Cb/medulla; half of individuals develop b/l RCC and other tumors; deletion of VHL tumor suppressor on chrom 3p; HIF transcription factor and act of angiogenic gf; pheochromocytomas; EPO
ehlers danlos syndrome
-Mutations in T3 collagen , Clinical -Loose joints, hyperelasticity of skin, Risk for aortic dissections, tendency oto bleed (easy bruising,) AD or AR; berry aneurysms, organ rupture, joint dislocation
osteognesis imperfecta
AD, brittle bone disease bone disorder; confused w/ child abuse; T2 is fatal; TI collagen , Clinical: Multiple fractures, Retarded wound healing, Blue sclera-choroidal veins, hearing loss dental imperfections (lack of dentin)
AR diseases
25% 2 carrier parents, 1 gen, more severe than dom, childhood, enzyme) ABCDEFGHH sickle cell, PKU, Wilsons thalassemia, von gierke’s mcardles albinism, ARPKD, B, CF, deaf, emphysema, friedricks ataxia, gauchers galactosemia, hemociderois hartnup, homocysteinuria, xeroderm pigmentosum, , kartagener, LAD, chediak higashi, SCID, 5a reductase def; glycogen storage disease, , mucopolysaccharidoses (not Hunter’s), sphingolipidoses,
CF
AR (def post trans abnormal protein filding CFTR in golgi bodies (degraded) secretes Cl in lungs and GI and actively resabosrbs Cl from sweat defect abnormal thick mucus that plugs lungs pancreas and liver recurrent pulm infections), recurrent pneumonia (b/l lower lobe); chrom 7 deletion of Phe, ashkenazi jews; ↑ sweat chloride; pseudomonas and HI, staph, chronic broanchitis, bronchietasis, pancreatic insuff (thick supposed to resorb Cl to Na follow w/ water clean it out) malabsorption steatorrhea, meconium ileus in newborns; AR ; nasal polyps heat exauston, T1DM, rectal prolapsed, gall stones; infertility in males b/l absence of vas deferents; ADEK def; failure to thrive in infacy; MC lethal genetic disease; ↑Cl in sweat test >60mEQ/L (NaCl); tx: N acetylcystein loosen mucous plugs (cleaves disulfide bonds w/in mucous glycoproteins)
cherry red spot
central retinal A occlusion, tay sacks niemann-pick
fabry's disease
lysosomal storage disease
XR), ↑ Ceramide trihexosides, (↓a-galactosidase A), Paresthesia in extremities, reddish-purple skin rash, cataracts.; peripheral neuropathy of hand/feet, angiokeratomas, HF/RF treat dialysis
gaucher's disease
-(AR), MC ↑Glucocerebrosides (↓b-glucosidase), HSM. Macrophage accumulation in liver, spleen, bone marrow. Fibrillar appearing macrophages. Certain types compatible with life; asceptic necrosis of femur bone crises
lysosomal storage disease
neimann pick
lysosomal storage disease
–-(AR), ↑Sphingomyelin, (↓sphingomyelinase), HSM. Mental retardation. . Fatal early in life; neurodegen cherry red spot on macula, foam cells (mac); early death
tay-sachs disease
lysosomal storage disease
-(AR), ↑GM2 gangliosides (↓hexosaminidase A), frameshift mut 4 base insertion; severe mental retardation, dev delay, Muscle weakness and flaccidity (floppy babies), Blindness, cherry-red macular spot, No HSM, Occurs primarily in eastern European Ashkenazi Jews, AR: 1:30 carrier rate 30X30=1:900 prevalence; 1:4, 1:3600 to go backwards; early death
krabbe's disease
lysosomal storage disease
-(AR), ↑Galactocerebrosides (↓galactocerebrosidase), Progressive psychomotor retardation. Large “globoid bodies” in brain white matter. Fatal early in life.; peripheral neuropathy, dev delay, optic atrophy; early death
metachormatic leukodystrophy
lysosomal storage disease
AR), ↑Sulfatides, (↓arylsulfatase A), Mental retardation. Developmental delay. Peripheral neuropathy. Urine arylsulfatase decreased. Death within first decade.; central and peripheral demelination w/ ataxia dementia
mucopolysaccharides
hurler's disease
lysosomal storage disease
AR, ↓ a-L-iduronidase, ↑ dermatan and heparan sulfate ; Clinical findings -Severe mental retardation, Coarse facial features (gargoylism), HSM, corneal clouding, CAD (lipid accumulates in coronary vessels), Vacuoles in the lysosomes of peripheral blood leukocytes (skees milder). Years after birth
hunter's disease
lysosomal storage disease
XR, ↓ iduronate sulfatase, ↑ dermatan and heparan sulfate , Less severe when compared to Hurler’s disease ; no corneal clouding, mental retardation
I cell disease
lysosomal storage disease
corneal clouding no mental retardation; Ø P mannose residues of potential lysosomal enzymes (M6P) , No transfer of enzymes to lysosomes, Empty lysosomes cannot degrade complex substrates, Inclusions of undigested material accumulate in cytosol, Patients have psychomotor retardation early death. OPP IS CGD, coarse facies, sk abnormalities
homocysteinuria
ØCystathionine synthase (↓Met, ↑Cys ↑B12/folate) ↓affinity for synthase for B6 (↑↑↑B6), methytransferase de; , Mental retardation, vessel thrombosis; marfanoid, arachnodactly, lens dislocation (down and in), atheroslcerosis and storke), DVT; homocystine in urine, osteoporosis

methionine to homocysteine (SAM and B12) to methionine with B6 to cythationine to cysteine
maple syrup urine disease
Branched chain α-ketoacid DH, Leucine, valine, isoleucine (I Love Vermont), , Mental retardation, seizures, feeding problems, sweet-smelling urine
alkcaptonuria
Homogentisate oxidase, AR, benign ; Black urine, sclera, cartilage-dark CT, degenerative arthritis
PKU
Phenylalanine hydroxylase, Phe→tyrosin (↓) -mouse urine (aromatic AA MUSTY odor), seizures, eczema, Mental retardation, microcephaly,Ø phenylalanine; avoid artificial sweeteners (nutrisweet), blond hair-def in melanin; 2-3 days after birth, phenytktones (acetate, lactate, pyruvate) AR ; maternal: lakc of proper diet; microceph, metnal retard growth retard, heart defect
malignant PKU
tetrahydrobiopterin reductase def, Inc phenylaline, DOES NOT GET better giving tyrosine; also def in NTserotonin, Tyrosinosis, CirrhosisHCC
albinism
tyrosinase (no melanin form tyrosine AR) or defectin tyrosin transporters; lack migration of neural crest ↑risk skin cancer
Cystinuria -AR, Defective transport cystine, ornithine, arginine, and lysine COLA in PT of kidney; exces in urine→stone staghorn , (hexagonal crystal); disulfide; alkalinize urine w/ acetazolamide
hartnups disease
AR disorder with defect in intestinal and renal reabsorption of neutral amino acids , Essential amino acids tryptophan, isoleucine, leucine, valine, threonine, phenylalanine; and, nonessential AAs alanine, serine, tyrosine , Clinical findings related to tryptophan deficiency, Pellagra may develop, since tryptophan is used to synthesize niacin , Must treat patient with niacin and other essential AAs
von gierke's T1
G6Pase gluconeogenic enzyme; liver and kidney; build up of glycogen (no glucose), no matter what test can’t stim glucose; hepatorenomegaly (build up of glucagon), ↑uric acid; Ø glucagon, cortisol, galactose stimulation test. fasting state severe fasting hypoglycemia; tired, mental status abnormalities, seizures, Hepatorenal megaly-build up of glycogen. Giving glucose does nothing; hyperuricemia

Glycogen storage diseases –AR-. Hypoglycemia w/ a glycogenosis in the liver; NOT then mm
pompe's T2
a1,4 glucosidase; cardiomegaly and early death by 3; a lysosomal disease build up; T3 cori’s –a1, 6 def more mild

Glycogen storage diseases –AR-. Hypoglycemia w/ a glycogenosis in the liver; NOT then mm
Mc ardle's T5
skeletal muscle phosphorylase; ↑glycogen in muscle but can’t break it down leading ot painful muscle cramps, myoglobinuria w/ strenuous exercise NO hyperglycemia; lactic acid does NOT increase, ↑serum CK

Glycogen storage diseases –AR-. Hypoglycemia w/ a glycogenosis in the liver; NOT then mmv
galactokinase def
-(AR), ↑ in galactose and galactitol (sugar alcohol). Cataracts. mild
galactosemia
(AR), Ø GALT. ↑ galactose, galactose 1-P (very toxic), and galactitol (sugar alcohol)-osmotically active and damages tissues. (cirrhosis), mental retardation, cataracts, hypoglycemia. Ø galactose and lactose from diet (dairy). Women with the disorder can synthesize lactose in breast milk due to epimerase reaction. Days to weeks after birth
essential frutoseuria
-(AR) Ø fructokinase. ↑ fructose in blood and urine. Benign condition marked by fructosuria.
fructose intolerance
-(AR) Ø aldolase B- only in liver and kidney. ↑ in fructose , fructose 1-P (toxic). Excess fructose traps P in cells leading hypoPand ↓ in ATP. liver, renal disease. Severe fasting hypoglycemia, hypophosphatemia, ↑ uric acid (metabolism of AMP). ↓ intake of fructose and sucrose (glucose + fructose) in diet
lactose
Small bowel brush border disaccharidase enzyme ; lactose → glucose and galactose . Lactase deficiency produces osmotic diarrhea. UDP-galactose -lactose synthesis in breast tissue (lactase synthase) , glycoproteins, glycolipids, and glycosaminoglycans. If GALT is deficient, lactose can still be synthesized in breast tissue, UDP-glucose converted to UDP-galactose by epimerase reaction. UDP-galactose converted to lactose by lactose synthase ,
dermatin sulfate
Primarily found in skin and valvular tissue in the heart , ↑ of dermatan sulfate in heart valves (called myxomatous degeneration) is associated with MVP
myxedema
↑ in hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate in subcutaneous tissue , Feature of Graves’ disease (pretibial) and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (periorbital)
hyalurinic aicd
Major component of synovial fluid (joint lubricant)
trisomy 21
Down’s-#1 nondyjunction; #2 robersonean tranlocation (balanced translocation) 1% down mosaicism-no maternal assoc); endocardial cushion defects (ASD, VSD AV regurg vavles, CHD), flat facies, epicathic folds, alziemer’s (APP gene on chrom 21), AML/ALL , duodenal atresia and hirsprungs annular pancreas, slanted palpebrals, pelvic dysplasia, single palmer crease, TE fistuala, mental retardation; ↓AFP, ↑bHCG ↓estriol ↑inhibin A; ultrasound shows ↑nuchal translucency
trisomy 13
Patau Robertsonian translocation prechordal mesoderm devmental retard, no smell, Polydactyly rocker bottom feet, PDA, ASD, VSD, PKD, umbilical hernia, FACe-cyclops, deaf, scalp, b/l cleft lip, microcephaly, micropthalamos (Patau //puberty) 3rd MC no dysjunction; advanced maternal age; defect in Sonic hedge hog geneholoProsencephaly (procenceph wk 4 prob)
trisomy 18
Edwards/election; prominent occiput, micrognathia, microcephaly, small mouth, low ears, rocker bottom feet, clenched hands, meckel’s/malrotation, CHD; death usually by 1 yr; ↓bhCG ↓AFP↓estriol
cri du chat syndrome
congential microdeletion of short arm of chorm 5p 46XX/XY; microcephaly mod to severe mentral retardation, high pitched crying mewing epichathal folds cardiac abnormalities, looser joints
williams syndrome
congenital microldeletion of long arm chorm 7 elastin gene; “elfin” facies mental retardation, hypercalcemia ↑sn to vit D, well dev verbal skills extreme friendliness w/ strangers CV problems;
22q11 syndrome
variable CATCH-22 cleft palate abnormal facies, thymic aplasia (T cell def) cardiac dfects hypocalcemia 2° to parathyroid aplasia digeorge syndrome, velocardiofacial syndro e-palate facial and cardiac defects
digeorge
Thymic aplasia-chrom 22 3rd/4th pouch no T cells, no PTH=no ca=tetany, recurrent viral/fungal/protozoal infections, congenital heart/great vessel defects (tetrology of fallot); FISH 22q11; no CMI
kleinfelter's
XXY 47 (myotic nondisjunction) normal until puberty; affects males, tall poor 2° sex atrophic testes infertility (hyalinization and fibrosis of seminiferous tubules→↓inhibin ↑FSH), tall gynecomastia testicular astrophy, abnl leydig ↓T (can lead to eunicoid) infertility ↑FSH/LH; poss mild mental retardation, F hair distribution; barr body;
turner's syndrome
XO monosomy 45 nondisjunction or mosaics (mitotic error in early development) female streak gonads no 2° sex, congenital, broad chest, short, webbed neck no estrogen ↑FSH, LH, horseshoekidney, cystic hygroma, bicuspid aortic valve, preductal coarctation, MCC of 1° amenorrhea; no barr body; normal intelligence
47xxx
dec IQ; norma, tall, acne, antisocial, normal fertility
XYY
norma, tall, acne, antisocial, normal fertility
true hermaphridites
46XX, 47XXY-ovary and testicular tissue present ovotestis; ambigouous genitalia VERY RARE; diff b/n phenotypic and gonad; F pseudohermaphrodite-46 XX ovaries virizied/ambigious ext genitalia→excessive androgenic steroids in early gestation (congenital adrenal hyperplasia or exogenous 21/11)
46XY male psuedohermaphridite
testes, female/amibgous ext gen; androgen insensitivity syndrome (MCC testicular fem)=defect in androgen receptor normal appearing female (only 2/3 vagina, uterus/tubes absent; no sexual hair; testes in labia majora; surgically removed to prevent malignancy; ↑↑↑T, E, LH
5a reductase def
AR, genetic males affected; no T→DHT; ambigious genitalia until pubery then testosterone casues masculization/↑growth ext genitalia; T/E are normal; LH normal; “penis at 12” int genitalia normal
kallman's syndrome
males; ↓GnRH by ant pit primary amenorrhea no 2° sexual, anosmia; delayed puberty, FGF-1/KAL-1 poss cleft lip, small testes
kleinfelter's and turner's similar how?
Kleifelter’s and turner’s simililar inc LH and FSH dec estrogen or testosterone
mullerian agenesis
fully dev 2° sex but uterus abnl, imporforate hymen
digeorge
deletion chrom 22; facial abnl, cleft lip, interrupted aortic arch, tetrology of fallot
friedrick's ataxia
AR, chrom 9 trinucleotide repeats, HOCM, 5-15 y/o; spinal ataxia diff walking( post columns, spinocerebellar tracts degen), kyphoscoliosis, pes cavus, hammertoes, DM
kartagener's
immotile cilia, AR, dynein mutation, male infertility, recurrent sinusitits, bronchietasis; poss situs inversus (dextro
SLE deficiency
C1 complement def (classical pathway)
polymyostosis
prox mm weak, -med inflammatory myopathy release mm autoantigens taken up into macs/T cellsIfn gamma release IL-1 TNFa ↑MHC proteins; muscle biopsy (inflammation, necrosis, regernation fibrosis +CD8 and macs); ↑CK and anti-Jo-1
MG
antibodies against Ach, thymoma is common (ant mediastinal mass)
bruton's agammagblob
XR (boys), B cell defdefective TK, bacterial infections; after 6 mo
digeorge
Thymic aplasia-chrom 22 3rd/4th pharyngeal pouch no T cells, failure of endodermal dev, no PTH=no ca=tetany, recurrent viral/fungal/protozoal infections, congenital heart/great vessel defects (tetrology of fallot); FISH 22q11; no CMI
SCID
AR 1st year of life Ø adenosine deaminase adenosine → inosine, ↑ adenosine (Ø B / T) and AMP; recurrent infections-viral, bact, fungal-candida, pneumocystis, protozoal owing to loss of both humoral and cellular immunity; tx: gene ther-apy BM transplant; diarrhea, failure to thrive, absent thymic shadow! ↓IL-2R ↓Tcell act; ↑adenine (↓dNTPs ↓DNA); NK cells is defence
chronic mucocut candidiasis
long term ketoconazole; T cell dysfunction Candida albicans infections of skin
wiscott alderich
WAITER immunodef, TP and purpura, truncal ecezema, recurrent pyogenic infections no IgM ↑↑IgA; progressive deletions of B/T
hyperIgM syndrome
defect CD40 on help T can’t switch, pyogenic infections; ↑IgM, ↓↓IgG, A, E; lymphoid hyperplasia and recurrent sp infections
ataxia telancheitasia
ATM-↓↓IgA, Cerebellar ataxia (atrophy of Cb) poor smooth persuit, ↑AFP, death 25 y/o; mutated gene defect DNA repair enzymes radiation sn; difficulting walking! Repeated SP infections, ↑ incidence of malignancy
↓↓IgA def MChealthy, sinus/lung infections, a/w atopy, asthma, blood transfusion anaphylaxis missing CD19
IL-12 def
: mycobact infection, ↓Th1, dissem mycobacterial infections ↓IGN-γ
CVID
defect B cell maturation; can be acquired 20-30, ↑ risk AI disease, SP infections, lymphoma; normal B cells ↓ plasma cells, Ig
CGD
susceptible to(cat + pseudomonas, serratia, nodcardia, staph, asperillus)
chediak higashi
AR, partial albinism, peripheral neuropathy//neuro disorders; nystagmus; giant lysosomes; abnl melanin storage so lack of
LAD
CD18 integrins/selectins, neutrophilia, recurrent bact, no pus, gingivitis, delayed sep of umbilicus; phagocytes can’t exit; pouch from endoderm, neurtrophils fail to respond
hyperIgE syndrome
(job’s syndrome)- no IFNγ neutrophils don’t respond; FATED (coarse Facies, staph Abscesses, retained primary Teeth, ↑↑IgE, Dermatologic prob (eczema)
DAF
CD55/59 (lysis of RBCs PNH, HAM test (low pH) flow cytometry, hemociderinuria, intravascular hemolysis; tx: give iron, warfarin, bm transplant)
C1 esterase def
(def hereditary angioedema)nonpitting, help prevent complement act on self cells; def of C3 severe recurrent pyogenic resp tract infections (T3HS); DO NOT GIVE CAPTOPRIL-inactivates kallikrien so even more bradykinin (angioedema is a side effect)
serotonin location
located in the raphe (midbrain, pons medulla)sleep wake cycle;
NOr location
nucleus ceruleus, for flight or fight in dorsal pons
Ach location
in nucleus basalis ↓ in alzeimer’s
lesch nyhan syndrome
XR)- The syndrome is due to total deficiency of HGPRT, the PURINE salvage enzyme for hypo-xanthine and guanine. hyperuricemia. severe mental retardation, self-mutilating behavior, aggression, choreoathetosis spasticity, gout, and urate deposition in the kidney leading to RF-; give allopurinol
orotic aciduria
can’t convert orotic acid to UMP (pyrimidine) defect in orotic acid PRT; AR; ↑orotic acid in urine megalobasltic anemia, failure to thrive. No hyperammonia. Tx: uridine admin
xeroderm pigmentosum
endonuclease
-dry skin melanoma other cancer; children of the night; Ø repair of thymidine dimmers; UV damage:; pig dry skin AR; scaling , lentigotelangistasiasSCC, BCC and MM 5-6 y/o; Defect in excision repair
congenital hypothyroidims
lethargic, don’t eat, jaundice, hypotonia, hoarse cry, pale skin, myxedema, macroglossia, ASD/VSD
HNPCC
no profreed; lynch syndrome clon endometria and ovarian cancer
AD mut DNa mismatch repair gene; 80% CRC prox colon
appendicitis
in adults—fecalith; child-post-viral (adeno, rubeola)
acute intermittent porphyria
Ø Uroporphyrinogen I synthase/deaminase: ↑ porphobilinogen (PBG) and ALA acid in the urine. Urine wine-red color. Enzyme assay in RBCs confirmatory test. Clinical-5P’s painful abdomen (“belly full of scars”), pink urine, polyneuropathy, psychological disturb, precipitated by drugs; Attacks precipitated by drugs that induce the liver cytochrome P450 system (e.g., alcohol), induce ALA synthase (e.g., progesterone), and dietary restriction. Treatment includes carbohydrate loading and infusion of heme, both of which inhibit ALA synthase activity.
porphyria cutanea tarda
PCT, AD or acquired)-Ø Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: ↑ uroporphyrin PBG levels are normal. tea color to urine Clinical- MC porphyria. H’s: herpes like-vesicles and bullae photosensitive hypertrichosis and hep C; avoid sunlight, discolor teeth (werefolf) Exacerbating factors include iron therapy, alcohol, estrogens, treatment includes phlebotomy (reduce iron levels in the liver) and CQ (unknown mechanism).