Lysosomal Disease Network

LDN Studies:

6702: Natural History and Structural Functional Relationships in Fabry Renal Disease

6703: Longitudinal Studies of Brain Structure and Function in MPS Disorders

6704: The Natural History of Mucolipidosis type IV

6705: Longitudinal Study of Bone and Endocrine Disease in Children with MPS I, II and VI: A Multicenter Study of the Lysosomal Disease Network

6706: A Historical Chart Review and Longitudinal Follow-Up of Identified Patients with Wolman Disease or Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease, Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency

6707: Characterizing the Neurobehavioral Phenotype(s) in MPS III (Pilot Study)

6712: Longitudinal Studies of the Glycoproteinoses

6713: A Natural History Study of Hexosaminidase Deficiency

6714: A Study of Intrathecal Enzyme Replacement for Cognitive Decline in Mucopolysaccharidosis I

6716: Genotype - Phenotype Correlations of Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis

6718: Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs Disease. Phase 1: Natural History Data Gather

6719: Immune Response to Intrathecal Enzyme Therapy in Mucopolysaccharidosis 1 Patients

6721: Intravenous N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of Gaucher’s disease and Parkinson’s disease

Diseases Being Studied

  • Aspartylglucosaminuria
  • Wolman disease
  • Cystinosis
  • Danon disease
  • Fabry disease
  • Farber disease
  • Fucosidosis
  • Gaucher disease
  • GM1-Gangliosidosis types I/II/III
  • GM2-Gangliosidosis
  • alpha-Mannosidosis types I / II
  • beta-Mannosidosis
  • Metachromatic leukodystrophy
  • Sialidosis types I / II
  • Mucolipidosis type IV
  • Scheie syndrome
  • Hunter syndrome
  • Sanfilippo syndrome A
  • Sanfilippo syndrome B
  • Sanfilippo syndrome C
  • Sanfilippo syndrome D
  • Galactosialidosis types I / II
  • Krabbe disease
  • Sandhoff disease
  • Vogt-Spielmeyer disease
  • Hurler syndrome
  • Niemann-Pick disease
  • I-cell disease
  • pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy
  • Morquio syndrome
  • Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
  • Sly syndrome
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis type IX
  • Multiple sulfatase deficiency
  • Batten disease
  • Tay-Sachs disease
  • Pompe disease
  • Batten disease
  • Batten disease, late infantile
  • Northern Epilepsy
  • Pycnodysostosis
  • Schindler disease
  • Sialuria, Salla disease


About the Lysosomal Disease Network

www.lysosomaldiseasenetwork.org

Although individually rare "orphan" conditions, the lysosomal diseases collectively affect 1 in 6,000 individuals and are responsible for a significant disability and disease burden. These diseases have become a test bed for some of the most innovative and advanced experimental treatments. The rarity of each lysosomal disease means that no single medical research center has an opportunity to see the entire spectrum, or to acquire sufficient numbers to adequately test new therapies. The combined and integrated efforts of the Lysosomal Disease Network will focus limited resources toward creating a network of centers with expertise in one or more of these diseases in order to solve major challenges in diagnosis, disease management, and therapy. Solutions to these problems will have direct impact on patients suffering from lysosomal diseases, and important implications for medical practice

Refer Patients to the Contact Registry

Download the LDN Contact Registry enrollment form [.pdf]

Contact Information

Chester B. Whitley, PhD, MD
Principal Investigator, Lysosomal Disease Network
Professor, Pediatrics
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
MMC 446 Mayo
420 Delaware Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
E-mail: whitley@umn.edu

David CC Erickson
Informatics Director, Lysosomal Disease Network
Phone: (612) 624-7975
E-mail: erick259@umn.edu

Elsa G Shapiro, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator, Lysosomal Disease Network
Phone: (612) 625-1618
E-mail: shapi004@umn.edu

Brenda Diethelm-Okita
Program Coordinator, Lysosomal Disease Network
Phone: (612) 625-1594
E-mail: dieth001@umn.edu

 

Participating Clinical Sites

 

Advocacy

Tay Sachs, Canavan and related genetic diseases

  • National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association
    www.ntsad.org Sue R. Kahn, ED
    skahn@ntsad.org
    2001 Beacon Street, Suite 204, Boston, MA 02135
    800-906-8723
    617-277-0134

Alpha-mannosidosis and Aspartylglucosaminuria

Cystinosis

Danon Disease

Fabry Disease

Fucosidosis

Gaucher Disease

Hide and Seek Foundation

Krabbe disease

Mucolipidosis I (Sialidosis)

Mucolipidosis II/III (I-cell and pseudo-Hurler Polydystrophy)

Mucolipidosis IV

  • Mucolipidosis IV Foundation
    www.ml4.org
    Randy Yudenfriend, President
    www@ml4.org
    719 East 17th Street Brooklyn, New York 11230
    718-434-5067

Leukodystrophies

Mucopolysaccharidosis

  • National Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Society
    www.mpssociety.org
    Barbara Wedehase, MSW, CGC
    Executive Director
    barbara@mpssociety.org
    4220 Apex Highway, Suite 140
    Durham, NC 27713
    919-806-010
    919-806-2055

Niemann-Pick Disease

  • National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
    www.nnpdf.org
    PO Box 49, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
    920-563-0930
    920-563-0931

  • The Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation
    www.parseghian.org
    3530 E. Campo Abierto, Suite 105, Tucson, AZ 85718
    520-577-5106
    520-577-5212

    Cindy Parseghian
    cparseghian@parseghian.org

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten disease)

Pompe Disease

Schindler disease

Wolman Disease