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Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement, Alpha-Mannosidosis

Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement, Alpha-Mannosidosis represents a specialized disease-specific grouping within the broader pharmacological class of lysosomal enzyme replacement therapies. Read more about Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement, Alpha-Mannosidosis

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Metabolic Disease Enzyme Replacement, Alpha-Mannosidosis represents a specialized disease-specific grouping within the broader pharmacological class of lysosomal enzyme replacement therapies.

It consists of recombinant human alpha-mannosidase, such as velmanase alfa, designed to supply an exogenous form of the enzyme that internalizes into cells via mannose-6-phosphate receptors and degrades accumulated mannose-rich oligosaccharides inside lysosomes.

Clinically, these agents are indicated to treat the non-central nervous system manifestations of alpha-mannosidosis, a rare inherited lysosomal storage disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the MAN2B1 gene.