Tay-Sachs disease

Summary
Synonym
  • GM2 gangliosidosis, type 1
  • hexosaminidase A deficiency
Definition
A GM2 gangliosidosis that is characterized onset in infancy of developmental retardation, followed by paralysis, dementia and blindness, with death in the second or third year of life and has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the alpha subunit of the hexosaminidase A gene (HEXA) on chromosome 15q23.
Super Class
GM2 gangliosidosis
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Disease Ontology
DOID:3320
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
OMIM
GARD
MGI genotype (from TogoID)
WikiPathways (from TogoID)
Related Genes
Displaying all 8 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
410 ARSA arylsulfatase A
2629 GBA1 glucosylceramidase beta 1
2760 GM2A ganglioside GM2 activator
3073 HEXA hexosaminidase subunit alpha
3074 HEXB hexosaminidase subunit beta
10724 OGA O-GlcNAcase
10825 NEU3 neuraminidase 3
284004 HEXD hexosaminidase D
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
15211 Hexa hexosaminidase A
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
300757 Hexa hexosaminidase subunit alpha
Displaying all 3 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
31808 Hexo2 Hexosaminidase 2
38528 Hexo1 Hexosaminidase 1
250735 fdl fused lobes
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
180533 hex-1 Beta-hexosaminidase A
The Human Phenotype Ontology
Displaying entries 1 - 10 of 16 in total
HPO ID HPO Term
HP:0001276 Hypertonia
HP:0010729 Cherry red spot of the macula
HP:0000741 Apathy
HP:0002421 Poor head control
HP:0000618 Blindness
HP:0002267 Exaggerated startle response
HP:0003495 GM2-ganglioside accumulation
HP:0001250 Seizure
HP:0000007 Autosomal recessive inheritance
HP:0001290 Generalized hypotonia
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description
3073 HEXA hexosaminidase subunit alpha

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