How is Gaucher disease inherited?
Gaucher disease is hereditary and can affect
several members of a family within
a
single generation.
Nate, USA,
patient
with Gaucher disease type 1 treated with Cerdelga
Gaucher disease is hereditary, which means that the genes for the disease are passed from one generation to the next. A person with just one gene for Gaucher disease is a carrier. Carriers do not develop the disease but can pass the gene on to their children.
Gaucher disease type 1 can affect individuals of any ethnicity
Pan-ethnic, and occurs in ~1 in 40,000 in the general population
More common in people of
Ashkenazi Jewish
ancestry
American Jews are Ashkenazi
Linda and Nate, USA, patients with Gaucher disease type 1 treated with Cerdelga