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Akp2-/- Mouse Model Mimics Human Infantile Hypophosphatasia

The knockout mouse model utilized in nonclinical studies of A subcutaneous enzyme replacement therapy with affinity for bone that is currently in clinical trials.ENB-0040 was used for its similarities to disease manifestations in patients with the human infantile form of HPP.

Akp2-/- mice Human Infantile HPP
  • Onset of skeletal disease at day 6 and
    death generally by day 21
  • Progressive rachitic changes
  • Osteopenia and fractures
  • Epileptic seizures and apnea
  • Poor feeding/inadequate weight gain

Nonclinical research in the knockout mouse model of severe A rare, inherited, and sometimes fatal metabolic bone disease characterized by poor bone mineralization and profound skeletal defects.hypophosphatasia showed that daily subcutaneous administration of ENB-0040 has exhibited pre-clinical activity in the treatment of HPP.54, 55