[HTML][HTML] GBA Variants and Parkinson Disease: Mechanisms and Treatments

L Smith, AHV Schapira - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase), which
maintains glycosphingolipid homeostasis. Approximately 5–15% of PD patients have …

[HTML][HTML] The genetics of Parkinson's disease and implications for clinical practice

JO Day, S Mullin - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genetic landscape of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by rare high penetrance
pathogenic variants causing familial disease, genetic risk factor variants driving PD risk in a …

Classification of GBA1 Variants in Parkinson's Disease: The GBA1‐PD Browser

SC Parlar, FP Grenn, JJ Kim… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background GBA1 variants are among the most common genetic risk factors for Parkinson's
disease (PD). GBA1 variants can be classified into three categories based on their role in …

Genetic modifiers of risk and age at onset in GBA associated Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia

C Blauwendraat, X Reed, L Krohn, K Heilbron… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease is a genetically complex disorder. Multiple genes have been shown to
contribute to the risk of Parkinson's disease, and currently 90 independent risk variants have …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the genotype–phenotype correlation in GBA-Parkinson disease: clinical aspects, biomarkers, and potential modifiers

E Menozzi, AHV Schapira - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Variants in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene are the most common genetic risk factor for
Parkinson disease (PD). These include pathogenic variants causing Gaucher disease …

The GBA variant E326K is associated with alpha-synuclein aggregation and lipid droplet accumulation in human cell lines

LJ Smith, MM Bolsinger, KY Chau… - Human Molecular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Sequence variants or mutations in the GBA gene are numerically the most important risk
factor for Parkinson disease (PD). The GBA gene encodes for the lysosomal hydrolase …

A Biomarker Study in Patients with GBA1‐Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Controls

JM den Heijer, VC Cullen, DR Pereira… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Molecules related to glucocerebrosidase (GCase) are potential biomarkers for
development of compounds targeting GBA1‐associated Parkinson's disease (GBA‐PD) …

Evaluation of the detection of GBA missense mutations and other variants using the Oxford Nanopore MinION

M Leija‐Salazar, FJ Sedlazeck, M Toffoli… - Molecular genetics & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Mutations in GBA cause Gaucher disease when biallelic and are strong risk
factors for Parkinson's disease when heterozygous. GBA analysis is complicated by the …

A randomized single and multiple ascending dose study in healthy volunteers of LTI‐291, a centrally penetrant glucocerebrosidase activator

JM den Heijer, AC Kruithof… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims A mutation in the GBA1 gene is the most common genetic risk factor for developing
Parkinson's disease. GBA1 encodes the lysosomal enzyme glucosylceramidase beta …

[HTML][HTML] A practical approach to early-onset Parkinsonism

GM Riboldi, E Frattini, E Monfrini… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Early-onset parkinsonism (EO parkinsonism), defined as subjects with disease onset before
the age of 40 or 50 years, can be the main clinical presentation of a variety of conditions that …