Genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson's syndrome

H Ye, LA Robak, M Yu, M Cykowski… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous,
resisting distillation to a single, cohesive disorder. Instead, each affected individual develops …

Progress towards therapies for disease modification in Parkinson's disease

N Vijiaratnam, T Simuni, O Bandmann… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The development of interventions to slow or halt the progression of Parkinson's disease
remains a priority for patients and researchers alike. To date, no agents have been shown to …

Parkinson disease and the immune system—associations, mechanisms and therapeutics

EK Tan, YX Chao, A West, LL Chan, W Poewe… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Multiple lines of evidence indicate that immune system dysfunction has a role in Parkinson
disease (PD); this evidence includes clinical and genetic associations between autoimmune …

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] Prevalence and clinical aspects of depression in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta‑analysis of 129 studies

S Cong, C Xiang, S Zhang, T Zhang, H Wang… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Depression is one of the most important non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD),
but its prevalence and related clinical characteristics are unclear. To this end, we performed …

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 …

T cells from patients with Parkinson's disease recognize α-synuclein peptides

D Sulzer, RN Alcalay, F Garretti, L Cote, E Kanter… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic studies have shown the association of Parkinson's disease with alleles of the major
histocompatibility complex,,. Here we show that a defined set of peptides that are derived …

Excessive burden of lysosomal storage disorder gene variants in Parkinson's disease

LA Robak, IE Jansen, J Van Rooij, AG Uitterlinden… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA), which cause Gaucher disease, are also
potent risk factors for Parkinson's disease. We examined whether a genetic burden of …

α-Synuclein in blood exosomes immunoprecipitated using neuronal and oligodendroglial markers distinguishes Parkinson's disease from multiple system atrophy

S Dutta, S Hornung, A Kruayatidee, KN Maina… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes is difficult
due to the lack of reliable, easily accessible biomarkers. Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a …

Genetics in Parkinson disease: Mendelian versus non‐Mendelian inheritance

DG Hernandez, X Reed… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease is a common, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, affecting 3% of
those older than 75 years of age. Clinically, Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with …