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Association of homozygous 7048G7049 variant in the intron six of Nurr1 gene with Parkinson's disease.
Neurology - 26 Mar 2002
Xu P-Y, Liang R, Jankovic J, Hunter C, Zeng Y-X, Ashizawa T, Lai D, Le W-D
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Nurr1 gene, which is critical for the development and maintenance of nigral dopaminergic neurons, is a risk factor associated with PD. BACKGROUND: The Nurrl gene is highly expressed in the dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain. Knockout of the gene results in agenesis of nigral dopaminergic neurons and heterozygous knockout mice increases...
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