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Mitochondrial injury: a hot spot for parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease?
Science of aging knowledge environment : SAGE KE - 1 Dec 2004
Giasson Benoit I
Abstract excerpt
The recent identification of genes (parkin, DJ-1, and PINK1) involved in recessive autosomal parkinsonism, and the indications that these proteins may have protective effects on the mitochondria, has led to the reemergence of the notion that mitochondrial dysfunction might play a central role in the etiology of sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). This idea has previously been supported by biochemical analyses...
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