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The transcription factor PITX3 is associated with sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 May 2009
Fuchs Julia, Mueller Jakob C, Lichtner Peter, Schulte Claudia, Munz Marita, Berg Daniela, Wüllner Ullrich, Illig Thomas, Sharma Manu, Gasser Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease with typical motor symptoms due to the preferential loss of midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neurons in the Substantia nigra pars compacta. Several proteins of the homeodomain family are crucial for the development of mDA neurons. These proteins remain expressed into adulthood with largely unknown functions, but potentially influence mDA neuronal...
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