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Association of PGC-1alpha polymorphisms with age of onset and risk of Parkinson's disease.
BMC medical genetics - 19 May 2011
Clark Joanne, Reddy Sonika, Zheng Kangni, Betensky Rebecca A, Simon David K
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BACKGROUND: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ co-activator (PGC)-1α is a transcriptional co-activator of antioxidant genes and a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis. Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction and recent work sugg...
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