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Genetic analysis of lysosomal alpha-galactosidase A gene in sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 1 Aug 2011
Wu Guanghua, Pang Shuchao, Feng Xungang, Zhang Aimei, Li Jifeng, Gu Kejin, Huang Jian, Dong Haixin, Yan Bo
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Majority of PD cases are sporadic, resulting from interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Accumulating evidence indicates that autophagy, which delivers alpha-synuclein to lysosomes for degradation, is involved in the PD pathogenesis. Some lysosomal hydrolases, such as glucocerebrosidase gene and ATP13A2, a lysosomal ATPase gene, have...
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