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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) genetic polymorphism greatly increases risk of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) for Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Feb 2012
Liu Jia, Zhou Yongtao, Wang Chaodong, Wang Tao, Zheng Zheng, Chan Piu
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Although the p.G2385R allele of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been recently reported as a common genetic variant that increases the risk for typical PD exclusively among Asian population, its genetic modifiers is yet to be studied. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been shown to play an important role in the survival of...
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