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[Analysis of the rs12720208 single-nucleotide polymorphism of the FGF20 gene in Russian patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease].
Genetika - 1 Dec 2012
Ustinova V V, Shadrina M I, Fedotova E Iu, Illarioshkin S N, Limborskaia S A, Slominskiĭ P A
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease whose pathogenesis involves a number of genes and environmental factors. The FGF20 gene encoding the fibroblast growth factor and paying an important role neuron proliferation and survival is one of candidate genes of PD. There is evidence that this gene is also involved in the control of alpha-synuclein (SNCA) gene expression. The rs12720208...
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