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Pooled analysis of iron-related genes in Parkinson's disease: association with transferrin.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Feb 2014
Rhodes Shannon L, Buchanan Daniel D, Ahmed Ismaïl, Taylor Kent D, Loriot Marie-Anne, Sinsheimer Janet S, Bronstein Jeff M, Elbaz Alexis, Mellick George D, Rotter Jerome I, Ritz Beate
Abstract excerpt
Pathologic features of Parkinson's disease (PD) include death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, presence of α-synuclein containing Lewy bodies, and iron accumulation in PD-related brain regions. The observed iron accumulation may be contributing to PD etiology but it also may be a byproduct of cell death or cellular dysfunction. To elucidate the possible role of iron accumulation in PD, we...
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