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Mutations in VPS26A are not a frequent cause of Parkinson's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jun 2014
Koschmidder Eva, Mollenhauer Brit, Kasten Meike, Klein Christine, Lohmann Katja
Abstract excerpt
VPS35 mutations have been identified as a cause of autosomal dominantly inherited Parkinson's disease (PD). VPS35 interacts with VPS26A in the retromer complex that links mitochondrial and lysosomal pathways, which have both been shown to be dysfunctional in PD. Thus, mutations in VPS26A may be associated with PD. To test this hypothesis, we screened 245 idiopathic PD patients and 185 control subjects for...
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