Functions and characteristics of PINK1 and Parkin in cancer

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Most of the Parkinson disease (PD) linked genes are also associated with cancers. In particular, phosphatase and tensin homologue-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) and Parkin, both of which are involved in recessively inherited familial forms of PD linked to mitochondrial dysfunction, appear to be abnormally expressed in cancers. Functional studies have revealed that PINK1 recruits Parkin to mitochondria to initiate...

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