Variation in complement protein C1q is not a major contributor to cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease.

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Traditional dogma regarding the brain as an immune exempt organ has changed in recent years. New research has highlighted the role of the classical complement cascade in both synaptic elimination and function, driven largely by the role of the pathway initiating protein C1q. Given the links between C1q and cognitive function we assessed the genetic variability of the C1q encoding genes: C1QA, C1QB and C1QC...

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