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L-dopa increases α-synuclein DNA methylation in Parkinson's disease patients in vivo and in vitro.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Nov 2015
Schmitt Ina, Kaut Oliver, Khazneh Hassan, deBoni Laura, Ahmad Ashar, Berg Daniela, Klein Christine, Fröhlich Holger, Wüllner Ullrich
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BACKGROUND: Increasing gene dosages of α-synuclein induce familial Parkinson's disease (PD); thus, the hypothesis has been put forward that regulation of gene expression, in particular altered α-synuclein gene methylation, might be associated with sporadic PD and could be used as a biological marker. METHODS: We performed a thorough analysis of α-synuclein methylation in bisulfite-treated DNA from peripheral...
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