Mutations in the Parkinson’s Disease-Associated PARK2 Gene Are Accompanied by Imbalance in Programmed Cell Death Systems

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Parkinson's disease is caused by the degeneration of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. A rare recessive form of the disease may be caused by a mutation in the PARK2 gene, whose product, Parkin, controls mitophagy and programmed cell death. The level of pro- and anti-apoptotic factors of the Bcl-2 family was determined in dopaminergic neurons derived from the induced pluripotent stem cells of a healthy donor and a...

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