Article
Association of polymorphisms and reduced expression levels of the NR4A2 gene with Parkinson's disease in a Mexican population.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Aug 2017
Ruiz-Sánchez Elizabeth, Yescas Petra, Rodríguez-Violante Mayela, Martínez-Rodríguez Nancy, Díaz-López Jesica N, Ochoa Adriana, Valdes-Rojas Sergio S, Magos-Rodríguez Daniel, Rojas-Castañeda Julio C, Cervantes-Arriaga Amin, Canizales-Quinteros Samuel, Rojas Patricia
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: The NR4A2 transcription factor is important in the development, survival and phenotype of dopaminergic neurons and it is postulated as a possible biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, our aim was to analyze in a sample of a Mexican population with idiopathic PD, mutations (in two hotspot mutation regions) and two polymorphisms (rs34884856 in promotor and rs35479735 intronic regions) of...
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