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Allelic difference in Mhc2ta confers altered microglial activation and susceptibility to α-synuclein-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Oct 2017
Jimenez-Ferrer Itzia, Jewett Michael, Tontanahal Ashmita, Romero-Ramos Marina, Swanberg Maria
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Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a complex and heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease characterized by a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and pathological intracellular accumulation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn). In the vast majority of PD patients, the disease has a complex etiology, defined by multiple genetic and environmental risk factors. Common genetic variants in the...
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