Pleiotropic effects for Parkin and LRRK2 in leprosy type-1 reactions and Parkinson’s disease

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Significance Type-1 reactions (T1R) are pathological immune responses in leprosy and a frequent cause of peripheral nerve damage. Employing a candidate gene approach combined with deep resequencing, we identified amino acid mutations in the E3 ligase Parkin and the polyfunctional kinase LRRK2 that were associated with T1R. This finding directly linked both proteins with the extent of the immune response in an...

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