Article
Genetic modifiers of risk and age at onset in GBA associated Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2020
Blauwendraat Cornelis, Reed Xylena, Krohn Lynne, Heilbron Karl, Bandres-Ciga Sara, Tan Manuela, Gibbs J Raphael, Hernandez Dena G, Kumaran Ravindran, Langston Rebekah, Bonet-Ponce Luis, Alcalay Roy N, Hassin-Baer Sharon, Greenbaum Lior, Iwaki Hirotaka, Leonard Hampton L, Grenn Francis P, Ruskey Jennifer A, Sabir Marya, Ahmed Sarah, Makarious Mary B, Pihlstrøm Lasse, Toft Mathias, van Hilten Jacobus J, Marinus Johan, Schulte Claudia, Brockmann Kathrin, Sharma Manu, Siitonen Ari, Majamaa Kari, Eerola-Rautio Johanna, Tienari Pentti J, Pantelyat Alexander, Hillis Argye E, Dawson Ted M, Rosenthal Liana S, Albert Marilyn S, Resnick Susan M, Ferrucci Luigi, Morris Christopher M, Pletnikova Olga, Troncoso Juan, Grosset Donald, Lesage Suzanne, Corvol Jean-Christophe, Brice Alexis, Noyce Alastair J, Masliah Eliezer, Wood Nick, Hardy John, Shulman Lisa M, Jankovic Joseph, Shulman Joshua M, Heutink Peter, Gasser Thomas, Cannon Paul, Scholz Sonja W, Morris Huw, Cookson Mark R, Nalls Mike A, Gan-Or Ziv, Singleton Andrew B
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease is a genetically complex disorder. Multiple genes have been shown to contribute to the risk of Parkinson's disease, and currently 90 independent risk variants have been identified by genome-wide association studies. Thus far, a number of genes (including SNCA, LRRK2, and GBA) have been shown to contain variability across a spectrum of frequency and effect, from rare, highly penetrant variants...
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