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G2019S-LRRK2 mutation enhances MPTP-linked Parkinsonism in mice.
Human molecular genetics - 13 Mar 2020
Arbez Nicolas, He XiaoFei, Huang Yong, Ren Mark, Liang Yideng, Nucifora Frederick C, Wang Xiaofang, Pei Zhong, Tessarolo Lino, Smith Wanli W, Ross Christopher A
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease with a heterogeneous etiology that involves genetic and environmental factors or exogenous. Current LRRK2 PD animal models only partly reproduce the characteristics of the disease with very subtle dopaminergic neuron degeneration. We developed a new model of PD that combines a sub-toxic MPTP insult to the G2019S-LRRK2 mutation. Our newly generated...
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