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Neuronopathic GBA1L444P Mutation Accelerates Glucosylsphingosine Levels and Formation of Hippocampal Alpha-Synuclein Inclusions.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 18 Jan 2023
Mahoney-Crane Casey L, Viswanathan Megha, Russell Dreson, Curtiss Rachel A C, Freire Jennifer, Bobba Sai Sumedha, Coyle Sean D, Kandebo Monika, Yao Lihang, Wan Bang-Lin, Hatcher Nathan G, Smith Sean M, Marcus Jacob N, Volpicelli-Daley Laura A
Abstract excerpt
The most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) is heterozygous mutations GBA1, which encodes for the lysosomal enzyme, glucocerebrosidase. Reduced glucocerebrosidase activity associates with an accumulation of abnormal α-synuclein (α-syn) called Lewy pathology, which characterizes PD. PD patients heterozygous for the neuronotypic GBA1L444P mutation (GBA1+/L444P) have a 5.6-fold increased risk of...
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