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The interplay between monocytes, α-synuclein and LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease.
Biochemical Society transactions - 26 Apr 2023
Strader Samuel, West Andrew B
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The accumulation of aggregated α-synuclein in susceptible neurons in the brain, together with robust activation of nearby myeloid cells, are pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD). While microglia represent the dominant type of myeloid cell in the brain, recent genetic and whole-transcriptomic studies have implicated another type of myeloid cell, bone-marrow derived monocytes, in disease risk and...
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