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Pathogenic LRRK2 causes age-dependent and region-specific deficits in ciliation, innervation and viability of cholinergic neurons
2024-07-18
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic activating point mutations in the LRRK2 kinase cause autosomal-dominant familial Parkinsońs disease (PD). In cultured cells, mutant LRRK2 causes a deficit in de novo cilia formation and also impairs ciliary stability. In brain, previous studies have shown that in PD patients due to the G2019S-LRRK2 mutation as well as in middle-aged G2019S-LRRK2 knockin mice, striatal cholinergic interneurons show a de...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8c8e9105-4298-5080-9b42-5d5e3ac7fcad
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.07.16.603799
