Key genes and convergent pathogenic mechanisms in Parkinson disease

R Coukos, D Krainc - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder marked by the preferential
dysfunction and death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The onset and …

Towards a global view of Parkinson's disease genetics

M Khani, C Cerquera‐Cleves, M Kekenadze… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a global health challenge, yet historically studies of PD have
taken place predominantly in European populations. Recent genetics research conducted in …

Identification of genetic risk loci and causal insights associated with Parkinson's disease in African and African admixed populations: a genome-wide association study

M Rizig, S Bandres-Ciga, MB Makarious… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background An understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying diseases in
ancestrally diverse populations is an important step towards development of targeted …

Genome-wide association study using whole-genome sequencing identifies risk loci for Parkinson's disease in Chinese population

H Pan, Z Liu, J Ma, Y Li, Y Zhao, X Zhou… - npj Parkinson's …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous susceptibility loci for
Parkinson's disease (PD), but its genetic architecture remains underexplored in populations …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of selective vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases

M Kampmann - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2024 - nature.com
The selective vulnerability of specific neuronal subtypes is a hallmark of neurodegenerative
diseases. In this Review, I summarize our current understanding of the brain regions and …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association identifies novel etiological insights associated with Parkinson's disease in African and African Admixed Populations

M Rizig, S Bandres-Ciga, MB Makarious, O Ojo… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Understanding the genetic mechanisms underlying diseases in ancestrally
diverse populations is a critical step towards the realization of the global application of …

The genetic drivers of juvenile, Young, and early‐onset Parkinson's disease in India

SV Andrews, PL Kukkle, R Menon… - Movement …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recent studies have advanced our understanding of the genetic drivers of
Parkinson's disease (PD). Rare variants in more than 20 genes are considered causal for …

Analysis of rare Parkinson's disease variants in millions of people

V Pitz, MB Makarious, S Bandres-Ciga, H Iwaki… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Although many rare variants have been reportedly associated with Parkinson's disease
(PD), many have not been replicated or have failed to replicate. Here, we conduct a large …

Genome-wide determinants of mortality and motor progression in Parkinson's disease

MMX Tan, MA Lawton, MI Pollard, E Brown… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
There are 90 independent genome-wide significant genetic risk variants for Parkinson's
disease (PD) but currently only five nominated loci for PD progression. The biology of PD …

Federated learning for multi-omics: A performance evaluation in Parkinson's disease

BP Danek, MB Makarious, A Dadu, D Vitale, PS Lee… - Patterns, 2024 - cell.com
While machine learning (ML) research has recently grown more in popularity, its application
in the omics domain is constrained by access to sufficiently large, high-quality datasets …