Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies

S Koga, H Sekiya, N Kondru, OA Ross… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are clinically and pathologically heterogeneous disorders characterized
by pathologic aggregates of α-synuclein in neurons and glia, in the form of Lewy bodies …

The genetics of Parkinson's disease and implications for clinical practice

JO Day, S Mullin - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genetic landscape of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by rare high penetrance
pathogenic variants causing familial disease, genetic risk factor variants driving PD risk in a …

Incidence of Parkinson disease in North America

AW Willis, E Roberts, JC Beck, B Fiske, W Ross… - npj Parkinson's …, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative
condition diagnosed in North America. We recently demonstrated, using multiple …

Molecular genetics of Parkinson's disease: Contributions and global trends

M Funayama, K Nishioka, Y Li, N Hattori - Journal of human genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by motor
dysfunction. Aging is the greatest risk factor for developing PD. Recent molecular genetic …

Preventing Parkinson's disease: an environmental agenda

BR De Miranda, SM Goldman… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Fueled by aging populations and continued environmental contamination, the global burden
of Parkinson's disease (PD) is increasing. The disease, or more appropriately diseases …

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 …

Multiancestry analysis of the HLA locus in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases uncovers a shared adaptive immune response mediated by HLA-DRB1*04 subtypes

Y Le Guen, G Luo, A Ambati… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Across multiancestry groups, we analyzed Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) associations in
over 176,000 individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease

JJ Kim, D Vitale, DV Otani, MM Lian, K Heilbron… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although over 90 independent risk variants have been identified for Parkinson's disease
using genome-wide association studies, most studies have been performed in just one …

The Parkinson's disease genome‐wide association study locus browser

FP Grenn, JJ Kim, MB Makarious, H Iwaki… - Movement …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an often
complex component identifiable by genome‐wide association studies. The most recent large …

Underrepresented populations in Parkinson's genetics research: current landscape and future directions

AF Schumacher‐Schuh, A Bieger… - Movement …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human genetics research lacks diversity; over 80% of genome‐wide
association studies have been conducted on individuals of European ancestry. In addition to …