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Teresa Botta-Orfila1, Mario Ezquerra, Pau Pastor, Rubén Fernández-Santiago, Claustre Pont-Sunyer, Yaroslau Compta, Oswaldo Lorenzo-Betancor, Lluis Samaranch, Maria José Martí, Francesc Valldeoriola, Matilde Calopa, Manel Fernández, Miquel Aguilar, Oriol de Fabregas, Jorge Hernández-Vara, Eduard Tolosa.
Abstract
Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) and α-synuclein (SNCA) genes are known genetic causes of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, a genetic variant in SNCA has been associated with a lower age at onset in idiopathic PD (IPD). We genotyped the SNCA polymorphism rs356219 in 84 LRRK2-associated PD patients carrying the G2019S mutation. We found that a SNCA genetic variant is associated with an earlier age at onset in LRRK2-associated PD. Our results support the notion that SNCA variants can modify the pathogenic effect of LRRK2 mutations as described previously for IPD.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22669510 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9820-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Mol Neurosci ISSN: 0895-8696 Impact factor: 3.444