| Literature DB >> 26343811 |
Angela Pyle1, Rebecca Brennan1, Marzena Kurzawa-Akanbi1, Alison Yarnall2, Anais Thouin2, Brit Mollenhauer3, David Burn2, Patrick F Chinnery1, Gavin Hudson1.
Abstract
The identification of cell-free circulating mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA) in early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) raised the possibility that the same neurodegenerative effect could be observed in Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, and for the first time, we investigated the role of ccf-mtDNA in PD, identifying a significant reduction of ccf-mtDNA in PD patient cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) when compared to controls. Our data demonstrates that CSF ccf-mtDNA is not only a powerful biomarker for PD, but, given that the effect is also observed in AD, is likely a biomarker for neurodegeneration.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26343811 PMCID: PMC6551217 DOI: 10.1002/ana.24515
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422