Comprehensive screening of a North American Parkinson's disease cohort for LRRK2 mutation.
Neurodegener Dis
; 4(5): 386-91, 2007.
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| ID: mdl-17622782
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Recently, mutations in LRRK2 encoding the protein dardarin have been linked to an autosomal dominant form of parkinsonism.OBJECTIVE:
To identify mutations causing Parkinson's disease (PD) in a cohort of North Americans with familial PD.METHODS:
We sequenced exons 1-51 of LRRK2 in 79 unrelated North American PD patients reporting a family history of the disease.RESULTS:
One patient had a missense mutation (Thr2356Ile) while two others had the common Gly2019Ser mutation. In addition, 1 patient had a 4-bp deletion in close proximity to the exon 19 splice donor (IVS20+4delGTAA) that in vitro abrogates normal splicing.CONCLUSIONS:
Our observations in the 79 North American patients indicate that mutations in LRRK2 are associated with approximately 5% of PD cases with a positive family history. The results also show that G2019S represents approximately half of the LRRK2 mutations in United States PD cases with a family history of the disease. We have identified two novel mutations in LRRK2.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Parkinson
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Química Encefálica
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Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases
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Predisposição Genética para Doença
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Mutação
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article