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Mutations in LRRK2 Cause Autosomal-Dominant Parkinsonism with Pleomorphic Pathology

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High-resolution recombination mapping and candidate gene sequencing in 46 families found six disease-segregating mutations in a gene encoding a large, multifunctional protein, LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2), which may be central to the pathogenesis of several major neurodegenerative disorders associated with parkinsonism.
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This article is published in Neuron.The article was published on 2004-11-18 and is currently open access. It has received 2757 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Parkinsonism & Lewy body.

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Pathological roles of MAPK signaling pathways in human diseases

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Mutation in the α-synuclein gene identified in families with Parkinson's disease

TL;DR: A mutation was identified in the α-synuclein gene, which codes for a presynaptic protein thought to be involved in neuronal plasticity, in the Italian kindred and in three unrelated families of Greek origin with autosomal dominant inheritance for the PD phenotype.
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Mutations in the parkin gene cause autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

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Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17

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