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ReviewAutophagy2015

Genetic perspective on the role of the autophagy-lysosome pathway in Parkinson disease.

Ziv Gan-Or, Patrick A Dion, Guy A Rouleau

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Review in Autophagy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 157 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
157citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

157 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 262 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. LRRK2: Molecular Mechanisms in Parkinson's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  8. LRRK2 as a Potential Disease-Modifying Target in Sporadic Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  11. A Common PD-RiskbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  18. Alpha-Synuclein Inhibits the Secretion of Extracellular Vesicles through Disruptions in YKT6 Lipidation.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  20. Autophagy-NADFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025
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97 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ziv Gan-Ora The Department of Human Genetics ; McGill University ; Montreal , QC Canada.
Patrick A Diona The Department of Human Genetics ; McGill University ; Montreal , QC Canada.
Guy A Rouleaua The Department of Human Genetics ; McGill University ; Montreal , QC Canada.
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson disease (PD), once considered as a prototype of a sporadic disease, is now known to be considerably affected by various genetic factors, which interact with environmental factors and the normal process of aging, leading to PD. Large studies determined that the hereditary component of PD is at least 27%, and in some populations, single genetic factors are responsible for more than 33% of PD patients. Interestingly, many of these genetic factors, such as LRRK2, GBA, SMPD1, SNCA, PARK2, PINK1, PARK7, SCARB2, and others, are involved in the autophagy-lysosome pathway (ALP). Some of these genes encode lysosomal enzymes, whereas others correspond to proteins that are involved in transport to the lysosome, mitophagy, or other autophagic-related functions. Is it possible that all these factors converge into a single pathway that causes PD? In this review, we will discuss these genetic findings and the role of the ALP in the pathogenesis of PD and will try to answer this question. We will suggest a novel hypothesis for the pathogenic mechanism of PD that involves the lysosome and the different autophagy pathways.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAnimalsAutophagyGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLysosomal Storage DiseasesLysosomesParkinson DiseaseautophagyGBAgeneticsLAMP2ALRRK2lysosomemitophagyParkinson diseaseSNCA

Identifiers

PMID26207393
PMCPMC4590678
OpenAlexW2118598201

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