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Observational studyMedicine2015

STK39, But Not BST1, HLA-DQB1, and SPPL2B Polymorphism, Is Associated With Han-Chinese Parkinson's Disease in Taiwan.

Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Yih-Ru Wu, Yi-Chun Chen, Hon-Chung Fung, Guey-Jen Lee-Chen, Chiung-Mei Chen

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Observational study in Medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Human leukocyte antigen in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of risk and clinical attributes.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kuo-Hsuan ChangFrom the Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine (K-HC, Y-RW, Y-CC, H-CF, C-MC); and Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (C-JL-C).
Yih-Ru Wu
Yi-Chun Chen
Hon-Chung Fung
Guey-Jen Lee-Chen
Chiung-Mei Chen
Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuroinflammation is emerging as an important pathway involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. Herein, we investigated the effect of 4 top PD-associated genetic variants in Caucasians listed on the top risk loci identified by meta-analysis of genome wide-association studies in PDGene database (http://www.pdgene.org/top_results), including serine threonine kinase 39 (STK39) rs1955337, bone marrow stromal cell antigen 1 (BST1) rs11724635, major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ beta 1 (HLA-DQB1) rs9275326, and signal peptide peptidase-like 2B (SPPL2B) rs62120679, by genotyping 596 Han-Chinese patients with PD and 597 age-matched control subjects. Compared with subjects with STK39 rs1955337 GG genotype, those with TT genotype had a 1.64-fold increased risk of PD (95% confidence interval: 1.13-2.39, P = 0.010). The recessive model also demonstrated an increased PD risk in TT genotype (odds ratio: 1.59, 95% confidence interval: 1.12-2.27) compared with the other genotypes (GT + GG). PD patients demonstrate a similar genotypic and allelic frequency in BST1 rs11724635, HLA-DQB1 rs9275326, and SPPL2B rs62120679 compared with controls. These findings suggested that the STK39 rs1955337 TT genotype is a risk factor for Han-Chinese patients with PD in Taiwan. The ethnic discrepancies of the other 3 genetic variants may indicate a distinct genetic background of neuroinflammation between PD patients in Han-Chinese and Caucasians.

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ADP-ribosyl CyclaseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntigens, CDAsian PeopleAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesEthnicityGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeGPI-Linked ProteinsHLA-DQ beta-ChainsHumansMiddle AgedParkinson DiseaseADP-ribosyl CyclaseADP-ribosyl cyclase 2Antigens, CDAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesGPI-Linked ProteinsHLA-DQB1 antigenHLA-DQ beta-ChainsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSPPL2b protein, humanSTK39 protein, human

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PMID26469904
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