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ArticleNeuroscience bulletin2017

Finding the 'Guilty' Gene Variant of Sporadic Parkinson's Disease Via CRISPR/Cas9.

Shenzhao Lu, Jiawei Zhou

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Article in Neuroscience bulletin, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shenzhao LuInstitute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Jiawei ZhouInstitute of Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China. jwzhou@ion.ac.cn.
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder affecting millions of people worldwide, but its cause and pathogenesis are still not fully understood. Earlier studies have shown that SNCA, which encodes α-synuclein, is one of the key genes associated with PD. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants of SNCA are thought to be correlated with disease onset. The underlying mechanisms however are enigmatic. A recent study published in Nature revealed that one of the SNP variants in the SNCA non-coding element elevated α-synuclein expression in human neurons by reducing the binding efficiency of transcription factors, demonstrating a previously uncharted role for SNPs in the pathogenesis of PD.

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alpha-SynucleinGenetic Association StudiesGenetic EnhancementGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansParkinson DiseasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideTranscription Factorsalpha-SynucleinSNCA protein, humanTranscription FactorsCRISPR/Cas9Genetic variantParkinson’s diseaseSNCA

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PMID27743341
PMCPMC5567539
OpenAlexW2531526122

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