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ArticleJournal of Parkinson's disease2020

An Assessment of LRRK2 Serine 935 Phosphorylation in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and G2019S LRRK2 Cohorts.

Shalini Padmanabhan, Thomas A Lanz, Donal Gorman, Michele Wolfe, Alison Joyce, Carlos Cabrera, Rosemary Lawrence-Henderson, Najah Levers, Neal Joshi, Thong C Ma and 6 more

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Article in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Shalini PadmanabhanThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, NY, USA.
Thomas A LanzPfizer Inc., Groton, CT, USA.
Donal GormanPfizer Inc., Cambridge, UK.
Michele WolfeQuanterix, Billerica, MA, USA.
Alison JoycePfizer Inc., Andover, MA, USA.
Carlos CabreraPfizer Inc., Andover, MA, USA.
Rosemary Lawrence-HendersonPfizer Inc., Andover, MA, USA.
Najah LeversDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Neal JoshiDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Thong C MaDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Christopher LiongDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Sushma NarayanDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Roy N AlcalayDepartment of Neurology, Columbia University, NY, USA.
Samantha J HuttenThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, NY, USA.
Marco A S BaptistaThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, NY, USA.
Kalpana MerchantTransThera Consulting Co, Portland, OR, USA.
Columbia University · USPfizer (United States) · USMichael J. Fox Foundation · USPfizer (United Kingdom) · GBQuanterix (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phosphorylated form of LRRK2, pS935 LRRK2, has been proposed as a target modulation biomarker for LRRK2 inhibitors. The primary aim of the study was to characterize and qualify this biomarker for therapeutic trials of LRRK2 inhibitors in Parkinson's disease (PD). To this end, analytically validated assays were used to monitor levels of pS935 LRRK2 and total LRRK2 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from the following donor groups: healthy controls, idiopathic PD, and G2019S carriers with and without PD. Neither analyte correlated with age, gender, or disease severity. While total LRRK2 levels were similar across the four groups, there was a significant reduction in pS935 LRRK2 levels in disease-manifesting G2019S carriers compared to idiopathic PD. In aggregate, these data indicate that phosphorylation of LRRK2 at S935 may reflect a state marker for G2019S LRRK2-driven PD, the underlying biology for which requires investigation in future studies. This study also provides critical foundational data to inform the integration of pS935 and total LRRK2 levels as biomarkers in therapeutic trials of LRRK2 kinase inhibitors.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overCohort StudiesFemaleHumansLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2Leukocytes, MononuclearMaleMiddle AgedParkinson DiseasePhosphorylationLeucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2LRRK2 protein, humanbiomarkerblood cellsParkinson’s diseasepharmacodynamic

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