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ReviewJournal of Parkinson's disease

Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease Associated with GBA1 Mutations.

Asa Abeliovich, Franz Hefti, Jeffrey Sevigny

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Review in Journal of Parkinson's disease. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Asa AbeliovichPrevail Therapeutics, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY, USA.
Franz HeftiPrevail Therapeutics, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY, USA.
Jeffrey SevignyPrevail Therapeutics, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY, USA.
Eli Lilly (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human genetic studies as well as studies in animal models indicate that lysosomal dysfunction plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Among the lysosomal genes involved, GBA1 has the largest impact on Parkinson's disease risk. Deficiency in the GBA1 encoded enzyme glucocerebrosidase (GCase) leads to the accumulation of the GCase glycolipid substrates glucosylceramide and glucosylsphingosine and ultimately results in toxicity and inflammation and negatively affect many clinical aspects of Parkinson's disease, including disease risk, the severity of presentation, age of onset, and likelihood of progression to dementia. These findings support the view that re-establishing normal levels of GCase enzyme activity may reduce the progression of Parkinson's disease in patients carrying GBA1 mutations. Studies in mouse models indicate that PR001, a AAV9 vector-based gene therapy designed to deliver a functional GBA1 gene to the brain, suggest that this therapeutic approach may slow or stop disease progression. PR001 is currently being evaluated in clinical trials with Parkinson's disease patients carrying GBA1 mutations.

Indexed as

Gaucher DiseaseParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinAnimalsGenetic TherapyGlucosylceramidaseHumansLysosomesMiceMutationalpha-SynucleinGlucosylceramidaseAAV9GaucherGBA1Gene therapyglucocerebrosidase

Identifiers

PMID34151863
PMCPMC8543272
OpenAlexW3168572239

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