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ReviewNPJ Parkinson's disease2023

Different pieces of the same puzzle: a multifaceted perspective on the complex biological basis of Parkinson's disease.

Amica C Müller-Nedebock, Marieke C J Dekker, Matthew J Farrer, Nobutaka Hattori, Shen-Yang Lim, George D Mellick, Irena Rektorová, Mohamed Salama, Artur F S Schuh, A Jon Stoessl and 5 more

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Classification and Genotype-Phenotype Relationships of GBA1 Variants: MDSGene Systematic Review.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  6. Early Changes in the Locus Coeruleus in Mild Cognitive Impairment with Lewy Bodies.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025
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  10. Clinicians' viewpoints on current paradigms of care and research in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2024
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  18. Parkinson's Disease is Predominantly a Genetic Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024
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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

15 authors.

Amica C Müller-NedebockDivision of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Marieke C J DekkerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania.
Matthew J FarrerNorman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Nobutaka HattoriResearch Institute of Disease of Old Age, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2034-2556
Shen-Yang LimDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
George D MellickGriffith Institute of Drug Discovery (GRIDD), Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7211-4651
Irena RektorováFirst Department of Neurology and International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5455-4573
Mohamed SalamaInstitute of Global Health and Human Ecology (I-GHHE), The American University in Cairo (AUC), New Cairo, 11835, Egypt.
Artur F S SchuhDepartamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
A Jon StoesslPacific Parkinson's Research Centre, Department of Medicine (Division of Neurology), Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Carolyn M SueNeuroscience Research Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst; Department of Neurology, Prince of Wales Hospital, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Ai Huey TanDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2979-3839
Rene L VidalInstituto de Neurociencia Biomédica (BNI), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-7387
Christine KleinInstitute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck and University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany. christine.klein@neuro.uni-luebeck.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2102-3431
Soraya BardienDivision of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. sbardien@sun.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3508-3438

Funding

American University in Cairo (AUC) Bartlett Fund for Critical ChallengesDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) FOR2488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological basis of the neurodegenerative movement disorder, Parkinson's disease (PD), is still unclear despite it being 'discovered' over 200 years ago in Western Medicine. Based on current PD knowledge, there are widely varying theories as to its pathobiology. The aim of this article was to explore some of these different theories by summarizing the viewpoints of laboratory and clinician scientists in the PD field, on the biological basis of the disease. To achieve this aim, we posed this question to thirteen "PD experts" from six continents (for global representation) and collated their personal opinions into this article. The views were varied, ranging from toxin exposure as a PD trigger, to LRRK2 as a potential root cause, to toxic alpha-synuclein being the most important etiological contributor. Notably, there was also growing recognition that the definition of PD as a single disease should be reconsidered, perhaps each with its own unique pathobiology and treatment regimen.

Identifiers

PMID37443150
PMCPMC10345014

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