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SUBMITTER: Puschmann A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3109190 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Puschmann Andreas A Verbeeck Christophe C Heckman Michael G MG Soto-Ortolaza Alexandra I AI Lynch Timothy T Jasinska-Myga Barbara B Opala Grzegorz G Krygowska-Wajs Anna A Barcikowska Maria M Uitti Ryan J RJ Wszolek Zbigniew K ZK Ross Owen A OA
Parkinsonism & related disorders 20110411 5
A role for the immune system in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease (PD) has previously been suggested. A recent genome-wide association (GWA) study identified an association between one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) region (HLA-DRA rs3129882) and PD in a population of American patients with European ancestry. In that study, the minor rs3129882 allele (G) was associated with an increased risk of PD under an additive model. Due to the increased like ...[more]