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SUBMITTER: Matsuo H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4369280 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matsuo Hirotaka H Tomiyama Hiroyuki H Satake Wataru W Chiba Toshinori T Onoue Hiroyuki H Kawamura Yusuke Y Nakayama Akiyoshi A Shimizu Seiko S Sakiyama Masayuki M Funayama Manabu M Nishioka Kenya K Shimizu Toru T Kaida Kenichi K Kamakura Keiko K Toda Tatsushi T Hattori Nobutaka N Shinomiya Nariyoshi N
Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20150119 3
Uric acid (urate) has been suggested to play a protective role in Parkinson's disease onset through its antioxidant activity. Dysfunction of ABCG2, a high-capacity urate exporter, is a major cause for early-onset gout based on hyperuricemia. In this study, the effects of a dysfunctional ABCG2 variant (Q141K, rs2231142) were analyzed on the ages at onset of gout patients (N = 507) and Parkinson's disease patients (N = 1015). The Q141K variant hastened the gout onset (P = 0.0027), but significantl ...[more]