funded by Bryant Stokes Neurological Research Fund,FightMND Drug Development Grant,and Channel 7 Telethon research grant.
Promising therapeutic strategies are being explored to replace or regenerate the neuronal populations that are lost in patients with neurodegenerative disorders.Several research groups have attempted direct reprogramm...
This work is supported by the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University;as well as partially supported by National Medical Research Council(Singapore):NMRC/OFYIRG/2016/11.
Background Stem cells hold tremendous promise for regenerative medicine because they can be expanded infinitely,giving rise to large numbers of differentiated cells required for transplantation.Stem cells can be deriv...
The study was funded by BIAL;Three authors(JFR,DM and PSS)were employed by the funder and participated in the study design,data collection,data management,and data analysis;The funder of the study had no other role in data interpretation or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication;BIAL also supported reporting of study results by procuring medical writing support.
Background:The efficacy and safety of opicapone,a once-daily catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor,have been established in two large randomized,placebo-controlled,multinational pivotal trials.Still,clinical evidence...
This work is supported by grants from the National Institute of Health(RF1,AG051538,RO1,NS105982)to K.Ye;grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81822016,81771382,and 81571249)to Z.Zhang.
Mammalian asparagine endopeptidase(AEP)is a cysteine protease that cleaves its protein substrates on the Cterminal side of asparagine residues.Converging lines of evidence indicate that AEP may be involved in the path...
This work was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China(31430036,91742116,U1801681);National Key Basic Research Program of China(2015CB553500);Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences(QYZDJ-SSW-SMC002);Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Science(XDB32020100);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(2018SHZDZX05);the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(17ZR1435300 to SZZ).
Background:Parkinson’s disease(PD)is characterized by a chronic loss of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of proteinaceous inclusions(Lewy bodies)within some remaining neurons in the substantia nigra.Recently,ast...
This work was supported by grants 81571232 and 81371413 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(to Jian Wang);grant 81301136 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(to Huan Yu);Project 2016YFC1306500 from Ministry of Science and technology of China(to Jian Wang);project XBR20134042 from Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau(to Huan Yu);Grant form Jingan District JA2015-Z002(to Jian-jun Wu).
Background:Cognitive impairment is one of the non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease(PD).In the present study,we aim to examine the cognitive function of non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients and compare the ...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers.81430022,81771374).
Background:There is an urgent need for developing objective,effective and convenient measurements to help clinicians accurately identify bradykinesia.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of an objecti...
This work was supported by research grants from National Key R&D Program of China(2016YFC1306600,SQ2017YFSF110116);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81701254,81471292,U1603281,U1503222,81430021,81501100,NO.8187050204);Science Foundation of Guangdong of China(2015A030311021,2018A030313649);a technology project of Guangzhou(201504281820463);Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation(BS2015YY041);International Project of Science and Technology for Guangdong(2016A050502025);Science and Technology of Guangdong of China(2013B022000026);Collaborative Innovation Foundation of Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau(2018-1202-SF-0019).
Background:Abnormal expression of major histocompatibility complex class I(MHC-I)is increased in dopaminergic(DA)neurons in the substantia nigra(SN)in Parkinson’s disease(PD).Low-molecular-mass protein 7(β5i)is a pr...
This Study was funded by Chinese National Natural Science Foundation(No.81571234);Key research and development plan of Shandong Province(2018GSF118235);Shandong Province medical science and technology development projects(2014WS0260);Yantai Science and Technology Development Project(2014WS035,2016WS037).
Background:Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder(RBD)is associated with cognitive decline in early Parkinson’s disease(PD).However,the underlyling basis for this association remains unclear.Methods:Parkinson’s ...
This work was supported by the intramural research programs of National Institute on Aging,National Institutes of Health(HC:AG000944).
Background:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2(LRRK2)mutations represent the most common genetic cause of sporadic and familial Parkinson’s disease(PD).Especially,LRRK2 G2019S missense mutation has been identified as the mo...