Repici, Mariaelena and Giorgini, Flaviano (2019). DJ-1 in Parkinson’s Disease: Clinical Insights and Therapeutic Perspectives. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 8 (9),
Abstract
Mutations in the protein DJ-1 cause autosomal recessive forms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and oxidized DJ-1 is found in the brains of idiopathic PD individuals. While several functions have been ascribed to DJ-1 (most notably protection from oxidative stress), its contribution to PD pathogenesis is not yet clear. Here we provide an overview of the clinical research to date on DJ-1 and the current state of knowledge regarding DJ-1 characterization in the human brain. The relevance of DJ-1 as a PD biomarker is also discussed, as are studies exploring DJ-1 as a possible therapeutic target for PD and neurodegeneration.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm8091377 |
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| Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Biosciences College of Health & Life Sciences |
| Additional Information: | © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Funding: Wellcome Trust WT-ISSF. |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2024 07:36 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2019 11:45 |
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PURE Output Type: | Review article |
| Published Date: | 2019-09-03 |
| Accepted Date: | 2019-08-30 |
| Authors: |
Repici, Mariaelena
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0000-0002-9420-528X)
Giorgini, Flaviano |
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