SNCA Gene, but Not MAPT, Influences Onset Age of Parkinson's Disease in Chinese and Australians.

Yue HuangGang WangDominic B RoweYing WangJohn B J KwokQin XiaoFrank MastagliaJun LiuSheng-Di ChenGlenda M Halliday

Published in: BioMed research international (2015)

This study suggests that, in both ethnic groups, SNCA gene variants influence the age at onset of PD and α-synuclein plays a key role in the disease course of PD.

Keyphrases

copy number
genome wide
genome wide identification
gene expression
dna methylation