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Neuroscience Letters
Volume 395, Issue 3, 13 March 2006, Pages 227-229
 
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The human prion gene M129V polymorphism is not associated with idiopathic Parkinson's disease in three distinct populations

Sonja W. Scholza, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Georgia Xiromerisioua, b, Hon C. Fungc, d, e, Johanna Eerolaf, Olli Hellströmg, Alexandros Papadimitrioub, Georgios M. Hadjigeorgioub, Pentti J. Tienarif, Hubert H. Fernandezh, Ronald Mandelh, Michael S. Okunh, Katharina Gwinn-Hardyi and Andrew B. Singletona

aMolecular Genetics Unit, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Building 35, Room 1A-1012, Betheda, MD 20892, USA bNeurogenetics Unit, Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece cLaboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA dDepartment of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 199 Tung Hwa North Road, Taipei 10591, Taiwan eReta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London, Windeyer Building, 46 Cleveland Street, London, W1T 4JF, UK fDepartment of Neurology, Helsinki University Central Hospital and University of Helsinki, Biomedicum-Helsinki, Neuroscience Programme, Helsinki, Finland gDepartment of Neurology, Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland hMovement Disorders Center, University of Florida, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuroscience, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA iNeurogenetics, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

Received 1 August 2005; 
revised 19 October 2005; 
accepted 29 October 2005. 
Available online 18 November 2005.

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Abstract

Coexistence of prion disease and idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) has been previously described. It remains unclear whether this relationship may reflect the high incidence of IPD or whether both prion and IPD share common pathogenetic mechanisms. For this reason, we investigated the genotype distribution of the M129V polymorphism of the human prion gene for association with IPD (controls: n = 398, IPD cases: n = 400). No association between genotypes in codon 129 and IPD was detected in three distinct populations, suggesting that this PRNP polymorphism has no direct influence on the susceptibility to IPD.

Keywords: Parkinson's disease; Prion; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; M129V

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Neuroscience Letters
Volume 395, Issue 3, 13 March 2006, Pages 227-229
 
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