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Comparative Study
. 2006 Nov 20;408(3):209-13.
doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.09.003. Epub 2006 Sep 25.

Mutations in DJ-1 are rare in familial Parkinson disease

Nathan Pankratz  1 , Michael W Pauciulo, Veronika E Elsaesser, Diane K Marek, Cheryl A Halter, Joanne Wojcieszek, Alice Rudolph, Clifford W Shults, Tatiana Foroud, William C Nichols; Parkinson Study Group - PROGENI Investigators
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Comparative Study

Mutations in DJ-1 are rare in familial Parkinson disease

Nathan Pankratz et al. Neurosci Lett. .

Abstract

Mutations in DJ-1 (PARK7) are one cause of early-onset autosomal-recessive parkinsonism. We screened for DJ-1 mutations in 93 affected individuals from the 64 multiplex Parkinson disease (PD) families in our sample that had the highest family-specific multipoint LOD scores at the DJ-1 locus. In addition to sequencing all coding exons for alterations, we used multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to examine the genomic copy number of DJ-1 exons. A known polymorphism (R98Q) was found in five PD subjects, once as a homozygote and in the other four cases as heterozygotes. No additional missense mutations and no exon deletions or duplications were detected. Our results, in combination with those of previous studies, suggest that alterations in DJ-1 are not a common cause of familial PD.

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