Abstract
Neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron include Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease and several childhood genetic disorders categorized as neuroaxonal dystrophies. We mapped a locus for infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) to chromosome 22q12-q13 and identified mutations in PLA2G6, encoding a calcium-independent group VI phospholipase A2, in NBIA, INAD and the related Karak syndrome. This discovery implicates phospholipases in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders with iron dyshomeostasis.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 752-754 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Nature Genetics |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 18 Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Brain/metabolism
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22/genetics
- Female
- Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System/genetics
- Humans
- Iron/metabolism
- Male
- Mutation
- Neuroaxonal Dystrophies/genetics
- Phospholipases A/chemistry
- Phospholipases A2
- Syndrome
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Author
- BIBTEX
- Harvard
- Standard
- RIS
- Vancouver