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Inhibition of a Dopamine Receptor in Lymphocytes as a Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
… and severity of Parkinson's disease. Relevance to Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: … potential results can also give useful information for diagnosis of early Parkinson's disease and for patient's responsiveness …
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Development of a Nurr1 Activator as a Novel Therapeutic for Parkinson’s Disease
… tolerated and results in stable blood levels. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease: This drug might be used early after the diagnosis of PD to boost the activity of dopamine cells and …
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Discovery of Novel Radiolabeled Tracers for Imaging Microglia Associated with Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease
… of the CSF1R-binding compounds we develop. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s disease: Development of … PET tracer for detecting CSF1R would support diagnosis of PD prior to symptom onset or in early stages. It will also allow the monitoring of changes …
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Differential Phospho-Signatures in Blood Cells Identify LRRK2 G2019S Carriers in Parkinson's Disease
January 20, 2022
… there is an urgent need to identify biomarkers that can aid early diagnosis and patient enrichment for ongoing and future …
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Neurotoxic Inflammatory Metabolites as Biomarkers of Disease Progression in Parkinson’s Disease
… the blood. We think that inflammation drives the worsening of PD because it increases the production of neurotoxic … called kynurenines. We discovered that a number of these compounds are increased in people with PD, and that their … novel PD biomarkers and to target the kynurenine pathway for potential PD treatment. Hypothesis: With this study …
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Unravelling the Impact of the Microbiome on Motor Dysfunction in Parkinson’s Disease Using Phenotypic Heterogeneity in the Pink1-/- Infection-Induced Disease Model
… gene Pink1, mutations in which have been associated with early onset PD in humans. About 70% of preclinical models in … and correlate it to the disease progression. Impact on Diagnosis/Treatment of Parkinson’s … use microbiome tracing as a non-invasive marker for PD diagnosis. Correction of microbiome changes or inflammation …