-
Immunogenetic Determinants of Disease Risk in Parkinson’s Disease
… Rationale: There is growing indication that the immune system plays a role in the development and progression of … the genes responsible for the regulation of the immune system, particularly HLA and KIR. The central element of … In some cases, the same variants show association with multiple traits, whereas in other cases, the associations …
-
Cognition-Targeted Research Catches On
April 19, 2012
… The Michael J. Fox Foundation Partners with Sanofi on Area of Critical Need for People … suffering from these symptoms. “Parkinson’s drugs that we have today focus mainly on the motor symptoms of the … a phase 1b clinical trial of Sanofi’s drug candidate AVE8112, which was previously in development for Alzheimer’s …
-
Lamp-2a as a Therapeutic Target in Parkinson's Disease
… Objective/Rationale: Multiple pieces of evidence converge on the notion that … model, and whether induction of this degradation system in vivo can be used to get rid of excess … in PD, is unknown. Project Description: We will use a system of viral delivery, in which the gene of interest is …
-
Two-Hit Pre-clinical Models for Parkinson’s Disease
… We aim to generate pre-clinical models that incorporate multiple genetic defects found in PD patients. In terms of … littermate controls. Characterization of the dopaminergic system and the neurobiological basis for this phenomenon is …
-
T Cell Mediated Neuroprotection by Therapeutic Vaccination for Parkinson's Disease
… the inflammatory response by modulating the immune system to alleviate the hostile environment associated with … to neuronal proteins and currently approved for use in multiple sclerosis, inhibit inflammation and neuronal death …
-
Direct Reprogramming of Functional, Induced Dopaminergic Neurons from Human Adult Somatic Cells
… state and re-establishing a functional dopaminergic system. Finally, some critical aspects of these neurons will … of disease-affected iDA neurons for studying in the dish multiple pathogenetic mechanisms of PD with relevant …