Differential effects of severe vs. mild GBA mutations on Parkinson disease

Gan-Or Z, Amshalom I, Kilarski L.L, Bar-Shira A, Gana-Weisz M, Mirelman A, Marder K, Bressman, Giladi N, and Orr-Urtreger A. Differential effects of severe vs. mild GBA mutations on Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2015. PubMed

CHRNB3 c.-57A>G functional promoter change affects Parkinson’s disease and smoking

(*equal contribution) Bar-Shira A*, Gana-Weisz M*, Gan-Or Z*, Giladi E, Giladi N and Orr-Urtreger A. CHRNB3 c.-57A>G functional promoter change affects Parkinson’s disease and smoking. Neurobiology of Aging. 2014. PubMed

The p.L302P mutation in the lysosomal enzyme gene SMPD1 is a risk factor for Parkinson disease

Gan-Or Z, Ozelius LJ, Bar-Shira A, Saunders-Pullman R, Mirelman A, Kornreich R, Gana-Weisz M, Raymond D, Rozenkrantz L, Deik A, Gurevich T, Gross SJ, Schreiber-Agus N, Giladi N, Bressman SB, and Orr-Urtreger A. The p.L302P mutation in the lysosomal enzyme gene SMPD1 is a risk factor for Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2013. PubMed

The age at motor symptoms onset in LRRK2-associated Parkinson’s disease is affected by a variation in the MAPT locus; a possible interaction

Gan-Or Z, Bar-Shira A, Mirelman A, Gurevich T, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. The age at motor symptoms onset in LRRK2-associated Parkinson’s disease is affected by a variation in the MAPT locus; a possible interaction. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 2012. PubMed

Sequence alterations in the putative promoter of RAB7L1 are associated with a reduced Parkinson disease risk

Gan-Or Z, Bar-Shira A, Dahary D, Mirelman A, Kedmi M, Gurevich T, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. Sequence alterations in the putative promoter of RAB7L1 are associated with a reduced Parkinson disease risk. JAMA Neurology. 2012. PubMed

Homozygosity for the MTX1 c.184T>A (p.S63T) alteration modifies the age at onset in GBA-associated Parkinson’s Disease

Gan-Or Z, Bar-Shira A, Gurevich T, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. Homozygosity for the MTX1 c.184T>A (p.S63T) alteration modifies the age at onset in GBA-associated Parkinson’s Disease. Neurogenetics, 2011. PubMed

False-positive results using a Gaucher diagnostic kit–RecTL and N370S

Choi JH, Velayati A, Stubblefield BK, Orr-Urtreger A, Gan-Or Z, Tayebi N, Sidransky E. False-positive results using a Gaucher diagnostic kit–RecTL and N370S. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, 2010. PubMed

LRRK2 and GBA mutations differentially affect the initial presentation of Parkinson disease

Gan-Or Z, Bar-Shira A, Mirelman A, Gurevich T, Kedmi M, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. LRRK2 and GBA mutations differentially affect the initial presentation of Parkinson disease. Neurogenetics, 2010. PubMed

The LRRK2 G2019S mutation as the cause of Parkinson’s disease in Ashkenazi Jews

Thaler A, Ash E, Gan-Or Z, Orr-Urtreger A, Giladi N, The LRRK2 G2019S mutation as the cause of Parkinson’s disease in Ashkenazi Jews. Journal of Neuronal Transmission, 2009. (review). PubMed

Multicenter Analysis of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Parkinson Disease

Sidransky E, Aharon-Peretz J, Annesi G, Barbosa ER, Bar-Shira A, Berg D, Bras J, Brice A, Chen C-M, Clark LN, Condroyer C, De Marco VE, Dürr A, Eblan MJ, Fahn S, Farrer M, Fung H-C, Gan-Or Z, Gasser T, Gershoni R, Giladi N, Griffith A, Gurevich T, Januario C, Kropp P, Lang AE, Lee-Chen G-J, Lesage S, Marder K, Mata IF, Mirelman A, Mitsui J, Mizuta I, Nalls MA, Nicoletti G, Oliveira C, Orr-Urtreger A, Pereira L de Veiga, Quattrone A, Rogaeva E, Rolfs A, Rosenbaum H, Rozenberg R, Samii A, Sammadar T, Schulte C, Manu Sharma M, Singleton A, Spitz M, Tan E-K, Tayebi N, Toda T, Troiano A, Tsuji S, Wolfsburg T, Wu Y-R, Zabetian CP, Ziegler SG. Multicenter Analysis of Glucocerebrosidase Mutations in Parkinson Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 2009. PubMed