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NPC1 variants are not associated with Parkinson’s disease, REM-sleep behaviour disorder or Dementia with Lewy bodies in European cohorts. 

Somerville ENKrohn LYu ERudakoua USenkevich KRuskey JAAsayesh FAhmad J, Spiegelman D, Dauvilliers Y, Arnulf A, Hu MTM, Montplaisir JY, Gagnon JF, Desautel A, Ibrahim A, Stefani A, Hogl B, Gigli GL, Valente M, Janes F, Bernardini A, Duseko P, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Plazzi G, Antelmi E, Biscarini F, Mollenhauert B, Trenkwalder C, Sixel-Doring F, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Cochen De Cock V, Ferini-Strambi L, Heibreder A, Monaca CC, Abril B, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Boeve BF, Postuma RB, Rouleaua GA and Gan-Or ZNPC1 variants are not associated with Parkinson’s disease, REM-sleep behaviour disorder or Dementia with Lewy bodies in European cohortsNeurobiology of Aging. 2023. Preprint, PubMed

Potential protective link between type I diabetes and Parkinson’s disease risk and progression. 

Senkevich K, Alipour P, Chernyavskaya E, Yu E, Noyce AJ and Gan-Or ZPotential protective link between type I diabetes and Parkinson’s disease risk and progressionMovement Disorders. 2023. PreprintPubMed

LRRK2 and Parkinson’s disease: from genetics to targeted therapy.

Sosero YL and Gan-Or Z. LRRK2 and Parkinson’s disease: from genetics to targeted therapy. Annals of Clinical and Translationa Neurology. 2023. PubMed

Exploring the Genetic and Genomic Connection Underlying Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation and the Risk for Parkinson’s Disease.

Jerez PA, Alcantud JL, de los Reyes-Ramírez L, Moore A, Ruz C, Vives Montero F, Rodriguez-Losada N, Saini PGan-Or Z, Alvarado C, Makarious MB, Billingsley KJ, Blauwendraat C, Noyce AJ, Singleton AB, Duran R and Bandres-Ciga S. Exploring the Genetic and Genomic Connection Underlying Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation and the Risk for Parkinson’s Diseasenpj Parkinson’s Disease. 2023. Preprint, PubMed

Mitochondrial function-associated genes underlie cortical atrophy in prodromal synucleinopathies.

Rahayel S, Tremblay C, Vo A, Mišić B, Lehéricy S, Arnulf I, Vidailhet M, Corvol JC, the ICEBERG Study Group, Gagnon JF, Postuma RB, Montplaisir JY, Lewis S, Matar E, Martens KE, Borghammer P, Knudsen K, Hansen AK, Monchi O, Gan-Or Z* and Dagher A* (*equal contribution). Mitochondrial function-associated genes underlie cortical atrophy in prodromal synucleinopathiesBrain. 2023. Preprint, PubMed

Classification of GBA1 variants in Parkinson disease; the GBA1-PD browser. 

Parlar SC, Grenn FP, Kim JJ, Blauwendraat C and Gan-Or ZClassification of GBA1 variants in Parkinson disease; the GBA1-PD browserMovement Disorders. 2023. Preprint, PubMed

Neuroanatomical correlates of genetic risk for obesity in children.

Morys F, Yu E, Shishikura M, Paquola C, Vainik U, Nave G, Koellinger P, Gan-Or Z and Dagher A. Neuroanatomical correlates of genetic risk for obesity in children. Translational Psychiatry. 2023. Preprint, PubMed

Genome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder identifies novel loci with distinct polygenic and brain expression effects. 

Krohn L, Heilbron K, Blauwendraat C, Reynolds RH, Yu ESenkevich K, Rudakou UEstiar MA, Gustavsson EK, Brolin K, Ruskey JA, Freeman K, Asayesh F, Chia R, Arnulf I, Hu MTM, Montplaisir JY, Gagnon JF, Desautels A, Dauvilliers Y, Gigli GL, Valente M, Janes F, Bernardini A, Högl B, Stefani A, Abubaker I, Sonka K, Kemlink D, Oertel W, Janzen A, Plazzi G, Biscarini F, Antelmi E, Figorilli M, Puligheddu M, Mollenhauer B, Trenkwalder C, Sixel-Döring F, Cochen De Cock V, Monaca CC, Heidbreder A, Ferini-Strambi L, Dijkstra F, Viaene M, Abril B, Boeve BF, 23andMe Research Team, Scholz SW, Ryten M, Bandres-Ciga S, Noyce A, Cannon P, Pihlstrøm L, Nalls MA, Singleton AB, Rouleau GA, Postuma RB and Gan-Or ZGenome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder identifies novel loci with distinct polygenic and brain expression effectsNature Communications. 2022. PreprintPubMed

GALC variants affect galactosylceramidase enzymatic activity and risk of Parkinson’s disease. 

Senkevich K, Zorca CE, Dworkind ARudakou USomerville EYu E, Ermolaev A, Nikanorova D, Ahmad JRuskey JAAsayesh F, Spiegelman D, Fahn S, Waters C, Monchi O, Dauvilliers Y, Dupré N, Greenbaum L, Hassin-Baer S, Grenn FP, Chiang MSR, Sardi SP, Vanderperre B, Blauwendraat C, Trempe JF, Fon EA, Durcan TM, Alcalay RN and Gan-Or ZGALC variants affect galactosylceramidase enzymatic activity and risk of Parkinson’s diseaseBrain. 2022. Preprint, PubMed

TCEAL1 loss-of-function results in an X-linked dominant neurological syndrome and drives the neurological disease trait in Xq22.2 deletions

Hijazi H, Reis LM, Pehlivan D, Bernstein JA, Muriello M, Syverson E, Bonner D, Estiar MAGan-Or Z, Rouleau GA, Lyulcheva-Bennett K, Greenhalgh L, Tessarech M, Colin E, Guichet A, Bonneau D, van Jaarsveld RH, Lachmeijer AMA, Ruaud L, Levy J, Tabet AC, Ploski R, Rydzanicz M, Kępczyński L, Połatyńska K, Li Y, Fatih JM, Marafi D, Rosenfeld JA, Akdemir ZHC, Bi W, Gibbs RA, Hobson GM, Hunter JV, Carvalho CMB, Posey JE, Semina EV and Lupski JR. TCEAL1 loss-of-function results in an X-linked dominant neurological syndrome and drives the neurological disease trait in Xq22.2 deletionsAmerican Journal of Human Genetics. 2022. PubMed