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Gene-based burden analysis of damaging private variants in PRKN, PARK7 and PINK1 in Parkinson’s disease cohorts of European descent. 

Hu J, Waters CH, Spiegelman D, Fon EA, Yu EAsayesh FKrohn LSaini P, Alcalay RN, Hassin-Baer S, Gan-Or Z, Krainc D, Zhang B, Bustos BI and Lubbe SJ. Gene-based burden analysis of damaging private variants in PRKN, PARK7 and PINK1 in Parkinson’s disease cohorts of European descentNeurrobiology of Aging. 2022. Preprint, PubMed

BiP  inactivation  due  to  loss  of  the  deAMPylation  function  of  FICD  causes  a motor neuron disease.

Rebelo AP, Ruiz A, Dohrn M, Wayand M, Danzi M, Beijer D, Aaron B, Vandrovcova J, Houlden H, Matalonga L, Abreu L, Rouleau GA, Estiar MA, Van der Vondel L, Gan-Or Z, Baets J, Schule R and Zuchner S. BiP  inactivation  due  to  loss  of  the  deAMPylation  function  of  FICD  causes  a motor neuron diseaseGenetics in Medicine. 2022. PubMed

No Association Between Rare TWNK Variants and Parkinson’s Disease in European Cohorts.

Senkevich K and Gan-Or ZNo Association Between Rare TWNK Variants and Parkinson’s Disease in European CohortsMovement Disorders. 2022. (letter). PubMed

BA1 and The Immune System – A Potential Role in Parkinson’s Disease?

Al-Azzawi ZAM, Arfaie S and Gan-Or ZGBA1 and The Immune System – A Potential Role in Parkinson’s Disease?Journal of Parkinson’s Disease. 2022. PubMed

Alzheimer’s disease polygenic risk score is not associated with cognitive decline among older adults with type 2 diabetes.

Greenbaum L, Manzali S, Yu E, Ravona-Springer R, Livny A, Golan S, Ouyang Y, Lesman-Segev O, Ganmore I, Alkelai A, Gan-Or Z, Lin HM, Heymann A and Schnaider Beeri M. Alzheimer’s disease polygenic risk score is not associated with cognitive decline among older adults with type 2 diabetesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 2022. PubMed

Effect modification between genes and environment, and Parkinson’s disease risk.

Periñán MT, Brolin K, Bandres-Ciga S, Blauwendraat C, Klein C, Gan-Or Z, Singleton A, Garre PG, Swanberg M, Mir P and Noyce A. Effect modification between genes and environment, and Parkinson’s disease riskAnnals of Neurology. 2022. PubMed

17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson’s disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes. 

Bowles KR, Pugh DP, Farrell K, Han N, TCW J, Liu Y, Liang SA, Qian L, Bendl J, Fullard JF, Renton AE, Casella A, Iida MA, Bandres-Ciga S, Gan-Or Z, Heutink P, Siitonen A, Bertelsen S, Karch C, Frucht S, Kopell BH, Peter I, Park YJ, Crane P, Kauwe JSK, Boehme KL, Hoglinger GU, Charney AW, Roussos P, Wang JC, Poon WW, Raj T, Crary JF and Goate AM. 17q21.31 sub-haplotypes underlying H1-associated risk for Parkinson’s disease are associated with LRRC37A/2 expression in astrocytes. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2022. PubMed, Preprint

Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: Past, present, and future.

Högl B, Arnulf I, Bergmann M, Cesari M, Gan-Or Z, Heidbreder A, Iranzo A, Krohn L, Luppi PH, Mollenhauer B, Provini F, Santamaria J, Trenkwalder C, Videnovic A and Stefani A. Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder: Past, present, and futureJournal of Sleep Research. 2022. PubMed

Genetic, structural and clinical analysis of spastic paraplegia 4.

Varghaei P, Estiar MA, Ashtiani S, Veyron S, Mufti KLeveille EYu E, Spiegelman D, Rioux MF, Yoon G, Tarnopolsky M, Boycott KM, Dupre N, Suchowersky O, Trempe JF, Rouleau GA and Gan-Or ZGenetic, structural and clinical analysis of spastic paraplegia 4Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. 2022. PubMed, Preprint

RABENOSYN separation-of-function mutations uncouple endosomal recycling from lysosomal degradation, causing a distinct Mendelian Disorder. 

Paul F, Ng C, Nafissi S, Nilipoor Y, Tavasoli A, Bonnard C, Wong PM, Nabavizadeh N, Estiar MA, Majoie C, Lee H, Nelson S, Gan-Or Z, Rouleau GA, Van Veldhoven P, Massie R, Hennekam R and Kariminejad A. RABENOSYN separation-of-function mutations uncouple endosomal recycling from lysosomal degradation, causing a distinct Mendelian Disorder. Human Molecular Genetics. 2022. PubMed, Preprint