2021
Glucocerebrosidase Activity is not Associated with Parkinson's Disease Risk or Severity
Omer N, Giladi N, Gurevich T, Bar‐Shira A, Gana‐Weisz M, Glinka T, Goldstein O, Kestenbaum M, Cedarbaum J, Mabrouk O, Fraser K, Shirvan J, Orr‐Urtreger A, Mirelman A, Thaler A. Glucocerebrosidase Activity is not Associated with Parkinson's Disease Risk or Severity. Movement Disorders 2021, 37: 190-195. PMID: 34550621, PMCID: PMC9292990, DOI: 10.1002/mds.28792.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-manifesting carriersProdromal Parkinson's diseaseParkinson's diseaseGCase activityClinical phenotypeLower GCase activityCarriers of mutationsLysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidaseGBA-NMCGBA-PDPD patientsRisk factorsGBA mutationsPD phenotypeG2019S LRRK2GBA geneEnzyme glucocerebrosidaseLRRK2 genePerformance-based measuresAshkenazi JewsDiseaseGroups of participantsPhenotypeMutationsParticipants
2019
Revisiting the non-Gaucher-GBA-E326K carrier state: Is it sufficient to increase Parkinson's disease risk?
Goldstein O, Gana-Weisz M, Cohen-Avinoam D, Shiner T, Thaler A, Cedarbaum JM, John S, Lalioti M, Gurevich T, Bar-Shira A, Mirelman A, Giladi N, Orr-Urtreger A. Revisiting the non-Gaucher-GBA-E326K carrier state: Is it sufficient to increase Parkinson's disease risk? Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2019, 128: 470-475. PMID: 31662221, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD patientsE326KGBA variantsLRRK2 G2019SDisease riskDisease worldElderly healthy individualsAdditive effectParkinson's disease riskK variantAshkenazi PD patientsCommon genetic risk factorGenetic risk factorsRisk factorsCarrier patientsGBA mutationsPD riskHealthy individualsPatientsCarrier stateGaucher diseaseEarlier AAOAshkenazi originAshkenazi controlsStatistical significance