Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Epigenetic inactivation of the autophagy–lysosomal system in appendix in Parkinson’s disease

  • Juozas Gordevicius,
  • Peipei Li,
  • Lee L. Marshall,
  • Bryan A. Killinger,
  • Sean Lang,
  • Elizabeth Ensink,
  • Nathan C. Kuhn,
  • Wei Cui,
  • Nazia Maroof,
  • Roberta Lauria,
  • Christina Rueb,
  • Juliane Siebourg-Polster,
  • Pierre Maliver,
  • Jared Lamp,
  • Irving Vega,
  • Fredric P. Manfredsson,
  • Markus Britschgi,
  • Viviane Labrie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25474-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Dysfunction of the gastrointestinal system, and to the autophagy lysososmal pathway (ALP) have been reported in Parkinson’s disease. Here the authors report epigenetic disruption of ALP related genes in the appendix of individuals with Parkinson’s disease.