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Human Peripheral Blood Neutrophil Isolation for Interrogating the Parkinson's Associated LRRK2 Kinase Pathway by Assessing Rab10 Phosphorylation
Published on: March 21, 2020
[Expression of GSK3B gene in peripheral blood in patient with Parkinson's disease]
Abstract:
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. Detecting changes in gene expression in untreated de novo patients with PD is important for understanding disease pathogenesis and for identifying biomarkers for preclinical stage of PD. In this study we investigate expression of gene of Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK3B) in the peripheral blood of different groups of patients with neurological diseases using reverse transcription reaction and real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Our results suggest that the expression levels of GSK3B can't serve as a biomarker for early stages of PD.
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