Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
Mov Disord. 2010 Sep 15;25(12):1973-6. doi: 10.1002/mds.23163.
The global impact of LRRK2 mutations is yet to be realized with a lack of studies in specific ethnic groups, including those of Asian and African descent. Herein, we investigated the frequency of common LRRK2 variants by complete exon sequencing in a series of publicly available African American Parkinson's disease patients. Our study identified three novel synonymous exonic variants and 13 known coding variations; however, there did not appear to be any frequent (>5%) pathogenic mutations. Given the ethnic-specific LRRK2 variation previously identified in PD further studies in under-represented populations are warranted.
LRRK2 突变的全球影响尚未在特定种族群体中得到体现,包括亚洲人和非洲裔人群。在此,我们通过对一系列公开的非洲裔美国帕金森病患者进行完整外显子测序,研究了常见 LRRK2 变异的频率。我们的研究鉴定了三个新的同义外显子变异和 13 个已知的编码变异;然而,似乎没有任何常见的(>5%)致病性突变。鉴于先前在 PD 中鉴定出的特定于种族的 LRRK2 变异,有必要在代表性不足的人群中进行进一步研究。