Nat Rev Neurol. 2011 Sep 20;7(11):600-2. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2011.149.
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) has proved efficacious in treatment of neurodegeneration in toxin-induced models of Parkinson disease (PD), but clinical trials have been equivocal. Do the results of a recent study—suggesting that GDNF is ineffective in an α-synuclein-overexpression PD model—exclude GDNF as a therapy for PD?
胶质细胞源性神经营养因子(GDNF)已被证明在治疗帕金森病(PD)的毒素诱导模型中的神经退行性变方面是有效的,但临床试验结果却存在争议。最近的一项研究结果表明,GDNF 在α-突触核蛋白过表达 PD 模型中无效,这是否排除了 GDNF 作为 PD 治疗方法的可能性?