Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2020 May;127(5):785-791. doi: 10.1007/s00702-020-02167-1. Epub 2020 Mar 14.
The substantial contributions of Dr. Gerald Stern to past and current treatments for Parkinson's disease patients are reviewed, which form the foundation for an evaluation of future options to control symptoms and halt progression of the disease. These opportunities will depend on a greater understanding of the relative contributions of the environment, genetic and epigenetic influences to disease onset, and promise to emerge as strategies for improving mitochondrial function, halting accumulation of synuclein and neuromelanin, in addition to refinement of stem cell and gene therapies. Such advances will be achieved through deployment of improved models for the disease.
回顾了杰拉尔德·斯特恩博士(Gerald Stern)对过去和当前帕金森病患者治疗方法的重大贡献,这些贡献为评估控制症状和阻止疾病进展的未来选择奠定了基础。这些机会将取决于对环境、遗传和表观遗传因素对疾病发病的相对贡献的更深入了解,并有望成为改善线粒体功能、阻止突触核蛋白和神经黑色素积累的策略,此外还将改进干细胞和基因治疗。通过部署更好的疾病模型,将实现这些进展。