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PLA2G6, encoding a phospholipase A2, is mutated in neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron

  • Neil Morgan
  • , SK Westaway
  • , Jane Morton
  • , A Gregory
  • , Paul Gissen
  • , S Sonek
  • , H Canaul
  • , J Corvell
  • , N Canham
  • , N Nardocci
  • , G Zorzi
  • , Shanaz Pasha
  • , D Rodriguez
  • , I Desguerre
  • , A Mubaidin
  • , E Bertini
  • , RC Trembath
  • , A Simonati
  • , C Schanen
  • , Colin Johnson
  • B Levinson, J Woods, B Wilmot, P Kramer, J Gitzchier, Eamonn Maher, SJ Hayflick

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Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders with high brain iron include Parkinson disease, Alzheimer disease and several childhood genetic disorders categorized as neuroaxonal dystrophies. We mapped a locus for infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) to chromosome 22q12-q13 and identified mutations in PLA2G6, encoding a calcium-independent group VI phospholipase A2, in NBIA, INAD and the related Karak syndrome. This discovery implicates phospholipases in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders with iron dyshomeostasis.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)752-754
Number of pages3
JournalNature Genetics
Volume38
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Jun 2006

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