Erythrocytic α-Synuclein as a potential biomarker for Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Background Erythrocytes are a major source of peripheral α-synuclein (α-Syn). The goal of the current investigation is to evaluate erythrocytic total, oligomeric/aggregated, and phosphorylated α-Syn species as biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease (PD). PD and healthy control blood samples were...

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Main Authors: Chen Tian, Genliang Liu, Liyan Gao, David Soltys, Catherine Pan, Tessandra Stewart, Min Shi, Zhiying Xie, Na Liu, Tao Feng, Jing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Translational Neurodegeneration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40035-019-0155-y