• Association of a BACE1 gene polymorphism with Parkinson’s disease in a Norwegian population 

      Lange, Johannes; Lunde, Kristin Aaser; Sletten, Camilla Johanne; Møller, Simon Geir; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Alves, Guido; Larsen, Jan Petter; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-11)
      Background . Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) share pathological features, including amyloid-beta pathology. Amyloid-beta peptide is generated by sequential proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein ...
    • The GBA variant E326K is associated with Parkinson's disease and explains a genome-wide association signal 

      Berge-Seidl, Victoria; Pihlstrøm, Lasse; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Forsgren, Lars; Linder, Jan; Larsen, Jan Petter; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Toft, Harald Mathias Strøm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)
      Objective Coding variants in the GBA gene have been identified as the numerically most important genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified ...