
A clear pathologic hallmark like that identified in sporadic Parkinson’s disease (PD) is lacking in many of the monogenic causes of PD. In leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) mutations (PARK8), alpha-synuclein pathology in the form of Lewy bodies (LBs) is frequently, but not consistently, observed. Other pathologies reported in LRRK2 cases include tau inclusions of the Alzheimer, progressive supranuclear palsy, and frontotemporal lobar degeneration types, and TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) inclusions. 1 There has been only a single report of a compound heterozygous, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-induced, putative kinase 1 (PINK1; PARK6) patient coming to autopsy. 2 That patient presented with asymmetrical rigidity at age 31 years and had a good motor response to dopaminergic therapy, but died at age 39 years. Pathologic study revealed nigral neuronal loss and gliosis, with a few LBs and Lewy neurites identified in the substantia nigra (SN), nucleus basalis of Meynert (NBM), and reticular formation of the brainstem, but not in the locus coeruleus (LC),
Viewpoint, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Animals, Humans, Lewy Bodies, Parkinson Disease
Viewpoint, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Animals, Humans, Lewy Bodies, Parkinson Disease
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