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Ten years and counting: moving leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 inhibitors to the clinic.

Mov Disord · 2014-12-01

DOI: 10.1002/mds.26075PMID: 25448543

Open accessResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; research-article; Review; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., ExtramuralOriginal source ↗

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The burden that Parkinson's disease (PD) exacts on the population continues to increase year after year. Though refinement of symptomatic treatments continues at a reasonable pace, no accepted therapies are available to slow or prevent disease progression. The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene was identified in PD genetic studies and offers new hope for novel therapeutic approaches. The evidence linking LRRK2 kinase activity to PD susceptibility is presented, as well as seminal discoveries relevant to the prosecution of LRRK2 kinase inhibition. Finally, suggestions are made for predictive preclinical modeling and successful first-in-human trials.

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