Abstract
EIF4G1 mutations were previously reported as a cause of Parkinson's disease (PD). As a result of this finding, considerable work has been performed to test this idea and to examine the functional role of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4-gamma in the pathogenic process underlying PD. Here, we show that the originally described mutation is likely a rare benign variant. We tested this variant in a very large series of subjects and show that it is more frequent in controls than cases. We argue here that this infers that EIF4G1 mutations are not related to PD.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2444.e1-2444.e4 |
| Journal | Neurobiology of Aging |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |