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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Thomas Meitinger, Munich, DE;
Tim Matthias Strom, Munich, DE;
Saskia Biskup, Stuttgart, DE;
Marius Ueffing, Munich, DE;
Elisabeth Kremmer, Freising, DE;
Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Rottenburg-Hailfingen, DE;
Thomas Gasser, Tuebingen, DE;
Petra Herzig, Basel, CH;
Friedrich Asmus, Teubingen, DE;
Nadja Patenge, Rostock, DE;
Alexander Zimprich, Vienna, AT;
Matthew J. Farrer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jennifer M. Kachergus, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Sara J. Lincoln, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Mary M. Hulihan, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zibigniew Wszolek, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Ryan Uitti, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Thomas Meitinger, Munich, DE;
Tim Matthias Strom, Munich, DE;
Saskia Biskup, Stuttgart, DE;
Marius Ueffing, Munich, DE;
Elisabeth Kremmer, Freising, DE;
Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Rottenburg-Hailfingen, DE;
Thomas Gasser, Tuebingen, DE;
Petra Herzig, Basel, CH;
Friedrich Asmus, Teubingen, DE;
Nadja Patenge, Rostock, DE;
Alexander Zimprich, Vienna, AT;
Matthew J. Farrer, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Jennifer M. Kachergus, Atlantic Beach, FL (US);
Sara J. Lincoln, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Mary M. Hulihan, Atlanta, GA (US);
Zibigniew Wszolek, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Ryan Uitti, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Neuheberg, DE;
Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen, Tuebingen, DE;
Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.