Journal
EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG METABOLISM & TOXICOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 433-448Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2016.1158250
Keywords
risk factors; polymorphisms; pharmacogenetics; Parkinson's disease; side effects
Funding
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain [PI12/00241, PI12/00324, RETICS RD12/0013/0002]
- Junta de Extremadura, Spain [GR15026]
- FEDER funds from the European Union
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Introduction: The inheritance pattern of Parkinson's disease (PD) is likely multifactorial (owing to the interplay of genetic predisposition and environmental factors). Many pharmacogenetic studies have tried to establish a possible role of candidate genes in PD risk. Several studies have focused on the influence of genes in the response to antiparkinsonian drugs and in the risk of developing side-effects of these drugs. Areas covered: This review presents an overview of current knowledge, with particular emphasis on the most recent advances, both in case-control association studies on the role of candidate genes in the risk for PD as well as pharmacogenetic studies on the role of genes in the development of side effects of antiparkinsonian drugs. The most reliable results should be derived from meta-analyses of case-control association studies on candidate genes involving large series of PD patients and controls, and from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Expert opinion: Prospective studies of large samples involving several genes with a detailed history of exposure to environmental factors in the same cohort of subjects, should be useful to clarify the role of genes in the risk for PD. The results of studies on the role of genes in the development of side-effects of antiparkinsonian drugs should, at this stage, only be considered preliminary.
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