Progress in clinical registration research of gene therapy for Parkinson′s disease / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Parkinson′s disease is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by bradykinesia, resting tremor, and hypermyotonia. Its pathological features are the loss of nigra dopamine neurons and the abnormal aggregation of α-synuclein, and there is currently no treatment that blocks the progression of the disease. Gene therapy, by increasing the expression of neurotrophic factors and increasing levels of neurotransmitters, may slow, terminate, or even reverse the progression of the disease, so it gets more attention. This article reviews the progress of registered clinical research on gene therapy for Parkinson′s disease.