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  1. Lim SY, Toh TS, Hor JW, Lim JL, Lit LC, Ahmad-Annuar A, et al.
    NPJ Parkinsons Dis, 2025 Feb 23;11(1):34.
    PMID: 39988587 DOI: 10.1038/s41531-025-00884-6
    LRRK2-related Parkinson's disease (LRRK2-PD) is the most frequent form of monogenic PD worldwide, with important therapeutic opportunities, exemplified by the advancement in LRRK2 kinase inhibition studies/trials. However, many LRRK2 variants, especially those found in underrepresented populations, remain classified as variants of uncertain significance (VUS). Leveraging on Malaysian, Singaporean, and mainland Chinese PD datasets (n = 4901), we describe 12 Chinese-ancestry patients harboring the LRRK2 p.Arg1067Gln variant, more than doubling the number of previously reported cases (total n = 23, 87% East Asian, mean age of onset: 53.9 years). We determine that this variant is enriched in East Asian PD patients compared to population controls (OR = 8.0, 95% CI: 3.0-20.9), and provide supportive data for its co-segregation with PD, albeit with incomplete penetrance. Utilizing established experimental workflows, this variant showed increased LRRK2 kinase activity, by ~2-fold compared to wildtype and higher than the p.Gly2019Ser variant. Taken together, p.Arg1067Gln should be reclassified from a VUS to pathogenic for causing LRRK2-PD.
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