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Ranked Parkinson’s Papers

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LAST INGEST 2026-05-29 06:45 PM
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The burden and trends of late-onset multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias among adults aged 55 and older, spanning from 1990 to 2021, with projections through 2050.
PMID 41999403 Published: 2026-04-18 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
AI 15.0
Base 27.9
Rank 26.7
AI Summary

A global epidemiological analysis (1990–2021) with projections to 2050 quantifying incidence, prevalence, mortality, and DALYs for late-onset MS, Parkinson's disease, and dementias in adults 55+, reporting substantial PD burden with sex and regional SDI differences and population aging as the main…

Why It Matters

Useful for public-health prioritization, trial site and recruitment planning, and identifying high-burden regions and demographic groups for PD interventions, but offers minimal mechanistic or translational insights for direct therapeutic discovery.

E
AI 15.0
Base 27.9
Rank 26.7
AI Summary

Using Global Burden of Disease 1990–2021 data the study quantifies rising prevalence and YLDs for 10 neurological disorders in China—particularly stroke, Alzheimer's, and a rapidly increasing Parkinson's disease burden—and forecasts continued growth to 2050 with major rehabilitation and geographic…

Why It Matters

Valuable for health-policy and care-planning by documenting a growing Parkinson's rehabilitation burden in China, but it provides little mechanistic insight or direct therapeutic targets for drug discovery.

E
AI 5.0
Base 27.9
Rank 26.7
AI Summary

A case report describing a 28-year-old pregnant woman with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome successfully terminated with intravenous adenosine and discussing acute and follow-up management during pregnancy.

Why It Matters

This paper has minimal relevance for Parkinson's therapeutic discovery because it is a cardiology case report without mechanistic, biomarker, or neurodegeneration insights, though it may inform clinicians about pregnancy-specific drug and management considerations that could intersect with comorbid…

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Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular signatures to therapeutic targets.
PMID 41997807 Published: 2026-04-16 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Trends in neurosciences
AI 40.0
Base 27.5
Rank 26.4
AI Summary

This review surveys DNA modifications and chromatin architecture changes as epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases and outlines translational steps toward biomarker-driven diagnostics and therapeutic development.

Why It Matters

Highlights epigenetic alterations as candidate biomarkers and targetable pathways that could inform earlier Parkinson's diagnosis and epigenetic-based interventions, but is a broad, non-Parkinson-specific review with limited immediate actionable therapeutic leads.

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Peripheral inflammation predicts motor, cognitive, and disease progression in Parkinson's disease: A 4-year longitudinal study from the PPMI cohorts.
PMID 41906023 Published: 2026-03-30 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
AI 56.0
Base 25.6
Rank 26.3
AI Summary

A 4-year longitudinal analysis of PPMI cohorts found that peripheral inflammation markers predict motor, cognitive decline, and overall disease progression in Parkinson's disease.

Why It Matters

Identifies peripheral inflammation as a prognostic biomarker and a translationally relevant pathway that could guide patient stratification and testing of anti-inflammatory or immunomodulatory therapies, though observational design limits causal inference.

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AI 33.0
Base 25.7
Rank 26.3
AI Summary

Correction to a systematic review and meta-analysis assessing bright light therapy's effects on non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease.

Why It Matters

Although this is a correction rather than new data, the underlying review concerns bright light therapy—a low-risk, repurposable intervention targeting sleep/circadian dysfunction relevant to PD non-motor symptoms and clinical trial design.

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Carrier Frequency of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) Disorders in a Middle Eastern Clinical Cohort Based on Retrospective Genetic Testing Data.
PMID 41975632 Published: 2026-04-13 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
AI 32.0
Base 27.2
Rank 26.1
AI Summary

This population-genetics study screened 16,769 Middle Eastern exomes for eight NBIA genes and estimates a lifetime risk of 3.43 per 1,000,000 for autosomal recessive NBIA, with PLA2G6, PANK2, and C19orf12 contributing most to the burden.

Why It Matters

While primarily epidemiological, the region-specific carrier frequencies—especially enrichment of PLA2G6 variants linked to parkinsonism and iron dysregulation—help prioritize genetic screening, patient identification, and follow-up studies of iron-related mechanisms that could inform…

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"Bilateral Nigral Hyperintensity Sign" in Epstein-Barr Virus Encephalitis.
PMID 41958488 Published: 2026-01-01 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Journal of global infectious diseases
AI 20.0
Base 27.2
Rank 26.1
AI Summary

Case report of a 17-year-old with EBV encephalitis showing bilateral substantia nigra MRI hyperintensity and transient secondary parkinsonism that resolved after antivirals, steroids, and supportive care.

Why It Matters

Low direct value for Parkinson's drug discovery, but the case highlights infection-triggered nigral dysfunction and an imaging correlate that could inform studies of secondary parkinsonism and mechanisms of nigral vulnerability.

AI Summary

This is a retraction notice for a study that had reported structural connectivity predicts amelioration of postoperative REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease patients after subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation.

Why It Matters

The retraction means the reported connectivity-based predictor and its implications for DBS-guided treatment of sleep symptoms in PD are unreliable and should not inform therapeutic decisions, though the topic (sleep outcomes and biomarkers for DBS) remains clinically relevant for future valid…

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Balenine alleviates neurodegeneration and inflammation in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.
PMID 41999927 Published: 2026-04-16 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects
AI 62.0
Base 27.1
Rank 26.0
AI Summary

In an MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease, intranasal balenine (a methylated, carnosine-resistant analog) improved object-location memory, preserved tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons, reduced GFAP-driven inflammation, and proteomics pointed to modulation of KEAP1–NFE2L2 (Nrf2), neddylation,…

Why It Matters

The study presents a brain-targetable, degradation-resistant antioxidant/anti-inflammatory compound with translational potential (intranasal delivery and Nrf2-related mechanism) that could be advanced for neuroprotective PD strategies, though validation in alpha-synuclein models and…

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Intestinal inflammation promotes neuroinflammation and PD-associated nigrostriatal pathology independently of LRRK2 G2019S kinase activity.
PMID 42038336 Published: 2026-01-01 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Frontiers in cellular neuroscience
AI 45.0
Base 27.1
Rank 26.0
AI Summary

In a mouse DSS-colitis model, intestinal inflammation drives neuroinflammation and nigrostriatal pathology across genotypes, and these effects occur independently of Lrrk2 G2019S kinase activation.

Why It Matters

Reinforces the gut–brain axis as a contributor to PD-relevant pathology and implies that targeting peripheral intestinal inflammation (or patient stratification by inflammatory status) may be a more promising therapeutic or preventative approach than relying solely on LRRK2 kinase inhibition for…

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Parkinson's Disease-Associated Remodeling of Synaptic N-Glycans in the Human Prefrontal Cortex.
PMID 42012257 Published: 2026-04-21 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Journal of proteome research
AI 42.0
Base 27.1
Rank 26.0
AI Summary

LC-MS/MS N-glycomics of prefrontal cortex synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from PD vs control brains reveals fraction-specific remodeling—reduced sialofucosylation and increased fucosylated/neutral glycans (including altered sLeX) in synaptosomes and elevated high-mannose/neutral glycans with…

Why It Matters

Provides synapse- and compartment-specific glycosylation signatures linked to neuroinflammation and defective glycan maturation that could serve as biomarkers and nominate glycosylation enzymes or lectin-mediated pathways as novel therapeutic or targetable mechanisms in PD-related synaptic…

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Integrating Long-Read Structural Variant Analysis with single-nucleus RNA-seq to Elucidate Gene Expression Effects in Disease.
PMID 41929179 Published: 2026-03-23 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
AI 55.0
Base 25.9
Rank 25.0
AI Summary

Using long-read whole-genome sequencing on 100 post-mortem PD brains integrated with single-nucleus RNA-seq from matched regions, the study catalogs 74,552 structural variants and links specific SVs at PD GWAS loci to cell-type–specific gene expression changes via eQTL and allele-specific analyses.

Why It Matters

By providing a high-confidence SV atlas and cell-type-resolved functional links at PD-associated loci, this work enables nomination of causal genes and regulatory variants for follow-up target validation and biomarker development, increasing translational opportunities despite not yet delivering…

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Unveiling the UFMylation Pathway: Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases.
PMID 41921847 Published: 2026-06-15 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Journal of molecular biology
AI 48.0
Base 25.9
Rank 25.0
AI Summary

Comprehensive review of the UFMylation post‑translational modification system that synthesizes current evidence linking impaired UFMylation to neurodegenerative pathologies, including modulation of tau and α‑synuclein, and proposes UFMylation as a potential therapeutic and biomarker axis.

Why It Matters

Highlights a novel, targetable PTM pathway (UFM1 enzymatic cascade) connected to α‑synuclein and tau biology, providing mechanistic hypotheses and biomarker leads that could be translated into Parkinson’s therapeutics after focused experimental validation.

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Experimental and computational methods for allelic imbalance analysis from single-nucleus RNA-seq data.
PMID 41965748 Published: 2026-04-11 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Genome biology
AI 46.0
Base 25.9
Rank 25.0
AI Summary

This paper develops and benchmarks experimental and computational approaches for allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis from single-nucleus RNA-seq—leveraging intronic reads, read length, and hybrid selection—and demonstrates that ASE has greater power than eQTL analysis in a Parkinson's disease…

Why It Matters

By improving cell-type–resolved detection of regulatory effects of genetic variants in PD, these methods help prioritize causal genes/variants and refine target and biomarker discovery pipelines, increasing translational value even though the work is primarily methodological.

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Developing a Virtual Research Environment in the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative: myPPMI.
PMID 42015362 Published: 2026-04-21 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Annals of neurology
AI 42.0
Base 25.9
Rank 25.0
AI Summary

This paper describes myPPMI, a cloud-native, participant-centered virtual research environment that integrates e-consent, longitudinal motor and non-motor assessments, biospecimen referral, and precision recruitment/real-time eligibility matching across countries.

Why It Matters

Although it does not report new therapeutic mechanisms, the platform meaningfully enhances decentralized, biomarker-driven Parkinson's research by enabling low-burden standardized data and specimen collection and precise cohort targeting, which can accelerate translational studies and clinical…

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Metabolic and Volumetric Alterations in the Basal Ganglia and the Cerebellum in Dopa-Responsive Dystonia in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic GCH1 Mutation Carriers.
PMID 42036356 Published: 2026-04-26 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
AI 48.0
Base 25.2
Rank 24.4
AI Summary

This MRI and 31P‑MRSI study of GCH1 mutation carriers (20 symptomatic, 5 asymptomatic) reports enlarged globus pallidus/putamen in symptomatic carriers, reduced basal ganglia NAD ratios, and elevated cerebellar high‑energy phosphate ratios in asymptomatic carriers, with metabolic and volumetric…

Why It Matters

The work links region‑specific NAD/energy metabolism deficits and cerebellar bioenergetic adaptation to motor severity, suggesting measurable metabolic biomarkers and potential NAD‑targeted therapeutic or biomarker avenues relevant to Parkinson's‑related basal ganglia vulnerability, though its…

AI Summary

Systematic review of 28 preclinical studies reporting that crocin, a saffron constituent, exerts antioxidant (↓ROS, ↓MDA, ↑SOD), anti-inflammatory (↓TNF-α, ↓ILs) and cytoprotective effects (↓p‑ERK1/2, ↑PI3K/Akt/mTOR) in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease models.

Why It Matters

Offers preclinical support that crocin targets neuroprotective pathways relevant to Parkinson's (oxidative stress, inflammation, survival signaling), making it a modestly promising lead for further translational work, though direct disease‑specific mechanisms, pharmacokinetics, safety, and clinical…

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Frailty index predicts the risk of 17 health outcomes in distinct ways: prospective findings from the Moli-sani Study.
PMID 41967035 Published: 2026-04-04 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Age and ageing
AI 30.0
Base 25.2
Rank 24.4
AI Summary

In a prospective cohort of ~20,000 adults followed for a median of 15 years, a 29-item frailty index predicted higher risk of multiple outcomes including Parkinson's disease (HR 1.25 per SD), non-Alzheimer dementia, cardiometabolic events, hospitalisations, and mortality.

Why It Matters

This establishes frailty as a useful population-level risk stratification marker that could help identify individuals for surveillance or preventive interventions relevant to Parkinson's disease, but it offers little mechanistic insight or direct therapeutic targets for drug discovery.

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The effects of anti-Parkinsonian medications on bone mineral density: A systematic review.
PMID 41921715 Published: 2026-03-30 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Bone
AI 25.2
Base 25.2
Rank 24.4
AI Summary

Systematic review finds limited and mixed evidence that antiparkinsonian medications—particularly L‑Dopa via elevated homocysteine—may influence bone mineral density, but causal links are not established.

Why It Matters

Low immediate value for PD therapeutic discovery, but clinically relevant for fracture risk management and suggests a testable biomarker (homocysteine) and adjunctive intervention opportunity rather than a direct disease‑modifying target.

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A case report: Neuroimaging in an atypical presentation of Parkinson's disease.
PMID 41959747 Published: 2026-01-01 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa
AI 22.0
Base 25.2
Rank 24.4
AI Summary

Single-patient case report showing functional neuroimaging clarified a diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease versus atypical parkinsonism and guided multidisciplinary treatment including levodopa.

Why It Matters

Limited value for discovery of new therapeutics, but modest translational utility for diagnostic stratification and ensuring appropriate treatment and trial enrollment through imaging-based differentiation.

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A case of acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti-CD99.
PMID 41937461 Published: 2026-04-05 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Transfusion
AI 12.0
Base 25.2
Rank 24.4
AI Summary

Case report of a 74-year-old woman (with a history of Parkinson's disease) who experienced an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction caused by anti‑CD99 alloantibody, with laboratory evidence linking donor CD99 expression to red cell phagocytosis.

Why It Matters

This has minimal direct value for Parkinson's therapeutic discovery but is clinically relevant for transfusion safety in PD patients and highlights a rare immune complication rather than informing PD mechanisms or drug targets.

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Disruption of the LRRK2 substrate RAB12 facilitates neurotransmission and causes hyperactivity in mice.
PMID 42031745 Published: 2026-04-24 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM NPJ Parkinson's disease
AI 42.0
Base 24.9
Rank 24.2
AI Summary

This study shows that RAB12, a validated LRRK2 substrate, acts as a negative regulator of presynaptic vesicle exocytosis such that Rab12 knockout enhances presynaptic release, excitatory drive onto striatal neurons, and locomotor activity in mice.

Why It Matters

By linking a PD‑relevant kinase substrate to synaptic hyperactivity, the work identifies the RAB12–LRRK2 axis as a mechanistic entry point for modulating synaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's research, though direct relevance to dopaminergic degeneration, alpha‑synuclein pathology, or clinical…

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Bioanalytical approaches applied to identify cytoskeletal proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
PMID 41904013 Published: 2026-01-01 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology
AI 30.0
Base 24.9
Rank 24.2
AI Summary

Comprehensive review of bioanalytical methods and data-processing (including AI) for identifying and characterizing cytoskeletal proteins (e.g., tau and neuronal intermediate filaments) implicated in neurodegenerative disease pathology.

Why It Matters

Useful as a methodological resource for detecting cytoskeletal biomarkers and profiling protein alterations that can support biomarker discovery or target validation related to Parkinson’s-associated cytoskeletal dysfunction, but it is a general methods review with limited PD-specific mechanistic…

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Adolescent Athlete With PRKAG2 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Success Story With Shared Decision-Making.
PMID 41906562 Published: 2026-03-25 Ingested: 2026-04-28 08:58 PM JACC. Case reports
AI 2.0
Base 24.4
Rank 23.7
AI Summary

Case report of a 16-year-old with PRKAG2-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy whose condition progressed to arrhythmias and ventricular scarring, with sports participation and potential ICD placement managed via shared decision-making.

Why It Matters

Negligible relevance to Parkinson's therapeutic discovery because it is a cardiology case focused on adolescent HCM and shared decision-making with no mechanistic, biomarker, or therapeutic links to Parkinson's disease.

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