An overlooked distal regulatory signal on a shared haplotype drives the neuroinflammatory cascade underlying GBA1-associated Parkinson's disease
Rahel Feleke, Winston Lau, Philip Zahariev, Bethany Quinton, Alexander J. Hull, John Hardy, Kerri J. Kinghorn, Dallas M. Swallow, Toby Andrew, Nikolas Maniatis
The paper identifies a distal regulatory variant on a shared haplotype that drives neuroinflammatory pathways in GBA1-associated Parkinson's disease, explaining how GBA1 variants increase PD risk.
bioRxiv · Jul 13, 2026 · PreprintGenetics