Emerging targets signaling for inflammation in Parkinson's disease drug discovery

Metab Brain Dis. 2022 Oct;37(7):2143-2161. doi: 10.1007/s11011-022-00999-2. Epub 2022 May 10.

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) patients not only show motor features such as bradykinesia, tremor, and rigidity but also non-motor features such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, memory loss, attention deficits, fatigue, sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal issues, and pain. Many pharmacological treatments are available for PD patients; however, these treatments are partially or transiently effective since they only decrease the symptoms. As these therapies are unable to restore dopaminergic neurons and stop the development of Parkinson's disease, therefore, the need for an effective therapeutic approach is required. The current review summarizes novel targets for PD, that can be utilized to identify disease-modifying treatments.

Keywords: Abelson protein; Cocaine-amphetamine regulated transcript; GSK-3β; LRRK2; Microglial NLRP3, Th17 cells; Parkinson’s disease.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dopaminergic Neurons
  • Drug Discovery
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / drug therapy
  • Parkinson Disease* / drug therapy
  • Tremor