Review Article

Applications of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Studying the Neurodegenerative Diseases

Table 2

Associated genes in patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

Disease typesGenesReferences

Alzheimer’s diseaseAPP, PS1, PS2, APOE [4042]

Parkinson’s diseaseGBA, LRRK2, PARK2, PARK7, PINK1, SNCA, UCHL1, MAPT[4345]

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisSOD1, FUS, TDP-43, C9ORF72 [4648]

Spinal muscular atrophySMN1, SMN2 [49, 50]

Down syndromeTrisomy 21 [50, 51]

Huntington diseaseHTT (CAG-type repetitive DNA sequences)[52, 53]