[HT-05] Hot Topics 05

[HT-05-2] What triggers Parkinson's disease? Approach from familial form for drug discovery

Yutaka Oji¹, Nobutaka Hattori^1,2 (1.Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan, 2.RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan)

Yutaka Oji (YO) obtained an MD degree from Juntendo University in 2007. After completing medical training at Juntendo University Hospital,　YO researched the involvement of lysosomal storage disease in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) at Juntendo University Graduate School. YO is currently a clinician and researcher at Juntendo University Graduate School (2016-present). YO is mainly dedicated to researching the pathomechanisms of PD and other neurodegenerative diseases. The main ongoing research is the elucidation of the involvement of lysosomal abnormalities in PD pathogenesis and functional analysis of the PSAP gene (PARK24), a novel gene responsible for familial PD.