Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MELANOPARK (Investigating the LRRK2-melanin connection through phosphoproteomics of isogenic melanoma cells)

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive movement disorder affecting about 1.8% of people over the age of 65, characterized by the degeneration of the midbrain dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. It is predominantly a sporadic disease, but about 10% of cases can...