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ReviewJournal of Parkinson's disease2026

Gaps in the Parkinson's disease therapeutic clinical pipeline: A focus on approaches targeting disease pathobiology.

Christos Koros, Brian Fiske, Leonidas Stefanis

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Review in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christos Koros1st Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5806-0717
Brian FiskeThe Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8797-2042
Leonidas Stefanis1st Department of Neurology, Eginitio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3569-8990

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The understanding of the pathobiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is evolving, based largely on genetic discoveries. Despite a rich pipeline of potential therapies addressing aspects of the underlying biology of the disease, there is currently no available disease-modifying therapy for PD. In this short commentary, we review the status of the relevant pipeline and highlight areas where alternative or complementary approaches could also be advanced to the stage of clinical trials, with the ultimate goal of providing meaningful clinical benefit to patients and their families. The further evolution of biomarkers, cellular and animal models of the disease and delivery methods will be crucial to this end.

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Parkinson DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersClinical Trials as TopicDisease Models, AnimalHumansBiomarkersalpha-synucleinanimal modelbiomarkerscellular modeldisease-modifying therapyglucocerebrosidaseParkinson's disease

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PMID40589152
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