/channels/news_feeds/all/term/autoimmune%20disease/rss en /channels/news/new-path-discovery-parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease-261519 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><b>McGill Newsroom</b></em></p> <p><em>Neuron cell death may be caused by overactive immune system </em></p> <p>A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/antigene_mitochondriaux_rouge_mitochondrie_vert.jpg?itok=pp5YTqC2" width="160" height="135" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:01:51 +0000 webfull 119633 at /channels /channels/channels/news/researchers-open-new-path-discovery-parkinsons-disease-261508 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A team of scientists led by Dr. Michel Desjardins from the University of Montreal and Dr. Heidi McBride from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (MNI) at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ have discovered that two genes associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are key regulators of the immune system, providing direct evidence linking Parkinson's to autoimmune disease.</p> <p>Using both cellular and mouse models, the team has shown that proteins produced by the two genes, known as PINK1 and Parkin, are required to prevent cells from being detected and attacked by the immune system.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/antigene_mitochondriaux_rouge_mitochondrie_vert.jpg?itok=pp5YTqC2" width="160" height="135" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 27 Jun 2016 14:04:15 +0000 webfull 119613 at /channels