Madhavi Thomas
Editor

2014

Scientific and Clinical Aspects

Inflammation in Parkinson’s disease (PD) has always been a subject of great interest. Chronic inflammation in the brain can be induced in a primate model even with a single injection of MPTP. Many genetic and environmental factors contribute to onset of PD. There is much to learn from recent developments in systems biology including study of proteomics and metabolomics in developing future biologic markers. Of great interest is whether inflammation is a co-contributor or an independent driving process for cell death in PD. Arguments can be made for both.