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Although many PD-associated toxicants have been banned in EU for >20 years, it is paradoxical that the increase in incidence of PD is higher in Europe than in USA. Here, we perform systematic screening of environmental toxicants in a stem cell-based model of PD and select key candidates for testing in rodents. With a team of environmental chemists, we search for novel PD-associated toxicants by screening the urine of newly diagnosed PD individuals through non-targeted exposomics, and we make use of data-rich Danish registers to identify epidemiological links between individual life-long toxicant exposure and PD diagnosis.
Leadership
Agnete Kirkeby
Lead PI (Core Leadership)
Per Borghammer
Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Annette Ersbøll
Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Nikoline Juul Nielsen
Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Marina Romero-Ramos
Co-PI (Core Leadership)
Nina-Lydia Kazakou
Project Manager, Data Manager
Louise Piilgaard
Project Manager
Marta Bevilacqua
Data Manager
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