Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (12): 1813-1817.

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Research progress on the role of glutamate transporter in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease

MA Li-fang1, LIANG Jian-qing1,2*, HE Jian-cheng3, SUN Xue1, LIANG Peng4   

  1. 1. School of Basic Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000;2. the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education of Dunhuang Medicine and Transformation, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000;
    3. School of Basic Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203;
    4. the Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000,China
  • Received:2021-03-29 Revised:2021-07-09 Published:2021-12-03
  • Contact: *1766424015@qq.com

Abstract: The excitotoxicity mediated by glutamate (Glu) is the main pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD), and the glutamate transporter is the key factor regulating the process of Glu excitotoxicity. Therefore, glutamate transporters may be involved in the pathogenesis of PD and play an important role in the process. Therefore, understanding the role of glutamate transporters in the pathogenesis of PD may provide new ideas for later drug research and development targeting at glutamate transporters.

Key words: Parkinson&apos, s disease, glutamate, glutamate transporter, excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs), vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs)

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