Our Works

Genetics of Parkinson’s in India – Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (GOPI-YOPD)

Leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of tomorrow.

Works on Atypical Parkinsonism Disorders

Pan India Registry for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PAIR-PSP)

A Pan India project on understanding the clinical profile and genetics of Progressive supranuclear Palsy and other atypical parkinsonism syndromes.

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New Projects

Projects extending into other disorders like NBIA, Multiple system atrophy

Some of the published works of PRAI

  1. Kukkle PL, Goyal V, Geetha TS, Mridula KR, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Mukherjee A, Wadia PM, Yadav R, Desai S, Kumar N, Gupta R, Biswas A, Pal PK, Muthane U, Das SK, Quinn N, Ramprasad VL; Parkinson Research Alliance of India (PRAI). Clinical Study of 668 Indian Subjects with Juvenile, Young, and Early Onset Parkinson’s Disease. Can J Neurol Sci. 2022 Jan;49(1):93-101. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2021.40. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33685545.
  2. P. Kukkle, R. Gupta, S. Desai, S. Mehta, D. Joshi, N. Kumar, R. Kandadai, L. Sahoo, A. Mukherjee, V. Paramanandam, S. Murugan, D. Kp, S. Sundaram, R. Rajan, R. Menon, K. Shetty, P. Samson, S. Krishnan, M. Deshmukh, P. Wadia, C. Sandeep, P. Aggarwal, S. Bhowmick, H. Kumar, A. Biswas, V. Goyal, S. Seshagiri, R. Borgohain, V. Ramprasad. Pan India Registry for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PAIR-PSP) [abstract]. Mov Disord. 2022; 37 (suppl 2). https://www.mdsabstracts.org/abstract/pan-india-registry-for-progressive-supranuclear-palsy-pair-psp/
  3. Kukkle PL, Geetha TS, Chaudhary R, Sathirapongsasuti JF, Goyal V, Kandadai RM, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Mukherjee A, Oliver M, Sunil M, Mootor MFE, Kapil S, Mandloi N, Wadia PM, Yadav R, Desai S, Kumar N, Biswas A, Pal PK, Muthane UB, Das SK, Sakthivel Murugan SM, Peterson AS, Stawiski EW, Seshagiri S, Gupta R, Ramprasad VL, Prai PRAOI.  Genome-Wide Polygenic Score Predicts Large Number of High Risk Individuals in Monogenic Undiagnosed Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease Patients from India. Adv Biol (Weinh). 2022 Jul 10:e2101326. doi: 10.1002/adbi.202101326.
  4. Wall JD, Sathirapongsasuti JF, Gupta R, Rasheed A, Venkatesan R, Belsare S, Menon R, Phalke S, Mittal A, Fang J, Tanneeru D, Deshmukh M, Bassi A, Robinson J, Chaudhary R, Murugan S, Ul-Asar Z, Saleem I, Ishtiaq U, Fatima A, Sheikh SS, Hameed S, Ishaq M, Rasheed SZ, Memon FU, Jalal A, Abbas S, Frossard P, Fuchsberger C, Forer L, Schoenherr S, Bei Q, Bhangale T, Tom J, Gadde SGK, B V P, Naik NK, Wang M, Kwok PY, Khera AV, Lakshmi BR, Butterworth AS, Chowdhury R, Danesh J, di Angelantonio E, Naheed A, Goyal V, Kandadai RM, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Mukherjee A, Wadia PM, Yadav R, Desai S, Kumar N, Biswas A, Pal PK, Muthane UB, Das SK, Ramprasad VL, Kukkle PL, Seshagiri S, Kathiresan S, Ghosh A, Mohan V, Saleheen D, Stawiski EW, Peterson AS. South Asian medical cohorts reveal strong founder effects and high rates of homozygosity. Nat Commun. 2023 Jun 8;14(1):3377. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38766-1. PMID: 37291107; PMCID: PMC10250394.
  5. Andrews SV, Kukkle PL, Menon R, Geetha TS, Goyal V, Kandadai RM, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Mukherjee A, Wadia PM, Yadav R, Desai S, Kumar N, Joshi D, Murugan S, Biswas A, Pal PK, Oliver M, Nair S, Kayalvizhi A, Samson PL, Deshmukh M, Bassi A, Sandeep C, Mandloi N, Davis OB, Roberts MA, Leto DE, Henry AG, Di Paolo G, Muthane U, Das SK, Peterson AS, Sandmann T, Gupta R, Ramprasad VL; Parkinson Research Alliance of India (PRAI). The Genetic Drivers of Juvenile, Young, and Early-Onset Parkinson’s Disease in India. Mov Disord. 2023 Nov 28. doi: 10.1002/mds.29676. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38014556.
  6. Raju S, Shetty K, Sahoo L, Paramanandam V, Iyer JM, Bowmick S, Desai S, Joshi D, Kumar N, Mehta S, Kandadai RM, Wadia P, Biswas A, Garg D, Agarwal P, Krishnan S, Ganguly J, Shah H, Chandarana M, Kumar H, Borgohain R, Ramprasad VL, Kukkle PL; PRAI Consortium. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy in India: Past, Present, and Future. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2024 Dec 2. doi: 10.4103/aian.aian_515_24
  7. Prashanth LK, Hrishikesh Kumar, Pettarusp M Wadia, Muthane U. The Spectrum of movement disorders in tertiary care centers in India : A tale of three cities.  Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2021 Sep-Oct;24(5):721-725. doi: 10.4103/aian.AIAN_1257_20.