Gene Prospector: An evidence gateway for evaluating potential susceptibility genes and interacting risk factors for human diseases

Table 1 Thirteen genes on PDGene top results list: numbers of related publications obtained by querying PDGene and Gene Prospector on 05/25/2008.

Gene	No. Publications (Genetic Association Studies)
	Total	Both	PDGene Only	Gene Prospector Only
GBA	14	9	1	4
LRRK2	60	13	2	45
SNCA	51	23	8	20
MAPT	27	19	6	2
PINK1	20	9	2	9
CYP2D6	18	10	2	6
APOE	33	13	2	18
MAOB	21	17	2	2
ELAVL4	4	1	3	0
UCHL1	17	12	4	1
DRD2	19	7	3	8
GSTM1	11	6	1	4
SEMA5A	4	1	3	1
Total	299	140	39	120

Note: Literature published before 2001 was excluded. Literature with publication type "Letter" was excluded. The total number of PubMed publications reporting genetic associations with Parkinson's disease to May 25, 2008 was estimated as 299, the sum of totals in the Common (140), PDGene Only (39) and Gene Prospector Only (120) columns.

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