Thank you for this interesting paper. PD very clearly has the features of an autoimmune disease and a few years ago we had discussions about it at the other forum. Its nice to see such "out of the box" ideas being experimentally proven. Auto immune responses, leaky BBB, role of vitamin D, Infections and inflammation and stress as contributing factors to PD are discussed here before they are experimentally proven in the labs. There may be many more, but these are a few I remember. And that says a lot about why patients' views and input are important in the pursuit of cure for PD.

girija