Pär Jonsson

Dr. Pär Jonsson

Umeå University
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Academic Career Length

23Years (2004-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 November 2005 in Analytical Chemistry
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JAJiye A
Jiye A
JTJohan Trygg
Johan Trygg
JGJonas Gullberg
Jonas Gullberg
AJAnnika I. Johansson
Annika I. Johansson
PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
TMThomas Moritz
Thomas Moritz

1 August 2004 in Analytical Biochemistry
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JGJonas Gullberg
Jonas Gullberg
PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
ANAnders Nordström
Anders Nordström
MSMichael Sjöström
Michael Sjöström
TMThomas Moritz
Thomas Moritz

4 August 2005 in Analytical Chemistry
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PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
AJAnnika I. Johansson
Annika I. Johansson
JGJonas Gullberg
Jonas Gullberg
JTJohan Trygg
Johan Trygg
JAJiye A
Jiye A
TMThomas Moritz
Thomas Moritz

11 February 2004 in Analytical Chemistry
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PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
JGJonas Gullberg
Jonas Gullberg
ANAnders Nordström
Anders Nordström
Miyako KusanoMiyako Kusano
Miyako Kusano
MKMariusz Kowalczyk
Mariusz Kowalczyk
TMThomas Moritz
Thomas Moritz

1 August 2007 in Journal of Chromatography B
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Miyako KusanoMiyako Kusano
Miyako Kusano
Atsushi FukushimaAtsushi Fukushima
Atsushi Fukushima
MKMakoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi
NHNaomi Hayashi
Naomi Hayashi
PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
KSKazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito

1 January 2014 in Journal of Parkinson’s Disease
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MTMiles Trupp
Miles Trupp
PJPär Jonsson
Pär Jonsson
AÖAnnika Öhrfelt
Annika Öhrfelt
HZHenrik Zetterberg
Henrik Zetterberg
OOOgonna Obudulu
Ogonna Obudulu
LFLars Forsgren
Lars Forsgren
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive, multi-focal neurodegenerative disease for which there is no effective disease modifying treatment. A critical requirement for designing successful clinical trials is the development of robust and reproducible biomarkers identifying PD in preclinical stages. Objective: To investigate the potential for a cluster of biomarkers visualized with multiple analytical platforms to provide a clinically useful tool. Methods: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-TOFMS) based metabolomics and immunoassay-based protein/peptide analyses on samples from patients with PD diagnosed in Northern Sweden. Low molecular weight compounds from both plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from 20 healthy subjects (controls) and 20 PD patients at the time of diagnosis (baseline) were analyzed. Results: In plasma, we found a significant increase in several amino acids and a decrease in C16-C18 saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in patients as compared to control subjects. We also observed an increase in plasma levels of pyroglutamate and 2-oxoisocaproate (ketoleucine) that may be indicative of increased metabolic stress in patients. In CSF, there was a generally lower level of metabolites in PD as compared to controls, with a specific decrease in 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, tryptophan and creatinine. Multivariate analysis and modeling of metabolites indicates that while the PD samples can be separated from control samples, the list of detected compounds will need to be expanded in order to define a robust predictive model. CSF biomarker immunoassays of candidate peptide/protein biomarkers revealed a significant decrease in the levels of Aβ-38 and Aβ-42, and an increase in soluble APPα in CSF of patients. Furthermore, these peptides showed significant correlations to each other, and positive correlations to the CSF levels of several 5- and 6-carbon sugars. However, combining these metabolites and proteins/peptides into a single model did not significantly improve the statistical analysis. Conclusions: Together, this metabolomics study has detected significant alterations in plasma and CSF levels of a cluster of amino acids, fatty acids and sugars based on clinical diagnosis and levels of known protein and peptide biomarkers.