“…Two major linkage disequilibrium blocks in SNCA gene had been proposed (Mueller et al, 2005; Myhre et al, 2008): a 5′ block that extends to promoter-enhancer region to exon 4 and a 3′ block that comprises intron, 3′ untranslated region, and the 3′ end region of the gene. Associations between SNPs rs2583988 in 5′ region (Pals et al, 2004; Winkler et al, 2007; Heckman et al, 2012; Trotta et al, 2012), rs2736990 in intron 4 (Mata et al, 2011; Heckman et al, 2012; Miyake et al, 2012; Alieva et al, 2013; Guo et al, 2014; Davila-Ortiz de Montellano et al, 2016), rs356219 (Lazzarini et al, 1994; Mata et al, 2010, 2011; Botta-Orfila et al, 2011; Wider et al, 2011; Trotta et al, 2012; Brockmann et al, 2013; Emelyanov et al, 2013), and rs11931074 (Gao et al, 2012; Wu-Chou et al, 2013) in 3′ end were demonstrated by recent studies. A meta-analysis confirmed the risk association of rs2583988, rs356219, and rs11931074 variants and PD susceptibility, performed in dominant and recessive genetic models (Han et al, 2015).…”