GPNMB

  • 2 independent labs in 2 countries
  • Funder: Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s
  • 2 of 4 findings with company ties
  • Humans1
  • Animals2
  • Cells1

Effects

4

Motor performance

upin mice1

1 study
  1. GPNMB improves motor performance in mice.

    “improved motor performance in mice”

    Animalsin mice

    Age-dependent brain pigmentation drives early neuroinflammatory molecular signatures linked to neurodegeneration

    bioRxiv7 Aug 2026Preprint

Neurodegeneration

downin mice1

1 study
  1. GPNMB decreases neurodegeneration in mice.

    “GPNMB overexpression attenuated NM-linked dopaminergic neurodegeneration”

    Animalsin tgNM mice

    Age-dependent brain pigmentation drives early neuroinflammatory molecular signatures linked to neurodegeneration

    bioRxiv7 Aug 2026Preprint

Neurotoxicity

downin mice1

1 study
  1. GPNMB protects against neurotoxicity in mice.

    Animalsin Grn-/- mice

    Progranulin deficiency-induced lysosomal dysfunction drives maladaptive myeloid cell states through the MITF/TFE transcription factors

    Immunity3 Aug 2026

Lysosomal acidification

upin mice1

1 study
  1. GPNMB increases lysosomal acidification in mice.

    Animalsin Grn-/- myeloid cells

    Progranulin deficiency-induced lysosomal dysfunction drives maladaptive myeloid cell states through the MITF/TFE transcription factors

    Immunity3 Aug 2026

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