Results: Skin biopsies provide >90% sensitivity and >90% specificity to distinguish PD from control participants across all biopsies sites with quantification of either pilomotor or sudomotor α-synuclein deposition. All individuals with PD have significantly higher cutaneous α-synuclein deposition than control participants, even those individuals with PD and no evidence of autonomic dysfunction. Deposition of α-synuclein is most prominent in sympathetic adrenergic nerve fibers innervating the arrector pili muscles, but is also present in sudomotor (sympathetic cholinergic) nerve fibers. α-Synuclein is present even in the early stages of disease and disease of short duration. α-Synuclein ratios were higher in individuals with autonomic failure, with more advanced stages of disease and disease of longer duration.Conclusions: The α-synuclein ratio provides a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker of PD even in patients without autonomic failure.Classification of evidence: This study provides Class III evidence that cutaneous α-synuclein deposition accurately identifies patients with PD.
Source: The diagnostic discrimination of cutaneous α-synuclein deposition in Parkinson disease – PMC
- So seems that sweat glands are secreting alpha-synuclein, could sweating be used to detox or to normalize levels of alpha-synuclein