LRRK2
The lane
- Status
- Narrowed. Several attempts failed; work continues in a smaller group or with a different drug.
- Verdict
- Raised LRRK2 activity in ordinary Parkinson's justified LUMA, which failed; lung findings proved reversible; BEACON (carriers) and NEU-411 read out in 2027.
- Family
- Housekeeping
- Landmarks
- 19 in this lane, 3 more tagged with it. Advanced 10 · Open 4 · Pending 2 · Superseded 1 · Dead end 2
The verdict and status come from the project's branches.yaml and use research wording.
Landmarks in this lane
| The LRRK2 gene: the first gene-based drug target | 2004 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 0 |
| LRRK2 G2385R and R1628P | 2006–2008 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| How often LRRK2 G2019S carriers get Parkinson's | 2008 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| VPS35 mutation and the retromer | 2011 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| RAB29 recruits and activates LRRK2 | 2013–2018 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 4 |
| LRRK2 inhibitor lung findings | 2015–2020 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| LRRK2 phosphorylates Rab proteins | 2016 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 4 |
| LRRK2 and lysosome damage | 2018 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 4 |
| LRRK2 overactive in idiopathic Parkinson's | 2018 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 2 |
| PPM1H reverses LRRK2's Rab tags | 2019 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| People with one broken LRRK2 copy are healthy | 2020 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 5 |
| Detailed 3D structures of LRRK2 | 2020–2021 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 2 |
| DNL151 (BIIB122) Phase 1 and 1b | 2021–2023 | Trial in people | Passed this stage | 1 | 220 | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| DNL201 Phase 1/1b | 2022 | Trial in people | Replaced by a newer approach | 1 | 150 | 19 Oct 2026 | 2 |
| RAB32 Ser71Arg | 2024 | Discovery | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 2 |
| BEACON BIIB122 in LRRK2 carriers | 2024–2027 | Trial in people | Result due Mar 2027 | 2 | 50 | 19 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| NEU-411 (NEULARK) | 2025–2027 | Trial in people | Result due Dec 2027 | 2 | 150 | 18 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| LRRK2 antisense BIIB094 | 2026 | Trial in people | Did not work | 1 | 82 | 19 Oct 2026 | 2 |
| BIIB122 / DNL151 (LUMA) | 2026 | Trial in people | Did not work | 2 | 648 | 19 Oct 2026 | 7 |
Also tagged with this lane
| Target-engagement markers for LRRK2 drugs | 2010–2023 | Research tool | Confirmed and built on | – | – | 19 Oct 2026 | 5 |
| IBD, anti-TNF drugs and LRRK2 | 2018 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 3 |
| LRRK2 lowers GCase | 2019 | Discovery | Still being studied | – | – | 20 Oct 2026 | 3 |
Links with other lanes
Built on work from
- Gene therapy & delivery: 1 link
- Biomarkers: 1 link
- Lysosome & GBA: 1 link
Led to work in
- Biomarkers: 3 links
- Genetic architecture: 2 links
- Lysosome & GBA: 1 link
- Infrastructure & funding: 1 link
- Models: 1 link
- Inflammation & immunity: 1 link