Propagative α-synuclein seeds as serum biomarkers for synucleinopathies

A Okuzumi, T Hatano, G Matsumoto, S Nojiri, S Ueno… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal α-synuclein aggregation is a key pathological feature of a group of
neurodegenerative diseases known as synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's …

α-Synuclein is phosphorylated in synucleinopathy lesions

H Fujiwara, M Hasegawa, N Dohmae… - Nature cell …, 2002 - nature.com
The deposition of the abundant presynaptic brain protein α-synuclein as fibrillary aggregates
in neurons or glial cells is a hallmark lesion in a subset of neurodegenerative disorders …

Seeding variability of different alpha synuclein strains in synucleinopathies

N Candelise, M Schmitz, F Llorens… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Currently, the exact reasons why different α‐synucleinopathies exhibit variable
pathologies and phenotypes are still unknown. A potential explanation may be the existence …

Discriminating α-synuclein strains in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

M Shahnawaz, A Mukherjee, S Pritzkow, N Mendez… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Synucleinopathies are neurodegenerative diseases that are associated with the misfolding
and aggregation of α-synuclein, including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies …

Seed amplification assay for the detection of pathologic alpha-synuclein aggregates in cerebrospinal fluid

L Concha-Marambio, S Pritzkow, M Shahnawaz… - Nature protocols, 2023 - nature.com
Misfolded alpha-synuclein (αSyn) aggregates are a hallmark event in Parkinson's disease
(PD) and other synucleinopathies. Recently, αSyn seed amplification assays (αSyn-SAAs) …

α-Synuclein seed amplification assays for diagnosing synucleinopathies: the way forward

G Bellomo, CMG De Luca, FP Paoletti, L Gaetani… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and the
most common synucleinopathy, as alpha-synuclein (α-syn), a prion-like protein, plays an …

Alpha synuclein in neurodegenerative disorders: murderer or accomplice?

E Mezey, A Dehejia, G Harta, MI Papp… - Nature medicine, 1998 - nature.com
Several neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by intracellular protein
accumulations or inclusions, such as the Lewy bodies of Parkinson's disease. Although little …

Detection of oligomeric forms of α‐synuclein protein in human plasma as a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease

OMA El‐Agnaf, SA Salem, KE Paleologou… - The FASEB …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
To date there is no accepted clinical diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease (PD) based on
biochemical analysis of blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). α‐Synuclein (α‐syn) protein has …

Rapid and ultra-sensitive quantitation of disease-associated α-synuclein seeds in brain and cerebrospinal fluid by αSyn RT-QuIC

BR Groveman, CD Orrù, AG Hughson… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2018 - Springer
The diagnosis and treatment of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson disease and dementia
with Lewy bodies would be aided by the availability of assays for the pathogenic disease …

Disease-associated α-synuclein aggregates as biomarkers of Parkinson disease clinical stage

N Majbour, J Aasly, I Abdi, S Ghanem, D Erskine… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Robust biomarkers that can mirror Parkinson disease (PD) are
of great significance. In this study, we present a novel approach to investigate disease …