Therapeutic approaches to target alpha-synuclein pathology

P Brundin, KD Dave, JH Kordower - Experimental neurology, 2017 - Elsevier
Starting two decades ago with the discoveries of genetic links between alpha-synuclein and
Parkinson's disease risk and the identification of aggregated alpha-synuclein as the main …

The concept of prodromal Parkinson's disease

P Mahlknecht, K Seppi… - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is currently clinically defined by a set of cardinal motor features
centred on the presence of bradykinesia and at least one additional motor symptom out of …

Functional variants in the LRRK2 gene confer shared effects on risk for Crohn's disease and Parkinson's disease

KY Hui, H Fernandez-Hernandez, J Hu… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Crohn's disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease, has a higher prevalence in
Ashkenazi Jewish than in non-Jewish European populations. To define the role of …

The role of monogenic genes in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

X Reed, S Bandrés-Ciga, C Blauwendraat… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past two decades, mutations in multiple genes have been linked to autosomal
dominant or recessive forms of monogenic Parkinson's disease (PD). Collectively, these …

LRRK2 inhibitors induce reversible changes in nonhuman primate lungs without measurable pulmonary deficits

MAS Baptista, K Merchant, T Barrett… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
The kinase-activating mutation G2019S in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is one of
the most common genetic causes of Parkinson's disease (PD) and has spurred development …

Palmitoylation of the Parkinson's disease–associated protein synaptotagmin-11 links its turnover to α-synuclein homeostasis

GPH Ho, EC Wilkie, AJ White, DJ Selkoe - Science signaling, 2023 - science.org
Synaptotagmin-11 (Syt11) is a vesicle-trafficking protein that is linked genetically to
Parkinson's disease (PD). Likewise, the protein α-synuclein regulates vesicle trafficking, and …

pH regulates potassium conductance and drives a constitutive proton current in human TMEM175

W Zheng, C Shen, L Wang, S Rawson, WJ Xie… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Human TMEM175, a noncanonical potassium (K+) channel in endolysosomes, contributes
to their pH stability and is implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] Modifiable risk and protective factors in disease development, progression and clinical subtypes of Parkinson's disease: What do prospective studies suggest …

D Belvisi, R Pellicciari, G Fabbrini, M Tinazzi… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder whose pathogenesis depends on
a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The aim of the present review was to …

LRRK2 and the Endolysosomal System in Parkinson's Disease

ML Erb, DJ Moore - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) cause autosomal dominant familial
Parkinson's disease (PD), with pathogenic mutations enhancing LRRK2 kinase activity …

Lrrk2 alleles modulate inflammation during microbial infection of mice in a sex-dependent manner

B Shutinoski, M Hakimi, IE Harmsen, M Lunn… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Variants in the leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 (LRRK2) gene are associated with Parkinson's
disease, leprosy, and Crohn's disease, three disorders with inflammation as an important …