Protein interaction networks in neurodegenerative diseases: From physiological function to aggregation

G Calabrese, C Molzahn, T Mayor - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
The accumulation of protein inclusions is linked to many neurodegenerative diseases that
typically develop in older individuals, due to a combination of genetic and environmental …

Initiation and progression of α-synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease

GK Tofaris - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2022 - Springer
Abstract α-Synuclein aggregation is a critical molecular process that underpins the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. Aggregates may originate at synaptic terminals as a …

Chiral metal-organic frameworks incorporating nanozymes as neuroinflammation inhibitors for managing Parkinson's disease

W Jiang, Q Li, R Zhang, J Li, Q Lin, J Li, X Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanomedicine-based anti-neuroinflammation strategy has become a promising dawn of
Parkinson's disease (PD) treatment. However, there are significant gaps in our …

Bioinspired shark skin-based liquid metal triboelectric nanogenerator for self-powered gait analysis and long-term rehabilitation monitoring

C Yeh, FC Kao, PH Wei, A Pal, K Kaswan, YT Huang… - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Real-time gait monitoring is crucial for neuromuscular diagnosis and rehabilitation of
neuromuscular ailments. However, the existing wearable sensors for gait analysis suffer …

α-Synuclein liquid condensates fuel fibrillar α-synuclein growth

L Piroska, A Fenyi, S Thomas, MA Plamont… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation into fibrils with prion-like features is intimately associated
with Lewy pathology and various synucleinopathies. Emerging studies suggest that α-Syn …

α-Synuclein aggregates amplified from patient-derived Lewy bodies recapitulate Lewy body diseases in mice

N Uemura, NP Marotta, J Ara, ES Meymand… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Extraction of α-Synuclein (αSyn) aggregates from Lewy body disease (LBD) brains has been
widely described yet templated fibrillization of LB-αSyn often fails to propagate its structural …

Structural and functional insights into α-synuclein fibril polymorphism

S Mehra, L Gadhe, R Bera, AS Sawner, SK Maji - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Abnormal accumulation of aggregated α-synuclein (α-Syn) is seen in a variety of
neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD), multiple system atrophy …

Monitoring α-synuclein ubiquitination dynamics reveals key endosomal effectors mediating its trafficking and degradation

D Zenko, J Marsh, AR Castle, R Lewin, R Fischer… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
While defective α-synuclein homeostasis is central to Parkinson's pathogenesis,
fundamental questions about its degradation remain unresolved. We have developed a …

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein S1 domain accelerates α-synuclein phosphorylation and aggregation in cellular models of synucleinopathy

J Wang, L Dai, M Deng, T Xiao, Z Zhang… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that began to
spread globally since 2019. Some COVID-19 patients have neurological complications …

Association between orthostatic hypotension and dementia in patients with Parkinson disease and multiple system atrophy

I Ruiz-Barrio, Y Miki, ZT Jaunmuktane, T Warner… - Neurology, 2023 - neurology.org
Background and Objectives Orthostatic hypotension (OH) increases dementia risk in
patients with Parkinson disease (PD), although the underlying mechanisms and whether a …