The concept of alpha-synuclein as a prion-like protein: ten years after

JA Steiner, E Quansah, P Brundin - Cell and tissue research, 2018 - Springer
Parkinson's disease is characterized by the loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic signaling and
the presence of alpha-synuclein aggregates (also called Lewy bodies and neurites) …

Modeling Parkinson's Disease in C. elegans

JF Cooper, JM Van Raamsdonk - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an adult onset neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by selective degeneration of neurons primarily in the substantia nigra. At present, the …

Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils

R Guerrero-Ferreira, NMI Taylor, D Mona, P Ringler… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neuropathological disorder that belongs to the class of
synucleinopathies, in which the protein alpha-synuclein is found at abnormally high …

LRRK2 kinase regulates α-synuclein propagation via RAB35 phosphorylation

EJ Bae, DK Kim, C Kim, M Mante, A Adame… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Propagation of α-synuclein aggregates has been suggested as a contributing factor in
Parkinson's disease (PD) progression. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying α …

Monitoring α-synuclein aggregation

J Estaun-Panzano, ML Arotcarena, E Bezard - Neurobiology of disease, 2023 - Elsevier
Synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB),
and multiple system atrophy (MSA), are characterized by the misfolding and subsequent …

Gut-to-brain α-synuclein transmission in parkinson's disease: evidence for prion-like mechanisms

M Chen, DE Mor - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial disorder involving both motor and non-motor
symptoms caused by the progressive death of distinct neuronal populations, including …

ɑ-Synuclein strains and seeding in Parkinson's disease, incidental Lewy body disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy: similarities and …

W Peelaerts, L Bousset, V Baekelandt, R Melki - Cell and tissue research, 2018 - Springer
Several age-related neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by the deposition of
aberrantly folded endogenous proteins. These proteins have prion-like propagation and …

[HTML][HTML] Doxycycline inhibits α-synuclein-associated pathologies in vitro and in vivo

A Dominguez-Meijide, V Parrales, E Vasili… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are neurodegenerative
disorders characterized by the misfolding and aggregation of alpha-synuclein (aSyn) …

Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans

KS Chen, K Menezes, JB Rodgers, DM O'Hara… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease is a disabling neurodegenerative movement disorder
characterized by dopaminergic neuron loss induced by α-synuclein oligomers. There is an …

Found in Translation: The Utility of C. elegans Alpha-Synuclein Models of Parkinson's Disease

AL Gaeta, KA Caldwell, GA Caldwell - Brain sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease in the
world, yet the fundamental and underlying causes of the disease are largely unknown, and …