Nanomaterials as novel agents for amelioration of Parkinson's disease

J Wu, X Cui, PC Ke, M Mortimer, X Wang, L Bao… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is becoming prevalent with the increasingly ageing global
population. PD is a multi-factorial disease for which there is currently no cure but only …

The bidirectional interplay of α-Synuclein with lipids in the central nervous system and its implications for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease

K Battis, W Xiang, J Winkler - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The alteration and aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) play a crucial role in
neurodegenerative diseases collectively termed as synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's …

Adaptive structural changes in the motor cortex and white matter in Parkinson's disease

YH Fu, L Zhou, H Li, JHT Hsiao, B Li, O Tanglay… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder characterized by the early loss of
nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathways producing significant network changes impacting motor …

Excess Rab4 rescues synaptic and behavioral dysfunction caused by defective HTT-Rab4 axonal transport in Huntington's disease

JA White, TJ Krzystek, H Hoffmar-Glennon… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
Huntington's disease (HD) is characterized by protein inclusions and loss of striatal neurons
which result from expanded CAG repeats in the poly-glutamine (polyQ) region of the …

Differential mitochondrial roles for α-synuclein in DRP1-dependent fission and PINK1/Parkin-mediated oxidation

TJ Krzystek, R Banerjee, L Thurston, JQ Huang… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles with strict quality control processes that
maintain cellular homeostasis. Within axons, coordinated cycles of fission-fusion mediated …

Huntingtin-mediated axonal transport requires arginine methylation by PRMT6

A Migazzi, C Scaramuzzino, EN Anderson, D Tripathy… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The huntingtin (HTT) protein transports various organelles, including vesicles containing
neurotrophic factors, from embryonic development throughout life. To better understand how …

α-Synuclein at the presynaptic axon terminal as a double-edged sword

LY Tan, KH Tang, LYY Lim, JX Ong, H Park, S Jung - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
α-synuclein (α-syn) is a presynaptic, lipid-binding protein strongly associated with the
neuropathology observed in Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) …

Acceleration of α-synuclein fibril formation and associated cytotoxicity stimulated by silica nanoparticles as a model of neurodegenerative diseases

C Pang, N Zhang, M Falahati - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
A wide range of biophysical and theoretical analysis were employed to explore the formation
of (α-syn) amyloid fibril formation as a model of Parkinson's disease in the presence of silica …

Administration of AAV-alpha synuclein NAC antibody improves locomotor behavior in rats overexpressing alpha synuclein

YH Chen, KJ Wu, W Hsieh, BK Harvey, BJ Hoffer… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accumulation of α-Synuclein (αSyn) in nigral dopaminergic neurons is commonly seen in
patients with Parkinson′ s disease (PD). We recently reported that transduction of …

Alpha-synuclein contribution to neuronal and glial damage in Parkinson's disease

K Saramowicz, N Siwecka, G Galita… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the widespread …