RBG motif bridge-like lipid transport proteins: structure, functions, and open questions

M Hanna, A Guillén-Samander… - Annual Review of Cell …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The life of eukaryotic cells requires the transport of lipids between membranes, which are
separated by the aqueous environment of the cytosol. Vesicle-mediated traffic along the …

Alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson's disease

E Srinivasan, G Chandrasekhar… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD), a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by distinct aging-
independent loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) region …

Urinary proteome profiling for stratifying patients with familial Parkinson's disease

S Virreira Winter, O Karayel, MT Strauss… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) is increasing but the development of novel
treatment strategies and therapeutics altering the course of the disease would benefit from …

[HTML][HTML] Dopamine transporter and synaptic vesicle sorting defects underlie auxilin-associated Parkinson's disease

DJ Vidyadhara, M Somayaji, N Wade, B Yücel, H Zhao… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Auxilin participates in the uncoating of clathrin-coated vesicles (CCVs), thereby facilitating
synaptic vesicle (SV) regeneration at presynaptic sites. Auxilin (DNAJC6/PARK19) loss-of …

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane contact sites, lipid transport, and neurodegeneration

A Guillén-Samander… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2023 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) is an endomembrane system that plays a multiplicity of
roles in cell physiology and populates even the most distal cell compartments, including …

The cell biology of Parkinson's disease

N Panicker, P Ge, VL Dawson, TM Dawson - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from the
death of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. Our understanding of PD …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular chaperones and Parkinson's disease

S Hu, J Tan, L Qin, L Lv, W Yan, H Zhang, BS Tang… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive
death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and the formation of Lewy bodies …

ER-lysosome lipid transfer protein VPS13C/PARK23 prevents aberrant mtDNA-dependent STING signaling

W Hancock-Cerutti, Z Wu, P Xu, N Yadavalli… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Mutations in VPS13C cause early-onset, autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD). We
have established that VPS13C encodes a lipid transfer protein localized to contact sites …

The cell biology of LRRK2 in Parkinson's disease

A Usmani, F Shavarebi, A Hiniker - Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Point mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) are the most common cause of
familial Parkinson's disease (PD) and are implicated in a significant proportion of apparently …

Presynaptic autophagy is coupled to the synaptic vesicle cycle via ATG-9

S Yang, D Park, L Manning, SE Hill, M Cao, Z Xuan… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Autophagy is a cellular degradation pathway essential for neuronal health and function.
Autophagosome biogenesis occurs at synapses, is locally regulated, and increases in …