Dysregulated lipid metabolism and its role in α-synucleinopathy in Parkinson's disease

I Alecu, SAL Bennett - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, the main
pathological hallmark of which is the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) and the formation …

Molecular pathological classification of neurodegenerative diseases: turning towards precision medicine

GG Kovacs - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) are characterized by selective dysfunction and loss of
neurons associated with pathologically altered proteins that deposit in the human brain but …

Alpha-synuclein biology in Lewy body diseases

WS Kim, K Kågedal, GM Halliday - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2014 - Springer
Abstract α-Synuclein is an abundantly expressed neuronal protein that is at the center of
focus in understanding a group of neurodegenerative disorders called α-synucleinopathies …

α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease

L Stefanis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is a presynaptic neuronal protein that is linked genetically and
neuropathologically to Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein may contribute to PD …

[HTML][HTML] The olfactory bulb as the entry site for prion-like propagation in neurodegenerative diseases

NL Rey, DW Wesson, P Brundin - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Olfactory deficits are present in numerous neurodegenerative disorders and are
accompanied by pathology in related brain regions. In several of these disorders, olfactory …

Direct transfer of α-synuclein from neuron to astroglia causes inflammatory responses in synucleinopathies

HJ Lee, JE Suk, C Patrick, EJ Bae, JH Cho… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Abnormal neuronal aggregation of α-synuclein is implicated in the development of many
neurological disorders, including Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Glial …

Extensive uptake of α-synuclein oligomers in astrocytes results in sustained intracellular deposits and mitochondrial damage

V Lindström, G Gustafsson, LH Sanders… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of Lewy bodies, mainly consisting of aggregated α-synuclein, is a pathological
hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The α …

Astrocytic expression of Parkinson's disease-related A53T α-synuclein causes neurodegeneration in mice

XL Gu, CX Long, L Sun, C Xie, X Lin, H Cai - Molecular brain, 2010 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder. While
neuronal deposition of α-synuclein serves as a pathological hallmark of PD and Dementia …

The involvement of microRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases

S Maciotta, M Meregalli, Y Torrente - Frontiers in cellular …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) originate from a loss of neurons in the central nervous
system and are severely debilitating. The incidence of NDDs increases with age, and they …

Development of α-synuclein immunoreactive astrocytes in the forebrain parallels stages of intraneuronal pathology in sporadic Parkinson's disease

H Braak, M Sastre, K Del Tredici - Acta neuropathologica, 2007 - Springer
Astrocytic α-synuclein-immunoreactive inclusions have recently been noted to develop in
sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, the presence of immunoreactive astrocytes is …