Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies

S Koga, H Sekiya, N Kondru, OA Ross… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are clinically and pathologically heterogeneous disorders characterized
by pathologic aggregates of α-synuclein in neurons and glia, in the form of Lewy bodies …

Modeling Parkinson's disease with the alpha-synuclein protein

M Gómez-Benito, N Granado, P García-Sanz… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is a key protein involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology. PD
is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neuronal cells in the substantia nigra pars …

Exercise hormone irisin is a critical regulator of cognitive function

MR Islam, S Valaris, MF Young, EB Haley, R Luo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Identifying secreted mediators that drive the cognitive benefits of exercise holds great
promise for the treatment of cognitive decline in ageing or Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here …

Lewy pathology in Parkinson's disease consists of crowded organelles and lipid membranes

SH Shahmoradian, AJ Lewis, C Genoud, J Hench… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease, the most common age-related movement disorder, is a progressive
neurodegenerative disease with unclear etiology. Key neuropathological hallmarks are …

The physiological role of α‐synuclein and its relationship to Parkinson's Disease

D Sulzer, RH Edwards - Journal of neurochemistry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The protein α‐synuclein has a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD).
In this review, we discuss recent results concerning its primary function, which appears to be …

Alpha-synuclein structure and Parkinson's disease–lessons and emerging principles

RM Meade, DP Fairlie, JM Mason - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
Alpha-synuclein (αS) is the major constituent of Lewy bodies and a pathogenic hallmark of
all synucleinopathathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies …

Monomerization of TDP-43 is a key determinant for inducing TDP-43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Oiwa, S Watanabe, K Onodera, Y Iguchi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The cytoplasmic aggregation of TAR DNA binding protein-43 (TDP-43), also known as TDP-
43 pathology, is the pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However …

Alpha-synuclein aggregation pathway in Parkinson's disease: current status and novel therapeutic approaches

M Vidović, MG Rikalovic - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Following Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most common
neurodegenerative disorder, sharing an unclear pathophysiology, a multifactorial profile …

Parkinson's disease: proteinopathy or lipidopathy?

S Fanning, D Selkoe, U Dettmer - NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2020 - nature.com
Lipids play a more significant role in Parkinson's disease and its related brain disorders than
is currently recognized, supporting a “lipid cascade”. The 14 kDa protein α-synuclein (αS) is …

α‐synuclein suppresses microglial autophagy and promotes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

HY Tu, BS Yuan, XO Hou, XJ Zhang, CS Pei, YT Ma… - Aging cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cell‐to‐cell transfer of α‐synuclein (α‐Syn) greatly contributes to Parkinson's disease
(PD) pathogenesis and underlies the spread of α‐Syn pathology. During this process …