Alpha-synuclein: Pathology, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

EM Rocha, B De Miranda, LH Sanders - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative
disease. While the etiology of PD is likely multifactorial, the protein α-synuclein is a central …

The role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseases: the lesson from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

G Monzio Compagnoni, A Di Fonzo, S Corti… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Although the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases is still widely unclear, various
mechanisms have been proposed and several pieces of evidence are supportive for an …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease–a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential

MT Henrich, WH Oertel, DJ Surmeier… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Mitochondrial dysfunction is strongly implicated in the etiology of idiopathic and genetic
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, strategies aimed at ameliorating mitochondrial …

Reverse engineering Lewy bodies: how far have we come and how far can we go?

MB Fares, S Jagannath, HA Lashuel - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Lewy bodies (LBs) are α-synuclein (α-syn)-rich intracellular inclusions that are an important
pathological hallmark of Parkinson disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and mitophagy in Parkinson's: from familial to sporadic disease

BJ Ryan, S Hoek, EA Fon, R Wade-Martins - Trends in biochemical …, 2015 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the
preferential loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Mitochondrial dysfunction …

Cellular and molecular basis of neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease

XS Zeng, WS Geng, JJ Jia, L Chen… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It has been 200 years since Parkinson disease (PD) was described by Dr. Parkinson in
1817. The disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease characterized …

An update on the rotenone models of Parkinson's disease: their ability to reproduce the features of clinical disease and model gene–environment interactions

ME Johnson, L Bobrovskaya - Neurotoxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder that is
characterized by two major neuropathological hallmarks: the degeneration of dopaminergic …

Animal models of Parkinson's disease

EA Konnova, M Swanberg - Exon Publications, 2018 - exonpublications.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a heterogenous disease with a varying age of onset, symptoms,
and rate of progression. This heterogeneity requires the use of a variety of animal models to …

Mitophagy and reactive oxygen species interplay in Parkinson's disease

B Xiao, J Kuruvilla, EK Tan - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Mitophagy impairment and oxidative stress are cardinal pathological hallmarks in
Parkinson's disease (PD), a common age-related neurodegenerative condition. The specific …

Abrogating native α-synuclein tetramers in mice causes a L-DOPA-responsive motor syndrome closely resembling Parkinson's disease

S Nuber, M Rajsombath, G Minakaki, J Winkler… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Summary α-Synuclein (αS) regulates vesicle exocytosis but forms insoluble deposits in
Parkinson's disease (PD). Developing disease-modifying therapies requires animal models …