The contribution of alpha synuclein to neuronal survival and function–Implications for Parkinson's disease

MJ Benskey, RG Perez… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The aggregation of alpha synuclein (α‐syn) is a neuropathological feature that defines a
spectrum of disorders collectively termed synucleinopathies, and of these, Parkinson's …

Alpha-synuclein post-translational modifications as potential biomarkers for Parkinson disease and other synucleinopathies

AW Schmid, B Fauvet, M Moniatte… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2013 - ASBMB
The development of novel therapies against neurodegenerative disorders requires the
ability to detect their early, presymptomatic manifestations in order to enable treatment …

Posttranslational Modifications of α-Synuclein, Their Therapeutic Potential, and Crosstalk in Health and Neurodegenerative Diseases

K Hassanzadeh, J Liu, S Maddila, MM Mouradian… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites has
emerged as a key pathogenetic feature in Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies …

[HTML][HTML] Axonopathy in an α-Synuclein transgenic model of Lewy body disease is associated with extensive accumulation of C-terminal–truncated α-Synuclein

D Games, P Seubert, E Rockenstein, C Patrick… - The American journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Progressive accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) in limbic and striatonigral systems is
associated with the neurodegenerative processes in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and …

[HTML][HTML] A mouse model to test novel therapeutics for Parkinson's disease: an update on the Thy1-aSyn (“line 61”) mice

F Richter, M Stanojlovic, C Käufer, B Gericke, M Feja - Neurotherapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of neuroprotective therapeutics for Parkinson's disease (PD) is facing
a lack of translation from pre-clinical to clinical trials. One strategy for improvement is to …

Alpha-synuclein overexpressing transgenic mice show internal organ pathology and autonomic deficits

PJ Hallett, JR McLean, A Kartunen, JW Langston… - Neurobiology of …, 2012 - Elsevier
While studying transgenic mice that overexpress human wildtype alpha-synuclein (Thy1-
ASO, ASO) for typical brain alpha-synucleinopathy and central nervous system …

Genetic variants and animal models in SNCA and Parkinson disease

H Deng, L Yuan - Ageing research reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Parkinson disease (PD; MIM 168600) is the second most common progressive
neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a variety of motor and non-motor features. To …

α-Synuclein-carrying extracellular vesicles in Parkinson's disease: deadly transmitters

DA Chistiakov, AA Chistiakov - Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2017 - Springer
Exosomes play a key role in delivery of various biological material and complex signals from
one cell to another at long distances. These small extracellular vehicles are involved in …

Up-regulation of SNCA gene expression: implications to synucleinopathies

L Tagliafierro, O Chiba-Falek - Neurogenetics, 2016 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases that share a common
pathological lesion of intracellular protein inclusions largely composed by aggregates of …

Deregulation of α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease: Insight from epigenetic structure and transcriptional regulation of SNCA

S Guhathakurta, E Bok, BA Evangelista, YS Kim - Progress in neurobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding regulation of α-synuclein has long been a central focus for Parkinson's
disease (PD) researchers. Accumulation of this protein in the Lewy body or neurites …