Pesticides exposure as etiological factors of Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases—a mechanistic approach

MT Baltazar, RJ Dinis-Oliveira, M de Lourdes Bastos… - Toxicology letters, 2014 - Elsevier
The etiology of most neurodegenerative disorders is multifactorial and consists of an
interaction between environmental factors and genetic predisposition. The role of pesticide …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-synuclein: from early synaptic dysfunction to neurodegeneration

V Ghiglieri, V Calabrese, P Calabresi - Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last two decades, many experimental and clinical studies have provided solid
evidence that alpha-synuclein (α-syn), a small, natively unfolded protein, is closely related to …

[HTML][HTML] The C-terminal tail of α-synuclein protects against aggregate replication but is critical for oligomerization

A Farzadfard, JN Pedersen, G Meisl… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Aggregation of the 140-residue protein α-synuclein (αSN) is a key factor in the etiology of
Parkinson's disease. Although the intensely anionic C-terminal domain (CTD) of αSN does …

Activation of MyD88-dependent TLR1/2 signaling by misfolded α-synuclein, a protein linked to neurodegenerative disorders

SG Daniele, D Béraud, C Davenport, K Cheng… - Science …, 2015 - science.org
Synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson's disease and diffuse Lewy body disease, are
progressive neurodegenerative disorders characterized by selective neuronal death …

Autophagy in aging and neurodegenerative diseases: implications for pathogenesis and therapy

CC Tan, JT Yu, MS Tan, T Jiang, XC Zhu, L Tan - Neurobiology of aging, 2014 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease,
Huntington's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, share a common cellular and …

Neuropathology of multiple system atrophy: new thoughts about pathogenesis

KA Jellinger - Movement Disorders, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal adult‐onset neurodegenerative disorder of
uncertain etiology, clinically manifesting with autonomic failure associated with …

[HTML][HTML] α-synuclein transfer through tunneling nanotubes occurs in SH-SY5Y cells and primary brain pericytes from Parkinson's disease patients

BV Dieriks, TIH Park, C Fourie, RLM Faull… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the presence of inclusions known as Lewy
bodies, which mainly consist of α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates. There is growing evidence …

Crucial role of protein oligomerization in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

ML Choi, S Gandhi - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Misfolding and aggregation of the proteins amyloid‐β, tau and alpha‐synuclein is the
predominant pathology underlying the neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer's and …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial activation and antioxidant responses induced by the Parkinson's disease protein α-synuclein

D Béraud, HA Hathaway, J Trecki… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2013 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative
disorder typified by tremor, rigidity, akinesia and postural instability due in part to the loss of …

Structural characteristics of α-synuclein oligomers

N Cremades, SW Chen, CM Dobson - … review of cell and molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Oligomeric forms of amyloid aggregates have been detected in the brains and tissues of
patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease, and it is …