Advances in understanding the function of alpha-synuclein: Implications for Parkinson's disease

P Calabresi, G Di Lazzaro, G Marino, F Campanelli… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The critical role of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease represents a pivotal discovery.
Some progress has been made over recent years in identifying disease-modifying therapies …

Alpha synuclein: neurodegeneration and inflammation

G Forloni - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alpha-Synuclein (α-Syn) is one of the most important molecules involved in the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease and related disorders, synucleinopathies, but also in …

PrP is a central player in toxicity mediated by soluble aggregates of neurodegeneration-causing proteins

GT Corbett, Z Wang, W Hong, M Colom-Cadena… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Neurodegenerative diseases are an enormous public health problem, affecting tens of
millions of people worldwide. Nearly all of these diseases are characterized by …

Ultrastructural and biochemical classification of pathogenic tau, α-synuclein and TDP-43

A Tarutani, T Adachi, H Akatsu, Y Hashizume… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Intracellular accumulation of abnormal proteins with conformational changes is the defining
neuropathological feature of neurodegenerative diseases. The pathogenic proteins that …

Peripheral inflammation exacerbates α‐synuclein toxicity and neuropathology in Parkinson's models

P La Vitola, C Balducci, M Baroni… - Neuropathology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Parkinson's disease and related disorders are devastating neurodegenerative
pathologies. Since α‐synuclein was identified as a main component of Lewy bodies and …

Beyond the synucleinopathies: alpha synuclein as a driving force in neurodegenerative comorbidities

NP Visanji, AE Lang, GG Kovacs - Translational neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
The fundamental role that alpha-synuclein (aSyn) plays in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular alpha-synuclein: Sensors, receptors, and responses

R Domingues, R Sant'Anna, ACC da Fonseca… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synucleinopathies are a group of progressive neurodegenerative diseases known for the
accumulation of insoluble aggregates containing the protein alpha-synuclein (aSyn) …

Tau is required for progressive synaptic and memory deficits in a transgenic mouse model of α-synucleinopathy

B Singh, A Covelo, H Martell-Martínez… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are clinically
and neuropathologically highly related α-synucleinopathies that collectively constitute the …

Prion protein: the molecule of many forms and faces

V Kovač, V Čurin Šerbec - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein most
abundantly found in the outer membrane of neurons. Due to structural characteristics (a …

Molecular events underlying the cell‐to‐cell transmission of α‐synuclein

YR Choi, SJ Park, SM Park - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), which is a progressive neurodegenerative
disease, is associated with the formation of protein inclusion bodies called Lewy bodies (LB) …