α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction

M Sharma, J Burré - Trends in neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is a neuronal protein that is enriched in presynaptic terminals. Under
physiological conditions, it binds to synaptic vesicle membranes and functions in …

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 …

The Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein is a modulator of processing bodies and mRNA stability

E Hallacli, C Kayatekin, S Nazeen, XH Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Alpha-synuclein (αS) is a conformationally plastic protein that reversibly binds to cellular
membranes. It aggregates and is genetically linked to Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we …

Alpha-synuclein research: defining strategic moves in the battle against Parkinson's disease

LMA Oliveira, T Gasser, R Edwards… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
With the advent of the genetic era in Parkinson's disease (PD) research in 1997, α-synuclein
was identified as an important player in a complex neurodegenerative disease that affects> …

Cell biology and pathophysiology of α-synuclein

J Burré, M Sharma, TC Südhof - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that is highly enriched in presynaptic nerve
terminals. Genetics and neuropathology studies link α-synuclein to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

The synucleinopathies: twenty years on

M Goedert, R Jakes… - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
In 2017, it is two hundred years since James Parkinson provided the first complete clinical
description of the disease named after him, fifty years since the introduction of high-dose D …

α-Synuclein strains cause distinct synucleinopathies after local and systemic administration

W Peelaerts, L Bousset, A Van der Perren… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Misfolded protein aggregates represent a continuum with overlapping features in
neurodegenerative diseases, but differences in protein components and affected brain …

α-synuclein in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease

D Twohig, HM Nielsen - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
The Alzheimer's disease (AD) afflicted brain is neuropathologically defined by extracellular
amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles composed of …

The synaptic function of α-synuclein

J Burré - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein which localizes predominantly to
presynaptic terminals, and is strongly linked genetically and pathologically to Parkinson's …

[HTML][HTML] The function of α-synuclein

JT Bendor, TP Logan, RH Edwards - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Human genetics has indicated a causal role for the protein α-synuclein in the pathogenesis
of familial Parkinson's disease (PD), and the aggregation of synuclein in essentially all …