α-Synuclein, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease

S Kim, JH Seo, YH Suh - Parkinsonism & related disorders, 2004 - Elsevier
… Alpha synuclein (α-SN) is a ubiquitous protein that is especially abundant … Parkinson's
disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we show that α-…

α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease

L Stefanis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is a presynaptic neuronal protein that is linked genetically and neuropathologically
to Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein may contribute to PD pathogenesis in a …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein misfolding and Parkinson's disease

L Breydo, JW Wu, VN Uversky - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2012 - Elsevier
Substantial evidence links α-synuclein, a small highly conserved presynaptic protein with
unknown function, to both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein has …

αSynuclein and Parkinson's disease

A Recchia, P Debetto, A Negro, D Guidolin… - The FASEB …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
… Interest in α‐syn has increased dramatically after the discovery of a relationship between its
diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The physiological functions of α‐syn remain …

Alpha-synuclein and Parkinson's disease

CB Lücking, A Brice* - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2000 - Springer
α-synuclein mutations were shown to be associated with autosomal-dominant Parkinson's
disease … However, the discovery that α-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies and …

The central theme of Parkinson's disease: α-synuclein

M Ozansoy, AN Başak - Molecular neurobiology, 2013 - Springer
… yielded remarkable insights into the role of α-synuclein in neurodegeneration, and, today, …
role of α-synuclein in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease. This is because α-synuclein is …

Alphasynuclein as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease

A Atik, T Stewart, J Zhang - Brain pathology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized pathologically
by the presence of α-synuclein (α-… , highlighting the need for disease-specific and early …

AlphaSynuclein in Parkinson's Disease: From Pathogenetic Dysfunction to Potential Clinical Application

L Xu, J Pu - Parkinson's disease, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… various α-synuclein … in Parkinson’s disease patients. This review summarizes our current
knowledge of the pathogenetic dysfunction of α-synuclein associated with Parkinson’s disease

α-Synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease and related α-synucleinopathies

MX Henderson, JQ Trojanowski, VMY Lee - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
… neurodegenerative disease. In this review, we explore the evidence for cell-to-cell
transmission of pathological α-synuclein, the current understanding of how pathological α-synuclein

Parkinson's disease and αsynuclein expression

MJ Devine, K Gwinn, A Singleton… - Movement Disorders, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… clinical impact of α-synuclein locus multiplications, and the implications that this has for
Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. Finally, we discuss potential strategies for disease-modifying …