Impairment of microtubule‐dependent trafficking by overexpression of α‐synuclein

HJ Lee, F Khoshaghideh, S Lee… - European Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal accumulation of α‐synuclein (α‐syn) has been linked to several neurological
disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the underlying mechanism by …

Release and uptake of pathologic alpha-synuclein

V Grozdanov, KM Danzer - Cell and tissue research, 2018 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease, which is
characterized by severe loss of dopaminergic neurons and formation of Lewy bodies, which …

Clearance of α-synuclein oligomeric intermediates via the lysosomal degradation pathway

HJ Lee, F Khoshaghideh, S Patel… - Journal of …, 2004 - Soc Neuroscience
Cytoplasmic deposition of α-synuclein aggregates is a common pathological feature of many
neurodegenerative diseases. Strong evidence for the causative role of α-synuclein in these …

Prying into the prion hypothesis for Parkinson's disease

P Brundin, R Melki - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
In Parkinson's disease, intracellular α-synuclein inclusions form in neurons. We suggest that
prion-like behavior of α-synuclein is a key component in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis …

New perspectives on roles of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease

G Zhang, Y Xia, F Wan, K Ma, X Guo, L Kou… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the synucleinopathies spectrum of disorders typified by
the presence of intraneuronal protein inclusions. It is primarily composed of misfolded and …

Sensitive western blotting for detection of endogenous Ser129-phosphorylated α-synuclein in intracellular and extracellular spaces

A Sasaki, S Arawaka, H Sato, T Kato - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein deposited in Lewy bodies, a pathological hallmark of Parkinson's
disease (PD), is highly phosphorylated at serine 129 (Ser129). In contrast, there is very little …

The many faces of α-synuclein: from structure and toxicity to therapeutic target

HA Lashuel, CR Overk, A Oueslati… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Disorders characterized by α-synuclein (α-syn) accumulation, Lewy body formation and
parkinsonism (and in some cases dementia) are collectively known as Lewy body diseases …

Brain region‐dependent differential expression of alpha‐synuclein

K Taguchi, Y Watanabe, A Tsujimura… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT α‐Synuclein, the major constituent of Lewy bodies (LBs), is normally expressed
in presynapses and is involved in synaptic function. Abnormal intracellular aggregation of α …

Alpha‐synuclein stimulation of astrocytes: Potential role for neuroinflammation and neuroprotection

HJ Lee, C Kim, SJ Lee - Oxidative medicine and cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Selective loss of neurons, abnormal protein deposition and neuroinflammation are the
common pathological features of neurodegenerative diseases, and these features are …

Prion-like spreading of pathological α-synuclein in brain

M Masuda-Suzukake, T Nonaka, M Hosokawa… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is the major component of filamentous inclusions that constitute the
defining characteristic of neurodegenerative α-synucleinopathies. However, the molecular …