Performance of a seed amplification assay for misfolded alpha-synuclein in cerebrospinal fluid and brain tissue in relation to Lewy body disease stage and pathology …

GM Bentivenga, A Mammana, S Baiardi, M Rossi… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
The development of in vitro seed amplification assays (SAA) detecting misfolded alpha-
synuclein (αSyn) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and other tissues has provided a pathology …

Kinetic parameters of alpha-synuclein seed amplification assay correlate with cognitive impairment in patients with Lewy body disorders

S Bräuer, M Rossi, J Sajapin, T Henle, T Gasser… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
The alpha-synuclein (aSyn) seed amplification assay (SAA) can identify aSyn aggregates as
indicator for Lewy body pathology in biomaterials of living patients and help in diagnosing …

Performance of αSynuclein RT-QuIC in relation to neuropathological staging of Lewy body disease

S Hall, CD Orrù, GE Serrano, D Galasko… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Currently, there is a need for diagnostic markers in Lewy body disorders (LBD). α-synuclein
(αSyn) RT-QuIC has emerged as a promising assay to detect misfolded αSyn in clinically or …

Disease-Specific α-Synuclein Seeding in Lewy Body Disease and Multiple System Atrophy Are Preserved in Formaldehyde-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Human Brain

A Kim, I Martinez-Valbuena, J Li, AE Lang, GG Kovacs - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent studies have been able to detect α-synuclein (αSyn) seeding in formaldehyde-fixed
paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues from patients with synucleinopathies using seed …

α‐Synuclein seed amplification in CSF and brain from patients with different brain distributions of pathological α‐synuclein in the context of co‐pathology and non …

MR Arnold, DG Coughlin, BH Brumbach… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of α‐
synuclein seed amplification assay (αSyn‐SAA) in antemortem and postmortem …

Streamlined alpha-synuclein RT-QuIC assay for various biospecimens in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

C Bargar, W Wang, SA Gunzler, A LeFevre… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Definitive diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
relies on postmortem finding of disease-associated alpha-synuclein (αSyn D) as misfolded …

Ultrasensitive RT-QuIC assay with high sensitivity and specificity for Lewy body-associated synucleinopathies

M Rossi, N Candelise, S Baiardi, S Capellari… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
The clinical diagnosis of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia
with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA), is challenging, especially at an …

The promise of amplification assays for accurate early detection of α-synucleinopathies: A review

R Kurapova, L Chouliaras, JT O'Brien - Experimental Gerontology, 2022 - Elsevier
Lewy body dementia encompasses the common neurodegenerative disorders Dementia
with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). Lewy Body disease …

Effect of the micro-environment on α-synuclein conversion and implication in seeded conversion assays

N Candelise, M Schmitz, K Thüne, M Cramm… - Translational …, 2020 - Springer
Background α-Synuclein is a small soluble protein, whose physiological function in the
healthy brain is poorly understood. Intracellular inclusions of α-synuclein, referred to as …

Association between CSF alpha-synuclein seeding activity and genetic status in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

K Brockmann, C Quadalti, S Lerche, M Rossi… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
The clinicopathological heterogeneity in Lewy-body diseases (LBD) highlights the need for
pathology-driven biomarkers in-vivo. Misfolded alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is a lead candidate …