Impaired meningeal lymphatic drainage in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease

XB Ding, XX Wang, DH Xia, H Liu, HY Tian, Y Fu… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Animal studies implicate meningeal lymphatic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Pathological α-synuclein transmission initiates Parkinson-like neurodegeneration in nontransgenic mice

KC Luk, V Kehm, J Carroll, B Zhang, P O'Brien… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Parkinson's disease is characterized by abundant α-synuclein (α-Syn) neuronal inclusions,
known as Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and the massive loss of midbrain dopamine …

[HTML][HTML] Blocking meningeal lymphatic drainage aggravates Parkinson's disease-like pathology in mice overexpressing mutated α-synuclein

W Zou, T Pu, W Feng, M Lu, Y Zheng, R Du… - Translational …, 2019 - Springer
Background Abnormal aggregation of brain α-synuclein is a central step in the pathogenesis
of Parkinson's disease (PD), thus, it is reliable to promote the clearance of α-synuclein to …

[HTML][HTML] Human α-synuclein overexpression in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease leads to vascular pathology, blood brain barrier leakage and pericyte activation

O Elabi, A Gaceb, R Carlsson, T Padel… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the formation of Lewy bodies
containing aggregated alpha-synuclein (α-syn). Although PD is associated with these …

Gut-seeded α-synuclein fibrils promote gut dysfunction and brain pathology specifically in aged mice

C Challis, A Hori, TR Sampson, BB Yoo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease is a synucleinopathy that is characterized by motor dysfunction, death of
midbrain dopaminergic neurons and accumulation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregates …

Increased immune activation by pathologic α‐synuclein in Parkinson's disease

V Grozdanov, L Bousset, M Hoffmeister… - Annals of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Excessive inflammation in the central nervous system (CNS) and the periphery
can result in neurodegeneration and parkinsonism. Recent evidence suggests that immune …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling alpha-synuclein pathology in a human brain-chip to assess blood-brain barrier disruption

I Pediaditakis, KR Kodella, DV Manatakis, CY Le… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies are characterized by the abnormal
accumulation of alpha-synuclein aggregates, loss of dopaminergic neurons, and gliosis of …

Functional aspects of meningeal lymphatics in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

S Da Mesquita, A Louveau, A Vaccari, I Smirnov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Ageing is a major risk factor for many neurological pathologies, but its mechanisms remain
unclear. Unlike other tissues, the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS) lacks …

NK cells clear α-synuclein and the depletion of NK cells exacerbates synuclein pathology in a mouse model of α-synucleinopathy

RH Earls, KB Menees, J Chung… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The pathological hallmark of synucleinopathies, including Lewy body dementia and
Parkinson's disease (PD), is the presence of Lewy bodies, which are primarily composed of …

Mechanistic basis for receptor-mediated pathological α-synuclein fibril cell-to-cell transmission in Parkinson's disease

S Zhang, YQ Liu, C Jia, YJ Lim… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The spread of pathological α-synuclein (α-syn) is a crucial event in the progression of
Parkinson's disease (PD). Cell surface receptors such as lymphocyte activation gene 3 …