Targeting biomolecular condensation and protein aggregation against cancer

JL Silva, D Foguel, VF Ferreira, TCRG Vieira… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, membrane-less entities arising from liquid–liquid phase
separation, hold dichotomous roles in health and disease. Alongside their physiological …

Opportunities and challenges of alpha-synuclein as a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies

P Magalhães, HA Lashuel - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common progressive
neurodegenerative disease, develops and progresses for 10–15 years before the clinical …

Motor and non-motor circuit disturbances in early Parkinson disease: which happens first?

J Blesa, G Foffani, B Dehay, E Bezard… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
For the last two decades, pathogenic concepts in Parkinson disease (PD) have revolved
around the toxicity and spread of α-synuclein. Thus, α-synuclein would follow caudo-rostral …

Pharmacological modulation of Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway as a therapeutic target of Parkinson's disease

Y Wang, L Gao, J Chen, Q Li, L Huo, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder featuring both motor and
nonmotor symptoms associated with a progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the …

Blood markers of inflammation, neurodegeneration, and cardiovascular risk in early Parkinson's disease

M Bartl, M Dakna, S Schade, B Otte, T Wicke… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Recent studies point toward a significant impact of cardiovascular processes
and inflammation on Parkinson's disease (PD) progression. Objective The aim of this study …

Chemical synthesis of bioactive proteins

O Harel, M Jbara - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nature has developed a plethora of protein machinery to operate and maintain nearly every
task of cellular life. These processes are tightly regulated via post‐expression modifications …

Identification of exosomal biomarkers and its optimal isolation and detection method for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

IS Nila, DM Sumsuzzman, ZA Khan, JH Jung… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, there has been growing interest in exosomal biomarkers for their active targeting
and specificity for delivering their cargos (proteins, lipids, nucleic acids) from the parent cell …

Who ever said it would be easy? Reflecting on two clinical trials targeting α‐synuclein

PH Jensen, MG Schlossmacher… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Two recent, high‐profile manuscripts reported negative results with two parallel approaches
of passive immunization targeting α‐synuclein in a population of patients with early …

Aggregate-prone brain regions in Parkinson's disease are rich in unique N-terminus α-synuclein conformers with high proteolysis susceptibility

JA Wiseman, HC Murray, RLMF Faull… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
In Parkinson's disease (PD), and other α-synucleinopathies, α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregates
form a myriad of conformational and truncational variants. Most antibodies used to detect …

Lewy bodies, iron, inflammation and neuromelanin: pathological aspects underlying Parkinson's disease

P Riederer, T Nagatsu, MBH Youdim, M Wulf… - Journal of Neural …, 2023 - Springer
Since the description of some peculiar symptoms by James Parkinson in 1817, attempts
have been made to define its cause or at least to enlighten the pathology of “Parkinson's …