Alpha-synuclein aggregation pathway in Parkinson's disease: current status and novel therapeutic approaches

M Vidović, MG Rikalovic - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Following Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second-most common
neurodegenerative disorder, sharing an unclear pathophysiology, a multifactorial profile …

The potential role of ischaemia–reperfusion injury in chronic, relapsing diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, Long COVID, and ME/CFS: evidence, mechanisms, and …

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Ischaemia–reperfusion (I–R) injury, initiated via bursts of reactive oxygen species produced
during the reoxygenation phase following hypoxia, is well known in a variety of acute …

Development of an α-synuclein positron emission tomography tracer for imaging synucleinopathies

J Xiang, Y Tao, Y Xia, S Luo, Q Zhao, B Li, X Zhang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Synucleinopathies are characterized by the accumulation of α-synuclein (α-Syn) aggregates
in the brain. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of synucleinopathies requires …

EGCG remodels mature α-synuclein and amyloid-β fibrils and reduces cellular toxicity

J Bieschke, J Russ, RP Friedrich… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Protein misfolding and formation of β-sheet-rich amyloid fibrils or aggregates is related to
cellular toxicity and decay in various human disorders including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's …

Electrochemistry of nonconjugated proteins and glycoproteins. Toward sensors for biomedicine and glycomics

E Paleček, J Tkáč, M Bartosik, T Bertók… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The present advances in biology are related to progress in genomics, proteomics, and other
“-omics”, including glycomics, working with a large amount of data regarding human and …

Habitual intake of dietary flavonoids and risk of Parkinson disease

X Gao, A Cassidy, MA Schwarzschild, EB Rimm… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To prospectively examine whether higher intakes of total flavonoids and their
subclasses (flavanones, anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols, flavonols, flavones, and polymers) were …

Natural product-based amyloid inhibitors

P Velander, L Wu, F Henderson, S Zhang… - Biochemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Many chronic human diseases, including multiple neurodegenerative diseases, are
associated with deleterious protein aggregates, also called protein amyloids. One common …

Toxic prefibrillar α-synuclein amyloid oligomers adopt a distinctive antiparallel β-sheet structure

MS Celej, R Sarroukh, E Goormaghtigh… - Biochemical …, 2012 - portlandpress.com
Parkinson's disease is an age-related movement disorder characterized by the presence in
the mid-brain of amyloid deposits of the 140-amino-acid protein AS (α-synuclein). AS …

Inhibition of amyloid formation

T Härd, C Lendel - Journal of molecular biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Amyloid is aggregated protein in the form of insoluble fibrils. Amyloid deposition in human
tissue—amyloidosis—is associated with a number of diseases including all common …

Chemical kinetics for drug discovery to combat protein aggregation diseases

P Arosio, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
Protein misfolding diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent, yet there are very few
effective pharmacological treatments. The onset and progression of these diseases is …