Toll‐like receptor 4 is required for α‐synuclein dependent activation of microglia and astroglia

L Fellner, R Irschick, K Schanda, M Reindl… - Glia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Alpha‐synucleinopathies (ASP) are neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by
accumulation of misfolded α‐synuclein, selective neuronal loss, and extensive gliosis. It is …

Neuron-astrocyte interactions in Parkinson's disease

I Miyazaki, M Asanuma - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. PD
patients exhibit motor symptoms such as akinesia/bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and postural …

Physicochemical properties of cells and their effects on intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)

FX Theillet, A Binolfi, T Frembgen-Kesner… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
It has long been axiomatic that a protein's structure determines its function. Intrinsically
disordered proteins (IDPs) and disordered protein regions (IDRs) defy this structure …

Lysosomal exocytosis releases pathogenic α-synuclein species from neurons in synucleinopathy models

YX Xie, NN Naseri, J Fels, P Kharel, Y Na… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Considerable evidence supports the release of pathogenic aggregates of the neuronal
protein α-Synuclein (αSyn) into the extracellular space. While this release is proposed to …

The roles of post-translational modifications on α-synuclein in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's diseases

J Zhang, X Li, JD Li - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder. Although the
pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease is not entirely clear, the aberrant aggregation of α …

α-Synuclein in Parkinson's disease

L Stefanis - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is a presynaptic neuronal protein that is linked genetically and
neuropathologically to Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein may contribute to PD …

Animal models of Parkinson's disease: a source of novel treatments and clues to the cause of the disease

S Duty, P Jenner - British journal of pharmacology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Animal models of Parkinson's disease (PD) have proved highly effective in the discovery of
novel treatments for motor symptoms of PD and in the search for clues to the underlying …

Fluid biomarkers for synaptic dysfunction and loss

E Camporesi, J Nilsson, A Brinkmalm… - Biomarker …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Synapses are the site for brain communication where information is transmitted between
neurons and stored for memory formation. Synaptic degeneration is a global and early …

Nanozyme scavenging ROS for prevention of pathologic α-synuclein transmission in Parkinson's disease

YQ Liu, Y Mao, E Xu, H Jia, S Zhang, VL Dawson… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Braak's prion-like theory fundamentally subverts the understanding of Parkinson's disease
(PD). Emerging evidence shows that pathologic α-synuclein (α-syn) is a prion-like protein …

The subcellular arrangement of alpha-synuclein proteoforms in the Parkinson's disease brain as revealed by multicolor STED microscopy

TE Moors, CA Maat, D Niedieker, D Mona… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Various post-translationally modified (PTM) proteoforms of alpha-synuclein (aSyn)—
including C-terminally truncated (CTT) and Serine 129 phosphorylated (Ser129-p) aSyn …