Hypoxia and alpha-Synuclein: inextricable link underlying the pathologic progression of Parkinson's disease

M Guo, X Ji, J Liu - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after
Alzheimer's disease, with typical motor symptoms as the main clinical manifestations. At …

Hypoxic stress accelerates the propagation of pathological alpha‐synuclein and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons

M Guo, W Liu, H Luo, Q Shao, Y Li, Y Gu… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims The etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is complex and the mechanism is
unclear. It has become a top priority to find common factors that induce and affect PD …

α-Synuclein pathology in Parkinson disease activates homeostatic NRF2 anti-oxidant response

A Delaidelli, M Richner, L Jiang, A van der Laan… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Circumstantial evidence points to a pathological role of alpha-synuclein (aSyn; gene symbol
SNCA), conferred by aSyn misfolding and aggregation, in Parkinson disease (PD) and …

Alpha-synuclein: Pathology, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

EM Rocha, B De Miranda, LH Sanders - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative
disease. While the etiology of PD is likely multifactorial, the protein α-synuclein is a central …

Alpha-synuclein-induced stress sensitivity renders the Parkinson's disease brain susceptible to neurodegeneration

M Nakos Bimpos, K Karali, C Antoniou… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2024 - Springer
A link between chronic stress and Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis is emerging.
Ample evidence demonstrates that the presynaptic neuronal protein alpha-synuclein (asyn) …

The interaction between alpha-synuclein and mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

HY Li, DS Liu, YB Zhang, H Rong, XJ Zhang - Biophysical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an aging-associated neurodegenerative disorder with the
hallmark of abnormal aggregates of alpha-synuclein (α-syn) in Lewy bodies (LBs) and Lewy …

Common mechanisms underlying α-synuclein-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

T Sohrabi, B Mirzaei-Behbahani, R Zadali… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurological movement disorder
characterized by the selective and irreversible loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia …

Recent advances in the genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson disease

MM Mouradian - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
The identification of three genes and several additional loci associated with inherited forms
of levodopa-responsive PD has confirmed that this is not a single disorder. Yet, analyses of …

Alpha-synuclein: The interplay of pathology, neuroinflammation, and environmental factors in Parkinson's disease

S He, S Zhong, G Liu, J Yang - Neurodegenerative Diseases, 2021 - karger.com
Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial, chronic, and progressive
neurodegenerative disease. α-Synuclein (α-syn), which is the main protein component of …

Neuroinflammation and oxidation/nitration of α-synuclein linked to dopaminergic neurodegeneration

HM Gao, PT Kotzbauer, K Uryu, S Leight… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
α-Synuclein (SYN) is the major component of Lewy bodies, the neuropathological hallmarks
of Parkinson's disease (PD). Missense mutations and multiplications of the SYN gene cause …