Genetic findings in Parkinson's disease and translation into treatment: a leading role for mitochondria?

V Bogaerts, J Theuns… - Genes, Brain and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder and in
most patients its aetiology remains unknown. Molecular genetic studies in familial forms of …

Mesenchymal stem cells therapy exerts neuroprotection in a progressive animal model of Parkinson's disease

HJ Park, PH Lee, OY Bang, G Lee… - Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the
loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. We investigated whether cell therapy …

Mutant α-synuclein exacerbates age-related decrease of neurogenesis

B Winner, E Rockenstein, DC Lie, R Aigner… - Neurobiology of …, 2008 - Elsevier
In Parkinson disease, wild-type α-synuclein accumulates during aging, whereas α-synuclein
mutations lead to an early onset and accelerated course of the disease. The generation of …

Genetic variability in the mitochondrial serine protease HTRA2 contributes to risk for Parkinson disease

V Bogaerts, K Nuytemans, J Reumers, P Pals… - Human …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In one genetic study, the high temperature requirement A2 (HTRA2) mitochondrial protein
has been associated with increased risk for sporadic Parkinson disease (PD). One missense …

Iron chelators as potential therapeutic agents for Parkinson's disease

CA Perez, Y Tong, M Guo - Current bioactive compounds, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder characterized by the progressive
impairment of motor skills in patients. Growing evidence suggests that abnormal redox …

Reduced numbers of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area of rats fed an n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid-deficient diet: a …

SO Ahmad, JH Park, JD Radel, B Levant - Neuroscience letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Inadequate dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content is associated with altered
function of the CNS dopamine systems. In this study, the effects of dietary n-3 PUFA content …

[HTML][HTML] D2/D3 receptor agonist ropinirole protects dopaminergic cell line against rotenone-induced apoptosis through inhibition of caspase-and JNK-dependent …

S Chen, X Zhang, D Yang, Y Du, L Li, X Li, M Ming… - FEBS letters, 2008 - Elsevier
Ropinirole, a D2/D3 receptor agonist has been reported to have neuroprotective effects. We
showed that ropinirole can prevent rotenone-induced apoptosis in dopaminergic cell line SH …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic attenuation of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in neurotoxin models of Parkinson's disease

EC Stack, JL Ferro, J Kim, SJ Del Signore… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2008 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which there is no
current therapy preventing cumulative neuronal loss. There is substantial evidence that …

On the pathogenesis and neuroprotective treatment of Parkinson disease: what have we learned from the genetic forms of this disease?

MA Mena, JA Rodriguez-Navarro, R Ros… - Current medicinal …, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting nearly 3 million patients
in Europe and North America, characterized by a core phenotype of motor deficits, akinesia …

[PDF][PDF] Apoptosis: from signalling pathways to therapeutic tools

SH Mousavi, NZ Tayarani, P Hersey - 2008 - sid.ir
APOPTOSIS or programmed cell death is a gene regulated phenomenon which is important
in both physiological and pathological conditions. It is characterized by distinct …