[HTML][HTML] Metals and neurodegeneration

P Chen, MR Miah, M Aschner - F1000Research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Metals play important roles in the human body, maintaining cell structure and regulating
gene expression, neurotransmission, and antioxidant response, to name a few. However …

Alpha‐Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease: From Pathogenetic Dysfunction to Potential Clinical Application

L Xu, J Pu - Parkinson's disease, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease/synucleinopathy that develops slowly;
however, there is no efficient method of early diagnosis, nor is there a cure. Progressive …

[HTML][HTML] The Parkinson Disease gene SNCA: Evolutionary and structural insights with pathological implication

IJ Siddiqui, N Pervaiz, AA Abbasi - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract After Alzheimer, Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common
neurodegenerative disorder. Alpha synuclein (SNCA) is deemed as a major component of …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic structural flexibility of α-synuclein

DE Mor, SE Ugras, MJ Daniels, H Ischiropoulos - Neurobiology of disease, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein is a conserved, abundantly expressed protein that is partially localized
in pre-synaptic terminals in the central nervous system. The precise biological function (s) …

Environmental and genetic factors support the dissociation between α-synuclein aggregation and toxicity

A Villar-Piqué, T Lopes da Fonseca… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Synucleinopathies are a group of progressive disorders characterized by the abnormal
aggregation and accumulation of α-synuclein (aSyn), an abundant neuronal protein that can …

α-Synuclein over-expression induces increased iron accumulation and redistribution in iron-exposed neurons

R Ortega, A Carmona, S Roudeau, L Perrin… - Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
Parkinson's disease is the most common α-synucleinopathy, and increased levels of iron are
found in the substantia nigra of Parkinson's disease patients, but the potential interlink …

Coordination and redox properties of copper interaction with α-synuclein

D Valensin, S Dell'Acqua, H Kozlowski… - Journal of Inorganic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder affecting movements. After
Alzheimer's disease, it is the most common form of neurodegeneration. PD is characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Untangling the manganese-α-synuclein web

TV Peres, NL Parmalee, EJ Martinez-Finley… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases affect a significant portion of the aging population. Several
lines of evidence suggest a positive association between environmental exposures, which …

Alpha-synuclein: relating metals to structure, function and inhibition

JS McDowall, DR Brown - Metallomics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Alpha-synuclein has long been studied due to its involvement in the progression of
Parkinson's disease (PD), a common neurodegenerative disorder, although a consensus on …

[图书][B] Protein folding and metal ions: mechanisms, biology and disease

CM Gomes, P Wittung-Stafshede - 2016 - books.google.com
The role of metal ions in protein folding and structure is a critical topic to a range of scientists
in numerous fields, particularly those working in structural biology and bioinorganic …