Protein transmission in neurodegenerative disease

C Peng, JQ Trojanowski, VMY Lee - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the intracellular or extracellular
aggregation of misfolded proteins such as amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer disease, α …

Mechanisms of secretion and spreading of pathological tau protein

CA Brunello, M Merezhko, RL Uronen… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Accumulation of misfolded and aggregated forms of tau protein in the brain is a
neuropathological hallmark of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal …

Astrocytes have the capacity to act as antigen-presenting cells in the Parkinson's disease brain

J Rostami, G Fotaki, J Sirois, R Mzezewa… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Many lines of evidence suggest that accumulation of aggregated alpha-
synuclein (αSYN) in the Parkinson's disease (PD) brain causes infiltration of T cells …

Alpha-synuclein physiology and pathology: a perspective on cellular structures and organelles

LD Bernal-Conde, R Ramos-Acevedo… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is localized in cellular organelles of most neurons, but many of its
physiological functions are only partially understood. α-syn accumulation is associated with …

Molecular chaperones: a double-edged sword in neurodegenerative diseases

J Tittelmeier, E Nachman… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Aberrant accumulation of misfolded proteins into amyloid deposits is a hallmark in many age-
related neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's …

Astrocytes protect human dopaminergic neurons from α-synuclein accumulation and propagation

T Tsunemi, Y Ishiguro, A Yoroisaka… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
The pathologic hallmark of Parkinson's disease is the accumulation of α-synuclein-
containing Lewy bodies/neurites almost exclusively in neurons, and rarely in glial cells …

Innate immunity: a common denominator between neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases

F Novellino, V Saccà, A Donato, P Zaffino… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The intricate relationships between innate immunity and brain diseases raise increased
interest across the wide spectrum of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders …

The role of natural killer cells in Parkinson's disease

RH Earls, JK Lee - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Numerous lines of evidence indicate an association between sustained inflammation and
Parkinson's disease, but whether increased inflammation is a cause or consequence of …

Mechanisms of alpha-synuclein toxicity: An update and outlook

IC Brás, M Xylaki, TF Outeiro - Progress in brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) was identified as the main component of inclusions that define
synucleinopathies more than 20 years ago. Since then, aSyn has been extensively studied …

The cell biology of tau secretion

M Merezhko, RL Uronen, HJ Huttunen - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The progressive accumulation and spread of misfolded tau protein in the nervous system is
the hallmark of tauopathies, progressive neurodegenerative diseases with only symptomatic …