Alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies: from overt neurodegeneration back to early synaptic dysfunction

P Calabresi, A Mechelli, G Natale… - Cell death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Although the discovery of the critical role of α-synuclein (α-syn) in the pathogenesis of
Parkinson's disease (PD) is now twenty-five years old, it still represents a milestone in PD …

Genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson's syndrome

H Ye, LA Robak, M Yu, M Cykowski… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous,
resisting distillation to a single, cohesive disorder. Instead, each affected individual develops …

Propagative α-synuclein seeds as serum biomarkers for synucleinopathies

A Okuzumi, T Hatano, G Matsumoto, S Nojiri, S Ueno… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal α-synuclein aggregation is a key pathological feature of a group of
neurodegenerative diseases known as synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

Y Yang, Y Shi, M Schweighauser, X Zhang, A Kotecha… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, with resting tremor,
rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability being major symptoms. Neuropathologically, it …

Cognitive effects of Lewy body pathology in clinically unimpaired individuals

S Palmqvist, M Rossi, S Hall, C Quadalti… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein aggregates constitute the pathology of Lewy body (LB) disease. Little is
known about the effects of LB pathology in preclinical (presymptomatic) individuals, either as …

Clinical effects of Lewy body pathology in cognitively impaired individuals

C Quadalti, S Palmqvist, S Hall, M Rossi… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
There is poor knowledge about the clinical effects of Lewy body (LB) pathology in patients
with cognitive impairment, especially when coexisting with Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

[HTML][HTML] Parkinson disease-associated cognitive impairment

D Aarsland, L Batzu, GM Halliday… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting>
1% of the population≥ 65 years of age and with a prevalence set to double by 2030. In …

Biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases

O Hansson - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases are needed to improve the diagnostic workup in
the clinic but also to facilitate the development and monitoring of effective disease-modifying …

Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: recommendations of the International Working Group

B Dubois, N Villain, GB Frisoni, GD Rabinovici… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary In 2018, the US National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association
proposed a purely biological definition of Alzheimer's disease that relies on biomarkers …

Plasma phosphorylated tau 217 and phosphorylated tau 181 as biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration: a retrospective diagnostic …

EH Thijssen, R La Joie, A Strom, C Fonseca… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Plasma tau phosphorylated at threonine 217 (p-tau217) and plasma tau
phosphorylated at threonine 181 (p-tau181) are associated with Alzheimer's disease tau …