[HTML][HTML] Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

Cell biology and pathophysiology of α-synuclein

J Burré, M Sharma, TC Südhof - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that is highly enriched in presynaptic nerve
terminals. Genetics and neuropathology studies link α-synuclein to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] Multifaceted role of matrix metalloproteinases in neurodegenerative diseases: Pathophysiological and therapeutic perspectives

T Behl, G Kaur, A Sehgal, S Bhardwaj, S Singh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegeneration is the pathological condition, in which the nervous system or neuron
loses its structure, function, or both, leading to progressive degeneration or the death of …

How is alpha‐synuclein cleared from the cell?

L Stefanis, E Emmanouilidou… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The levels and conformers of alpha‐synuclein are critical in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's
Disease and related synucleinopathies. Homeostatic mechanisms in protein degradation …

Reducing C-terminal-truncated alpha-synuclein by immunotherapy attenuates neurodegeneration and propagation in Parkinson's disease-like models

D Games, E Valera, B Spencer… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are common
neurodegenerative disorders of the aging population, characterized by progressive and …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of α-synuclein truncation in aggregation and disease

ZA Sorrentino, BI Giasson - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2020 - ASBMB
α-Synuclein (αsyn) is an abundant brain neuronal protein that can misfold and polymerize to
form toxic fibrils coalescing into pathologic inclusions in neurodegenerative diseases …

Alpha-synuclein and protein degradation systems: a reciprocal relationship

M Xilouri, OR Brekk, L Stefanis - Molecular neurobiology, 2013 - Springer
An increasing wealth of data indicates a close relationship between the presynaptic protein
alpha-synuclein and Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. Alpha-synuclein protein levels …

Role of post-translational modifications in modulating the structure, function and toxicity of α-synuclein: implications for Parkinson's disease pathogenesis and …

A Oueslati, M Fournier, HA Lashuel - Progress in brain research, 2010 - Elsevier
A better understanding of the molecular and cellular determinants that influence the
pathology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for developing effective diagnostic …

Friends or foes: matrix metalloproteinases and their multifaceted roles in neurodegenerative diseases

M Brkic, S Balusu, C Libert… - Mediators of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegeneration is a chronic progressive loss of neuronal cells leading to deterioration of
central nervous system (CNS) functionality. It has been shown that neuroinflammation …

[HTML][HTML] New intracellular activities of matrix metalloproteinases shine in the moonlight

PG Jobin, GS Butler, CM Overall - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2017 - Elsevier
Adaption of a single protein to perform multiple independent functions facilitates functional
plasticity of the proteome allowing a limited number of protein-coding genes to perform a …