Organic cation transporters in health and disease

H Koepsell - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
The organic cation transporters (OCTs) OCT1, OCT2, OCT3, novel OCT (OCTN) 1, OCTN2,
multidrug and toxin exclusion (MATE) 1, and MATE kidney-specific 2 are polyspecific …

Sex differences in dopamine release regulation in the striatum

JE Zachry, SO Nolan, LJ Brady, SJ Kelly… - …, 2021 - nature.com
The mesolimbic dopamine system—which originates in the ventral tegmental area and
projects to the striatum—has been shown to be involved in the expression of sex-specific …

Microglial exosomes facilitate α-synuclein transmission in Parkinson's disease

M Guo, J Wang, Y Zhao, Y Feng, S Han, Q Dong, M Cui… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Accumulation of neuronal α-synuclein is a prominent feature in Parkinson's disease. More
recently, such abnormal protein aggregation has been reported to spread from cell to cell …

Environmental toxins and Parkinson's disease

SM Goldman - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, disabling neurodegenerative disorder
that begins in mid to late life and is characterized by motor impairment, autonomic …

Classic and new animal models of Parkinson′ s disease

J Blesa, S Phani, V Jackson-Lewis… - BioMed Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Neurological disorders can be modeled in animals so as to recreate specific pathogenic
events and behavioral outcomes. Parkinson's Disease (PD) is the second most common …

A guide to neurotoxic animal models of Parkinson's disease

K Tieu - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2011 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological movement disorder primarily resulting from
damage to the nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathway. To elucidate the pathogenesis …

Xenobiotic, bile acid, and cholesterol transporters: function and regulation

CD Klaassen, LM Aleksunes - Pharmacological reviews, 2010 - ASPET
Transporters influence the disposition of chemicals within the body by participating in
absorption, distribution, and elimination. Transporters of the solute carrier family (SLC) …

Emerging evidence for astrocyte dysfunction in schizophrenia

EC de Oliveira Figueiredo, C Calì, F Petrelli, P Bezzi - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Schizophrenia is a complex, chronic mental health disorder whose heterogeneous genetic
and neurobiological background influences early brain development, and whose precise …

The SLC22 family with transporters of organic cations, anions and zwitterions

H Koepsell - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
The SLC22 family contains 13 functionally characterized human plasma membrane proteins
each with 12 predicted α-helical transmembrane domains. The family comprises organic …

[HTML][HTML] Autoimmunity in Parkinson's disease: the role of α-synuclein-specific T cells

F Garretti, D Agalliu, CS Lindestam Arlehamn… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Evidence from a variety of studies implicates a role for the adaptive immune system in
Parkinson's disease (PD). Similar to multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who display a high …