Progress towards therapies for disease modification in Parkinson's disease

N Vijiaratnam, T Simuni, O Bandmann… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The development of interventions to slow or halt the progression of Parkinson's disease
remains a priority for patients and researchers alike. To date, no agents have been shown to …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling pathways in Parkinson's disease: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions

X Dong-Chen, C Yong, X Yang, ST Chen-Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease
worldwide, and its treatment remains a big challenge. The pathogenesis of PD may be …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling Parkinson's disease with the alpha-synuclein protein

M Gómez-Benito, N Granado, P García-Sanz… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) is a key protein involved in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology. PD
is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neuronal cells in the substantia nigra pars …

[HTML][HTML] Alpha-synuclein research: defining strategic moves in the battle against Parkinson's disease

LMA Oliveira, T Gasser, R Edwards… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
With the advent of the genetic era in Parkinson's disease (PD) research in 1997, α-synuclein
was identified as an important player in a complex neurodegenerative disease that affects> …

[HTML][HTML] Initiation and propagation of α-synuclein aggregation in the nervous system

BA Hijaz, LA Volpicelli-Daley - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
The two main pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease are loss of dopamine neurons
in the substantia nigra pars compacta and proteinaceous amyloid fibrils composed mostly of …

Disease modification in Parkinson's disease: current approaches, challenges, and future considerations

AE Lang, AJ Espay - Movement Disorders, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The greatest unmet therapeutic need in Parkinson's disease is the development of treatment
that slows the relentless progression of the neurodegenerative process. The concept of …

α-Synuclein pathology in Parkinson's disease and related α-synucleinopathies

MX Henderson, JQ Trojanowski, VMY Lee - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Over 20 years ago, the synaptic protein α-synuclein was identified as the primary component
of the Lewy bodies (LBs) that are a sine qua non of Parkinson's disease (PD). Since that …

Emerging therapies in Parkinson disease—repurposed drugs and new approaches

A Elkouzi, V Vedam-Mai, RS Eisinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) treatment options have conventionally focused on dopamine
replacement and provision of symptomatic relief. Current treatments cause undesirable …

Unique pathological tau conformers from Alzheimer's brains transmit tau pathology in nontransgenic mice

JL Guo, S Narasimhan, L Changolkar, Z He… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Filamentous tau aggregates are hallmark lesions in numerous neurodegenerative diseases,
including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cell culture and animal studies showed that tau fibrils …

Widespread transneuronal propagation of α-synucleinopathy triggered in olfactory bulb mimics prodromal Parkinson's disease

NL Rey, JA Steiner, N Maroof, KC Luk… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - rupress.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the progressive appearance of intraneuronal
Lewy aggregates, which are primarily composed of misfolded α-synuclein (α-syn). The …