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 …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Historical perspective: models of Parkinson's disease

SJ Chia, EK Tan, YX Chao - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder with motor and nonmotor
signs. The current therapeutic regimen for PD is mainly symptomatic as the etio …

α-Synuclein misfolding and aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mehra, S Sahay, SK Maji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) has been extensively studied for its structural and biophysical
properties owing to its pathophysiological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy bodies …

The physiological role of α‐synuclein and its relationship to Parkinson's Disease

D Sulzer, RH Edwards - Journal of neurochemistry, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The protein α‐synuclein has a central role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD).
In this review, we discuss recent results concerning its primary function, which appears to be …

Determinants of dopaminergic neuron loss in Parkinson's disease

DJ Surmeier - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) are caused by the death of
dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SN c). Alpha‐synuclein …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of α-synuclein: a new mechanistic insight for α-synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mukherjee, A Sakunthala, L Gadhe… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aberrant aggregation of the misfolded presynaptic protein, α-Synuclein (α-Syn) into Lewy
body (LB) and Lewy neuritis (LN) is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease …

α-synuclein in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease

D Twohig, HM Nielsen - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
The Alzheimer's disease (AD) afflicted brain is neuropathologically defined by extracellular
amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles composed of …

Synaptic, mitochondrial, and lysosomal dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

M Nguyen, YC Wong, D Ysselstein, A Severino… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
The discovery of genetic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) has highlighted the importance
of the autophagy/lysosomal and mitochondrial/oxidative stress pathways in disease …