Parkinson's disease: biomarkers, treatment, and risk factors

FN Emamzadeh, A Surguchov - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused mainly by
lack of dopamine in the brain. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter involved in movement …

Osteoarthritis and toll-like receptors: when innate immunity meets chondrocyte apoptosis

G Barreto, M Manninen, K K. Eklund - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Osteoarthritis (OA) has long been viewed as a degenerative disease of cartilage, but
accumulating evidence indicates that inflammation has a critical role in its pathogenesis. In …

Alpha-synuclein is a DNA binding protein that modulates DNA repair with implications for Lewy body disorders

AJ Schaser, VR Osterberg, SE Dent, TL Stackhouse… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Alpha-synuclein is a presynaptic protein that forms abnormal cytoplasmic aggregates in
Lewy body disorders. Although nuclear alpha-synuclein localization has been described, its …

Biomarkers in Parkinson's disease

A Surguchov - … diseases biomarkers: Towards translating research to …, 2022 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, with a
documented significant increase in its prevalence in the past three decades. Both …

A dual role for α-synuclein in facilitation and depression of dopamine release from substantia nigra neurons in vivo

M Somayaji, S Cataldi, SJ Choi… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
α-Synuclein is expressed at high levels at presynaptic terminals, but defining its role in the
regulation of neurotransmission under physiologically relevant conditions has proven …

Neurodegenerative diseases as proteinopathies-driven immune disorders

F Ciccocioppo, G Bologna, E Ercolino… - Neural Regeneration …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
In the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders, the role of misfolded protein
deposition leading to neurodegeneration has been primarily discussed. In the last decade …

Functional characterization of alpha-synuclein protein with antimicrobial activity

SC Park, JC Moon, SY Shin, H Son, YJ Jung… - Biochemical and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-synuclein (α-Syn), a small (14 kDa) protein associated with Parkinson's
disease, is abundant in human neural tissues. α-Syn plays an important role in maintaining …

α-Synuclein and Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation

A Surguchov - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases with common pathological
lesions associated with the excessive accumulation and abnormal intracellular deposition of …

LincRNA‐p21 Inhibits Cell Viability and Promotes Cell Apoptosis in Parkinson's Disease through Activating α‐Synuclein Expression

X Xu, C Zhuang, Z Wu, H Qiu… - BioMed research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long intergenic noncoding RNA‐p21 (lincRNA‐p21) has been reported to be increased in
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the function and underlying mechanisms of lincRNA …

Alpha‐synuclein promotes PRMT5‐mediated H4R3me2s histone methylation by interacting with the BAF complex

T Nakamura, N Sugeno, T Hasegawa… - The FEBS …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
α‐Synuclein (αS) is a key molecule in the pathomechanism of Parkinson's disease. Most
studies on αS to date have focused on its function in the neuronal cytosol, but its action in …