Are fibrinaloid microclots a cause of autoimmunity in Long Covid and other post-infection diseases?

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Biochemical Journal, 2023 - portlandpress.com
It is now well established that the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen can polymerise into an
anomalous form of fibrin that is amyloid in character; the resultant clots and microclots entrap …

Parkinson's Disease: Current Status, Diagnosis, and Treatment Using Nanomedicines

I Hasan, S Roy, B Guo, C Chang - Advanced Therapeutics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, and highly neurodegenerative disorder with complex
pathological processes. The features for neuropathological identification of PD include α …

Citrus Flavonoid Hesperetin Inhibits α-Synuclein Fibrillogenesis, Disrupts Mature Fibrils, and Reduces Their Cytotoxicity: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies

W Wang, L Qu, Z Cui, F Lu, L Li… - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Misfolding and subsequent fibrillogenesis of α-synuclein (αSN) significantly influence the
development of Parkinson's disease (PD). This study reports the inhibitory effect of citrus …

The relevance of synuclein autoantibodies as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease

P Garg, F Maass, SM Sundaram, B Mollenhauer… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have investigated if the levels of α-synuclein autoantibodies (α-syn AAb)
differ in serum of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and healthy subjects. Reproducible …

Novel naturally occurring autoantibodies attenuate α‐synuclein pathology in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease

Y Li, T Wang, L Meng, L Jin, C Liu… - Neuropathology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Accumulation and propagation of pathological α‐synuclein (α‐Syn) are the major
contributing factors to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Therapy to halt the …

Human serum-derived α-synuclein auto-antibodies mediate NMDA receptor-dependent degeneration of CNS neurons

P Garg, F Würtz, F Hobbie, K Buttgereit, A Aich… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Presence of autoantibodies against α-synuclein (α-syn AAb) in serum of the
general population has been widely reported. That such peripheral factors may be involved …

Alpha-synuclein autoimmune decline in prodromal multiple system atrophy and parkinson's disease

J Folke, E Bergholt, B Pakkenberg, S Aznar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multiple-system trophy (MSA) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) are both progressive,
neurodegenerative diseases characterized by neuropathological deposition of aggregated …

The immunology of B-1 cells: from development to aging

MS Mattos, S Vandendriessche, A Waisman… - Immunity & …, 2024 - Springer
B-1 cells have intricate biology, with distinct function, phenotype and developmental origin
from conventional B cells. They generate a B cell receptor with conserved germline …

Serum inflammatory profile in hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis: Mechanisms and possible therapeutic implications

M Luigetti, A Romano, V Guglielmino, MA Sciarrone… - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hereditary transthyretin (ATTRv) amyloidosis is a severe, progressive, and heterogeneous
multisystemic condition due to mutations in the TTR gene. Although multiple aspects of its …

Parkinson's disease fluid biomarkers for differential diagnosis of atypical parkinsonian syndromes

J Yang, A Idowu, L Rosenthal… - Clinical and Translational …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The scope of the present review is to synthesize existing literature data on fluid biomarkers
for Parkinson's disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian syndromes (APS). Parkinsonian …