Neuropathology and molecular diagnosis of Synucleinopathies

S Koga, H Sekiya, N Kondru, OA Ross… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Synucleinopathies are clinically and pathologically heterogeneous disorders characterized
by pathologic aggregates of α-synuclein in neurons and glia, in the form of Lewy bodies …

α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction

M Sharma, J Burré - Trends in neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is a neuronal protein that is enriched in presynaptic terminals. Under
physiological conditions, it binds to synaptic vesicle membranes and functions in …

Cryo-EM structure of alpha-synuclein fibrils

R Guerrero-Ferreira, NMI Taylor, D Mona, P Ringler… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neuropathological disorder that belongs to the class of
synucleinopathies, in which the protein alpha-synuclein is found at abnormally high …

Targeting alpha-synuclein as a therapy for Parkinson's disease

CR Fields, N Bengoa-Vergniory… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders with a
global burden of approximately 6.1 million patients. Alpha-synuclein has been linked to both …

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 …

Cell biology and pathophysiology of α-synuclein

J Burré, M Sharma, TC Südhof - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that is highly enriched in presynaptic nerve
terminals. Genetics and neuropathology studies link α-synuclein to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Reverse engineering Lewy bodies: how far have we come and how far can we go?

MB Fares, S Jagannath, HA Lashuel - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Lewy bodies (LBs) are α-synuclein (α-syn)-rich intracellular inclusions that are an important
pathological hallmark of Parkinson disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases …

The synucleinopathies: twenty years on

M Goedert, R Jakes… - Journal of Parkinson's …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
In 2017, it is two hundred years since James Parkinson provided the first complete clinical
description of the disease named after him, fifty years since the introduction of high-dose D …

Two new polymorphic structures of human full-length alpha-synuclein fibrils solved by cryo-electron microscopy

R Guerrero-Ferreira, NMI Taylor, AA Arteni, P Kumari… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Intracellular inclusions rich in alpha-synuclein are a hallmark of several neuropathological
diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD). Previously, we reported the structure of alpha …