[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 …

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 …

Small soluble α-synuclein aggregates are the toxic species in Parkinson's disease

D Emin, YP Zhang, E Lobanova, A Miller, X Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Soluble α-synuclein aggregates varying in size, structure, and morphology have been
closely linked to neuronal death in Parkinson's disease. However, the heterogeneity of …

Alpha-synuclein: Pathology, mitochondrial dysfunction and neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease

EM Rocha, B De Miranda, LH Sanders - Neurobiology of disease, 2018 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex, chronic and progressive neurodegenerative
disease. While the etiology of PD is likely multifactorial, the protein α-synuclein is a central …

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> …

α-synuclein toxicity in neurodegeneration: mechanism and therapeutic strategies

YC Wong, D Krainc - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Alterations in α-synuclein dosage lead to familial Parkinson's disease (PD), and its
accumulation results in synucleinopathies that include PD, dementia with Lewy bodies …

The role of α-synuclein oligomers in Parkinson's disease

X Du, X Xie, R Liu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
α-synuclein (α-syn) is a protein associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
(PD), the second most common neurodegeneration disease with no effective treatment …

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 …

α‐synuclein oligomers and fibrils: a spectrum of species, a spectrum of toxicities

P Alam, L Bousset, R Melki… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This review article provides an overview of the different species that α‐synuclein aggregates
can populate. It also attempts to reconcile conflicting views regarding the cytotoxic roles of …

Understanding dopaminergic cell death pathways in Parkinson disease

PP Michel, EC Hirsch, S Hunot - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder, the etiology of which
remains largely unknown. Progressive impairment of voluntary motor control, which …