GPCR signaling regulation: the role of GRKs and arrestins

VV Gurevich, EV Gurevich - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Every animal species expresses hundreds of different G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs)
that respond to a wide variety of external stimuli. GPCRs-driven signaling pathways are …

Microglia response during Parkinson's disease: alpha-synuclein intervention

SA Ferreira, M Romero-Ramos - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of the central role played by the protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's
disease and other Lewy body brain disorders has had a great relevance in the …

Glucocerebrosidase and its relevance to Parkinson disease

J Do, C McKinney, P Sharma, E Sidransky - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2019 - Springer
Mutations in GBA1, the gene encoding the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase, are
among the most common known genetic risk factors for the development of Parkinson …

APOE and Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence Mounts that Targeting APOE4 may Combat Alzheimer's Pathogenesis

MS Uddin, MT Kabir, A Al Mamun… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an immutable neurodegenerative disease featured by the two
hallmark brain pathologies that are the extracellular amyloid ß (Aß) and intraneuronal tau …

[HTML][HTML] The critical role of SIRT1 in Parkinson's disease: mechanism and therapeutic considerations

X Li, Y Feng, XX Wang, D Truong, YC Wu - Aging and disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Silence information regulator 1 (SIRT1), a member of the sirtuin family, targets
histones and many non-histone proteins and participates in various physiological functions …

Advancement in the modelling and therapeutics of Parkinson's disease

SN Rai, P Singh - Journal of chemical neuroanatomy, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of L-dopa in the middle of the 20th century (1960s), there is not any
neuroprotective therapy available although significant development has been made in the …

Induction of alpha-synuclein pathology in the enteric nervous system of the rat and non-human primate results in gastrointestinal dysmotility and transient CNS …

FP Manfredsson, KC Luk, MJ Benskey, A Gezer… - Neurobiology of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Alpha-Synuclein (α-syn) is by far the most highly vetted pathogenic and therapeutic
target in Parkinson's disease. Aggregated α-syn is present in sporadic Parkinson's disease …

C-terminal truncation modulates α-Synuclein's cytotoxicity and aggregation by promoting the interactions with membrane and chaperone

C Zhang, Y Pei, Z Zhang, L Xu, X Liu, L Jiang… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-syn) is the main protein component of Lewy bodies, the major
pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD). C-terminally truncated α-syn is found in …

Alpha-synuclein delays mitophagy and targeting Miro rescues neuron loss in Parkinson's models

A Shaltouki, CH Hsieh, MJ Kim, X Wang - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
Alpha-synuclein is a component of Lewy bodies, the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's
disease (PD), and is also mutated in familial PD. Here, by extensively analyzing PD patient …

Translational molecular imaging and drug development in Parkinson's disease

A Haider, NH Elghazawy, A Dawoud… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects
elderly people and constitutes a major source of disability worldwide. Notably, the …