Reactive oxygen species, toxicity, oxidative stress, and antioxidants: Chronic diseases and aging

K Jomova, R Raptova, SY Alomar, SH Alwasel… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
A physiological level of oxygen/nitrogen free radicals and non-radical reactive species
(collectively known as ROS/RNS) is termed oxidative eustress or “good stress” and is …

[HTML][HTML] Essential metals in health and disease

K Jomova, M Makova, SY Alomar, SH Alwasel… - Chemico-biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In total, twenty elements appear to be essential for the correct functioning of the human
body, half of which are metals and half are non-metals. Among those metals that are …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

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 …

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 …

α-Synuclein aggregation nucleates through liquid–liquid phase separation

S Ray, N Singh, R Kumar, K Patel, S Pandey, D Datta… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) aggregation and amyloid formation is directly linked with
Parkinson's disease pathogenesis. However, the early events involved in this process …

Protein kinase CK2: a potential therapeutic target for diverse human diseases

C Borgo, C D'Amore, S Sarno, M Salvi… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
CK2 is a constitutively active Ser/Thr protein kinase, which phosphorylates hundreds of
substrates, controls several signaling pathways, and is implicated in a plethora of human …

[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 …

Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer disease: pathobiology and targeting strategies

Y Yamazaki, N Zhao, TR Caulfield, CC Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Polymorphism in the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene is a major genetic risk determinant of
late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD), with the APOE* ε 4 allele conferring an increased risk …

Targeting microglial α-synuclein/TLRs/NF-kappaB/NLRP3 inflammasome axis in Parkinson's disease

Y Li, Y Xia, S Yin, F Wan, J Hu, L Kou, Y Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
According to emerging studies, the excessive activation of microglia and the subsequent
release of pro-inflammatory cytokines play important roles in the pathogenesis and …