Parkinson's disease-related protein, alpha-synuclein, in malignant melanoma. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Melanoma is the major cause of skin cancer death worldwide. Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by mutation of alpha-synuclein or other genes. Importantly, epidemiological studies have reported co-occurrence of melanoma and
Yasuhiro Matsuo, Tetsu Kamitani
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Neurobiology of Disease, 2023 The role of alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease has been heavily investigated since its discovery as a component of Lewy bodies. Recent rodent data demonstrate that alpha-synuclein strain structure is critical for differential propagation and toxicity.
Audrey Fayard +15 more
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O-GlcNAc modification blocks the aggregation and toxicity of the protein α-synuclein associated with Parkinson's disease. [PDF]
, 2015 Several aggregation-prone proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases can be modified by O-linked N-acetyl-glucosamine (O-GlcNAc) in vivo. One of these proteins, α-synuclein, is a toxic aggregating protein associated with synucleinopathies ...
Ambroso, Mark R +8 more
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Alpha-synuclein spreading in Parkinson’s disease [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2014 Formation and accumulation of misfolded protein aggregates are a central hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases. In Parkinson's disease (PD), the aggregation-prone protein alpha-synuclein (α-syn) is the culprit. In the past few years, another piece of the puzzle has been added with data suggesting that α-syn may self-propagate, thereby ...
Recasens, Ariadna, Dehay, Benjamin
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Synaptic Changes in Mice Lacking Alpha- and Gamma-Synucleins
BiomedicinesBackground: Alpha-synuclein is a key protein involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease (PD). Its intermediate aggregated forms disturb the normal function of dopaminergic (DA) neurons.
Anastasia M. Krayushkina +5 more
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Associations of sleep characteristics with alpha‐synuclein in cerebrospinal fluid in older adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, 2020 Objective Sleep disorders as a preclinical symptom of synucleinopathies become more prevalent in older adults. Synucleinopathies might be caused by the abnormal aggregation of alpha‐synuclein in the brain, which was indicated by alpha‐synuclein levels in
Xiao‐Tong Wang +7 more
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Loss of α-Synuclein Does Not Affect Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Rodent Neurons. [PDF]
, 2017 Increased α-synuclein (αsyn) and mitochondrial dysfunction play central roles in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), and lowering αsyn is under intensive investigation as a therapeutic strategy for PD. Increased αsyn levels disrupt mitochondria
Bendor, Jacob T +9 more
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SUMOylation of Alpha-Synuclein Influences on Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation Induced by Methamphetamine [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018 Methamphetamine (METH) is an illegal and widely abused psychoactive stimulant. METH abusers are at high risk of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Previous studies have demonstrated that METH causes alpha-synuclein (α-syn) aggregation in the both laboratory animal and human.
Lin-nan Zhu +11 more
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Hippocampal neuronal cells that accumulate α-synuclein fragments are more vulnerable to Aβ oligomer toxicity via mGluR5--implications for dementia with Lewy bodies. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundIn dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) abnormal interactions between α-synuclein (α-syn) and beta amyloid (Aβ) result in selective degeneration of neurons in the neocortex, limbic system and striatum.
Cartier, Anna +9 more
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease
Учёные записки Санкт-Петербургского государственного медицинского университета им. Акад. И.П. Павлова, 2015 Metabolic impairment of alpha-synuclein protein is considered to be the central event in PDpathogenesis. Recent studies explored usage of alpha-synuclein in peripheral fluids as a biomarker of PD, however alpha-synuclein level in the CSF and plasma is ...
P. A. Andoskin +7 more
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