Progress towards therapies for disease modification in Parkinson's disease

N Vijiaratnam, T Simuni, O Bandmann… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The development of interventions to slow or halt the progression of Parkinson's disease
remains a priority for patients and researchers alike. To date, no agents have been shown to …

Opportunities and challenges of alpha-synuclein as a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies

P Magalhães, HA Lashuel - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common progressive
neurodegenerative disease, develops and progresses for 10–15 years before the clinical …

Promoting the clearance of neurotoxic proteins in neurodegenerative disorders of ageing

B Boland, WH Yu, O Corti, B Mollereau… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative disorders of ageing (NDAs) such as Alzheimer disease, Parkinson
disease, frontotemporal dementia, Huntington disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

Old drugs as new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

F Durães, M Pinto, E Sousa - Pharmaceuticals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are increasing in number, given that the general global
population is becoming older. They manifest themselves through mechanisms that are not …

Autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases: pathogenesis and therapy

F Guo, X Liu, H Cai, W Le - Brain pathology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The most prevalent pathological features of many neurodegenerative diseases are the
aggregation of misfolded proteins and the loss of certain neuronal populations. Autophagy …

Current and possible future therapeutic options for Huntington's disease

MW Ferguson, CJ Kennedy… - Journal of central …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by an excessive number of CAG trinucleotide repeats within the huntingtin gene (HTT). HD …

Autophagy induction as a therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

A Djajadikerta, S Keshri, M Pavel, R Prestil… - Journal of molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a major, conserved cellular pathway by which cells deliver cytoplasmic
contents to lysosomes for degradation. Genetic studies have revealed extensive links …

[HTML][HTML] New avenues for the treatment of Huntington's disease

A Kim, K Lalonde, A Truesdell, P Gomes Welter… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG expansion in
the HD gene. The disease is characterized by neurodegeneration, particularly in the striatum …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

M Eshraghi, M Ahmadi, S Afshar, S Lorzadeh… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in
aging of the global population. Unfortunately, drugs for treating AD have been largely …

Implication of alpha-synuclein phosphorylation at S129 in synucleinopathies: what have we learned in the last decade?

A Oueslati - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Abnormal accumulation of proteinaceous intraneuronal inclusions called Lewy bodies (LBs)
is the neurpathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and related synucleinopathies …