Alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies: from overt neurodegeneration back to early synaptic dysfunction

P Calabresi, A Mechelli, G Natale… - Cell death & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Although the discovery of the critical role of α-synuclein (α-syn) in the pathogenesis of
Parkinson's disease (PD) is now twenty-five years old, it still represents a milestone in PD …

A biological definition of neuronal α-synuclein disease: towards an integrated staging system for research

T Simuni, LM Chahine, K Poston, M Brumm… - The Lancet …, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies are currently defined by their clinical
features, with α-synuclein pathology as the gold standard to establish the definitive …

A biological classification of Parkinson's disease: the SynNeurGe research diagnostic criteria

GU Höglinger, CH Adler, D Berg, C Klein… - The Lancet …, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
With the hope that disease-modifying treatments could target the molecular basis of
Parkinson's disease, even before the onset of symptoms, we propose a biologically based …

Microglia in neurodegenerative diseases: mechanism and potential therapeutic targets

C Gao, J Jiang, Y Tan, S Chen - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Microglia activation is observed in various neurodegenerative diseases. Recent advances in
single-cell technologies have revealed that these reactive microglia were with high spatial …

Propagative α-synuclein seeds as serum biomarkers for synucleinopathies

A Okuzumi, T Hatano, G Matsumoto, S Nojiri, S Ueno… - Nature medicine, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abnormal α-synuclein aggregation is a key pathological feature of a group of
neurodegenerative diseases known as synucleinopathies, which include Parkinson's …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from human brains with Lewy pathology

Y Yang, Y Shi, M Schweighauser, X Zhang, A Kotecha… - Nature, 2022‏ - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder, with resting tremor,
rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability being major symptoms. Neuropathologically, it …

Genetics and pathogenesis of Parkinson's syndrome

H Ye, LA Robak, M Yu, M Cykowski… - Annual Review of …, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous,
resisting distillation to a single, cohesive disorder. Instead, each affected individual develops …

Cognitive effects of Lewy body pathology in clinically unimpaired individuals

S Palmqvist, M Rossi, S Hall, C Quadalti… - Nature Medicine, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein aggregates constitute the pathology of Lewy body (LB) disease. Little is
known about the effects of LB pathology in preclinical (presymptomatic) individuals, either as …

Clinical effects of Lewy body pathology in cognitively impaired individuals

C Quadalti, S Palmqvist, S Hall, M Rossi… - Nature Medicine, 2023‏ - nature.com
There is poor knowledge about the clinical effects of Lewy body (LB) pathology in patients
with cognitive impairment, especially when coexisting with Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Parkinson disease-associated cognitive impairment

D Aarsland, L Batzu, GM Halliday… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting>
1% of the population≥ 65 years of age and with a prevalence set to double by 2030. In …