Parkinson's disease genetics and pathophysiology

GE Vázquez-Vélez, HY Zoghbi - Annual review of neuroscience, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
degeneration of the substantia nigra pars compacta and by accumulation of α-synuclein in …

Inflammasomes as therapeutic targets in human diseases

Y Li, H Huang, B Liu, Y Zhang, X Pan, XY Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammasomes are protein complexes of the innate immune system that initiate
inflammation in response to either exogenous pathogens or endogenous danger signals …

Meta-analysis of the Parkinson's disease gut microbiome suggests alterations linked to intestinal inflammation

S Romano, GM Savva, JR Bedarf, IG Charles… - npj Parkinson's …, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota is emerging as an important modulator of neurodegenerative diseases,
and accumulating evidence has linked gut microbes to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] The Parkinson's disease protein alpha-synuclein is a modulator of processing bodies and mRNA stability

E Hallacli, C Kayatekin, S Nazeen, XH Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Alpha-synuclein (αS) is a conformationally plastic protein that reversibly binds to cellular
membranes. It aggregates and is genetically linked to Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we …

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 17 new Parkinson's disease risk loci

D Chang, MA Nalls, IB Hallgrímsdóttir, J Hunkapiller… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Common variant genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have, to date, identified> 24
risk loci for Parkinson's disease (PD). To discover additional loci, we carried out a GWAS …

Chemical Biology of H2S Signaling through Persulfidation

MR Filipovic, J Zivanovic, B Alvarez… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Signaling by H2S is proposed to occur via persulfidation, a posttranslational modification of
cysteine residues (RSH) to persulfides (RSSH). Persulfidation provides a framework for …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on the Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Diseases

R Fusco, R Siracusa, T Genovese… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inflammation is a protective reaction activated in response to detrimental stimuli, such as
dead cells, irritants or pathogens, by the evolutionarily conserved immune system and is …

The mechanisms of NLRP3 inflammasome/pyroptosis activation and their role in Parkinson's disease

S Wang, YH Yuan, NH Chen, HB Wang - International …, 2019 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a typical neurodegenerative disease and the pathological
feature of which is the death of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra region. At present …

Microbiome–microglia connections via the gut–brain axis

R Abdel-Haq, JCM Schlachetzki, CK Glass… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - rupress.org
Microglia, the resident immune cells in the brain, are essential for modulating neurogenesis,
influencing synaptic remodeling, and regulating neuroinflammation by surveying the brain …

An inflammation-centric view of neurological disease: beyond the neuron

SD Skaper, L Facci, M Zusso, P Giusti - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Inflammation is a complex biological response fundamental to how the body deals with
injury and infection to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury and effect repair. Unlike a …