The expanding amyloid family: Structure, stability, function, and pathogenesis

MR Sawaya, MP Hughes, JA Rodriguez, R Riek… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The hidden world of amyloid biology has suddenly snapped into atomic-level focus,
revealing over 80 amyloid protein fibrils, both pathogenic and functional. Unlike globular …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease

JA Trejo-Lopez, AT Yachnis, S Prokop - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
The key pathological hallmarks—extracellular plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary
tangles (NFT)—described by Alois Alzheimer in his seminal 1907 article are still central 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 …

Parkinson's disease: etiology, neuropathology, and pathogenesis

A Kouli, KM Torsney, WL Kuan - Exon Publications, 2018 - exonpublications.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder. While a number of
nonmotor manifestations arise, the typical clinical features involve a movement disorder …

Microglia clear neuron-released α-synuclein via selective autophagy and prevent neurodegeneration

I Choi, Y Zhang, SP Seegobin, M Pruvost… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Microglia maintain brain homeostasis by removing neuron-derived components such as
myelin and cell debris. The evidence linking microglia to neurodegenerative diseases is …

Exercise suppresses neuroinflammation for alleviating Alzheimer's disease

M Wang, H Zhang, J Liang, J Huang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease, with the characteristics of
neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) and senile plaque (SP) formation. Although great progresses …

The process of Lewy body formation, rather than simply α-synuclein fibrillization, is one of the major drivers of neurodegeneration

AL Mahul-Mellier, J Burtscher, N Maharjan… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the accumulation of misfolded and aggregated
α-synuclein (α-syn) into intraneuronal inclusions named Lewy bodies (LBs). Although it is …

α-Synuclein misfolding and aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mehra, S Sahay, SK Maji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) has been extensively studied for its structural and biophysical
properties owing to its pathophysiological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy bodies …

Poly (ADP-ribose) drives pathologic α-synuclein neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease

TI Kam, X Mao, H Park, SC Chou, SS Karuppagounder… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative
disorder. Intracellular protein aggregates composed primarily of α-synuclein lead to …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of α-synuclein: a new mechanistic insight for α-synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mukherjee, A Sakunthala, L Gadhe… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aberrant aggregation of the misfolded presynaptic protein, α-Synuclein (α-Syn) into Lewy
body (LB) and Lewy neuritis (LN) is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease …