Challenges in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

E Tolosa, A Garrido, SW Scholz, W Poewe - The Lancet Neurology, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and its
prevalence has been projected to double over the next 30 years. An accurate diagnosis of …

Prodromal Parkinson disease subtypes—key to understanding heterogeneity

D Berg, P Borghammer, SM Fereshtehnejad… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
In Parkinson disease (PD), pathological processes and neurodegeneration begin long
before the cardinal motor symptoms develop and enable clinical diagnosis. In this prodromal …

The role of histone modifications: from neurodevelopment to neurodiseases

J Park, K Lee, K Kim, SJ Yi - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022‏ - nature.com
Epigenetic regulatory mechanisms, including DNA methylation, histone modification,
chromatin remodeling, and microRNA expression, play critical roles in cell differentiation …

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 …

Discovery of XL01126: a potent, fast, cooperative, selective, orally bioavailable, and blood–brain barrier penetrant PROTAC degrader of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2

X Liu, AF Kalogeropulou, S Domingos… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is one of the most promising targets for Parkinson's
disease. LRRK2-targeting strategies have primarily focused on type 1 kinase inhibitors …

Microglia rescue neurons from aggregate-induced neuronal dysfunction and death through tunneling nanotubes

H Scheiblich, F Eikens, L Wischhof, S Opitz, K Jüngling… - Neuron, 2024‏ - cell.com
Microglia are crucial for maintaining brain health and neuron function. Here, we report that
microglia establish connections with neurons using tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in both …

The genetics of Parkinson's disease and implications for clinical practice

JO Day, S Mullin - Genes, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The genetic landscape of Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterised by rare high penetrance
pathogenic variants causing familial disease, genetic risk factor variants driving PD risk in a …

Proteomics of brain, CSF, and plasma identifies molecular signatures for distinguishing sporadic and genetic Alzheimer's disease

YJ Sung, C Yang, J Norton, M Johnson… - Science translational …, 2023‏ - science.org
Proteomic studies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) are instrumental in identifying AD pathways
but often focus on single tissues and sporadic AD cases. Here, we present a proteomic study …

Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease–a key disease hallmark with therapeutic potential

MT Henrich, WH Oertel, DJ Surmeier… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - Springer
Mitochondrial dysfunction is strongly implicated in the etiology of idiopathic and genetic
Parkinson's disease (PD). However, strategies aimed at ameliorating mitochondrial …

Molecular genetics of Parkinson's disease: Contributions and global trends

M Funayama, K Nishioka, Y Li, N Hattori - Journal of human genetics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder primarily characterized by motor
dysfunction. Aging is the greatest risk factor for develo** PD. Recent molecular genetic …