Membraneless organelles in health and disease: exploring the molecular basis, physiological roles and pathological implications

Y Li, Y Liu, XY Yu, Y Xu, X Pan, Y Sun… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Once considered unconventional cellular structures, membraneless organelles (MLOs),
cellular substructures involved in biological processes or pathways under physiological …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The Impact of SNCA Variations and Its Product Alpha-Synuclein on Non-Motor Features of Parkinson's Disease

L Magistrelli, E Contaldi, C Comi - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common and progressive neurodegenerative disease, caused
by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta in the midbrain …

Specifically neuropathic Gaucher's mutations accelerate cognitive decline in Parkinson's

G Liu, B Boot, JJ Locascio, IE Jansen… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We hypothesized that specific mutations in the β‐glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA)
causing neuropathic Gaucher's disease (GD) in homozygotes lead to aggressive cognitive …

Blood transcriptomic signatures associated with molecular changes in the brain and clinical outcomes in Parkinson's disease

K Irmady, CR Hale, R Qadri, J Fak, S Simelane… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The ability to use blood to predict the outcomes of Parkinson's disease, including disease
progression and cognitive and motor complications, would be of significant clinical value …

Genomewide association study of Parkinson's disease clinical biomarkers in 12 longitudinal patients' cohorts

H Iwaki, C Blauwendraat, HL Leonard… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Several reports have identified different patterns of Parkinson's disease
progression in individuals carrying missense variants in GBA or LRRK2 genes. The overall …

Prediction of cognition in Parkinson's disease with a clinical–genetic score: a longitudinal analysis of nine cohorts

G Liu, JJ Locascio, JC Corvol, B Boot, Z Liao… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Cognitive decline is a debilitating manifestation of disease progression in
Parkinson's disease. We aimed to develop a clinical–genetic score to predict global …

RNA sequencing of whole blood reveals early alterations in immune cells and gene expression in Parkinson's disease

DW Craig, E Hutchins, I Violich, E Alsop, JR Gibbs… - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in the blood-based RNA transcriptome have the potential to inform
biomarkers of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression. Here we sequenced a discovery set of …

Genome-wide survival study identifies a novel synaptic locus and polygenic score for cognitive progression in Parkinson's disease

G Liu, J Peng, Z Liao, JJ Locascio, JC Corvol, F Zhu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A key driver of patients' well-being and clinical trials for Parkinson's disease (PD) is the
course that the disease takes over time (progression and prognosis). To assess how genetic …

Disease progression strikingly differs in research and real-world Parkinson's populations

BK Beaulieu-Jones, F Frau, S Bozzi… - npj Parkinson's …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of Parkinson's disease (PD) progression using real-world
evidence could guide clinical trial design and identify subpopulations. Efforts to curate …