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ReviewJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN2004

Pathological proteins in Parkinson's disease: focus on the proteasome.

Heather Snyder, Benjamin Wolozin

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Review in Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Lewy bodies.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2006
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather SnyderBoston University School of Medicine, 715 ALbany Street, Room L-603, Boston, MA 02118-2526, USA.
Benjamin Wolozin
Boston University · US

Funding

Ubiquitination/Receptor Signaling--Regulation by ParkinR01NS041786 · NINDS · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI WOLOZIN, BENJAMIN L · 2001 to 2004
$1.1M
Regulation of APP Processing by PresenilinsR01AG017485 · NIA · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI WOLOZIN, BENJAMIN L · 2001 to 2004
$1.1M
NIA NIH HHS AG/NS17485NINDS NIH HHS NS41786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial disease that appears to arise from the effects of both genetic and environmental influences. Pesticides and heavy metals are the principle environmental factors that appear to impact on PD. The known genetic factors include multiple genes that have been identified in related parkinsonian syndromes, as well as alpha-synuclein. Genes associated with either PD or Parkinson-related disorders include parkin, DJ-1, ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 (UCH-L1), nuclear receptor-related factor 1, and alpha-synuclein. Alpha-synuclein is particularly notable because it aggregates readily and is the main component of Lewy bodies (LBs). Aggregated alpha-synuclein binds the proteasome and potently inhibits proteasomal activity. Because ubiquitin accumulates in LBs, and parkin and UCH-L1 also interact with the ubiquitin proteasomal system, proteasomal dysfunction is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of PD. Increasing numbers of experiments suggest that neurotoxins might interact with alpha-synuclein or other Parkinson-related proteins to contribute to the pathophysiology of PD. Transgenic animal models overexpressing alpha-synuclein develop age-dependent motor dysfunction and inclusions in the brain stem that contain alpha-synuclein. These models are very helpful in elucidating the pathophysiology of PD but do not completely recapitulate the disease process. The relationship between these transgenic models and PD is a subject of intense investigation.

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsBrainDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansLewy BodiesNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2Parkinson DiseaseProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexSynucleinsTranscription FactorsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitin Thiolesterasealpha-SynucleinDNA-Binding ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNR4A2 protein, humanNuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2parkin proteinProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexSNCA protein, humanSynucleinsTranscription FactorsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUCHL1 protein, human

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PMID15655264
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