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ReviewJournal of bioenergetics and biomembranes2014

Linking alpha-synuclein properties with oxidation: a hypothesis on a mechanism underling cellular aggregation.

Suzanne Scarlata, Urszula Golebiewska

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Review in Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Insights into Lewy body disease from rare neurometabolic disorders.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2021
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  12. DT-Diaphorase Prevents Aminochrome-Induced Alpha-Synuclein Oligomer Formation and Neurotoxicity.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2015
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  13. Functionalization of α-synuclein fibrils.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suzanne ScarlataDepartment of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8661, USA, suzanne.scarlata@stonybrook.edu.
Urszula Golebiewska
Stony Brook University · US

Funding

YEAST RIBOSOMAL STALK COMPOSITION IN VIVO BY TWO-PHOTON FCS AND PCH ANALYSISP41RR003155 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI GRATTON, ENRICO · 1986 to 2011
$14.9M
ACTIVATION OF PHOSPHOLIPASE C BETA BY G PROTEINSR01GM053132 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI SCARLATA, SUZANNE F · 1995 to 2014
$3.5M
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR003155NIGMS NIH HHS GM05312NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

α-Synuclein is a small, natively unstructured protein with propensity to aggregate. α-Synuclein fibrils are major components of Lewy bodies that are hallmarks of many neurodegenerative diseases. The solution properties and aggregation behavior of α-synuclein has been well characterized, but despite numerous studies that address the role of α-synuclein in cells, a clear physiological function of this protein remains a mystery. Over a hundred review articles of α-synuclein have been written in the last decade, making it difficult to list all of the important studies that have added to our insight of α-synuclein physiology. Instead, we briefly review the status of α-synuclein research and propose a model based on the idea that α-synuclein may not have an intrinsic activity in cells but rather, it modifies the function of a group of protein partners that in turn affect cell processes. We propose that it is the loss of its cellular partners under oxidative conditions that promotes α-synuclein aggregation accelerating neuronal death.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressType C Phospholipasesalpha-SynucleinNerve Tissue ProteinsType C Phospholipases

Identifiers

PMID24474217
PMCPMC4000690
OpenAlexW2014268240

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Registered trials

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