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ReviewFEBS letters2015

Bent out of shape: α-Synuclein misfolding and the convergence of pathogenic pathways in Parkinson's disease.

Esteban Luna, Kelvin C Luk

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Review in FEBS letters, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Esteban LunaCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States.
Kelvin C LukCenter for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Electronic address: kelvincl@upenn.edu.

Funding

Training in Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Neurodegenerative DiseasesT32AG000255 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALICE S CHEN-PLOTKIN, VIRGINIA M LEE · 1997 to 2026
$12.5M
Propagation of Lewy pathology in Parkinsons diseaseR01NS088322 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LUK, KELVIN C · 2015 to 2025
$4.0M
NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000255NIA NIH HHS T32-AG000255-16NINDS NIH HHS NS088322NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS088322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein inclusions made up primarily of misfolded α-synuclein (α-Syn) are the hallmark of a set of disorders known as synucleinopathies, most notably Parkinson's disease (PD). It is becoming increasingly appreciated that α-Syn misfolding can spread to anatomically connected regions in a prion-like manner. The protein aggregates that ensue are correlated with neurodegeneration in the various yet select neuronal populations that are affected. Recent advances have begun to shed light on the spreading and toxicity mechanisms that may be occurring in PD. Several key emerging themes are arising from this work suggesting that α-Syn mediated neurodegeneration is due to a combination of relative α-Syn expression level, connectivity to affected brain regions, and intrinsic vulnerability to pathology.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAnimalsCalciumDopaminergic NeuronsHumansOxidative StressParkinson DiseaseProtein ConformationProtein FoldingSynaptic Transmissionalpha-SynucleinCalciumAlpha-synucleinNeurodegenerationParkinson’s diseaseProtein misfoldingSelective vulnerability

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PMID26505673
PMCPMC4679620

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