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ReviewRevue neurologique2015

[Is Parkinson's disease a prion disease?].

J-P Brandel, A-G Corbillé, P Derkinderen, S Haïk

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Review in Revue neurologique, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Parkinson's disease therapy: what lies ahead?Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Alpha-synuclein RT-QuIC in the CSF of patients with alpha-synucleinopathies.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

J-P BrandelInserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne universités, UPMC University Paris 06 UMR S 1127, institut du cerveau et de la mœlle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France; Cellule nationale de référence des maladies de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France; Centre national de référence des agents transmissibles non conventionnels, 75013 Paris, France; Unité James-Parkinson, Fondation ophtalmologique Rothschild, 75019 Paris, France. Electronic address: jean-philippe.brandel@aphp.fr.
A-G CorbilléDépartement de neurologie, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France; Inserm, U913, 44093 Nantes, France.
P DerkinderenDépartement de neurologie, CHU de Nantes, 44093 Nantes, France; Inserm, U913, 44093 Nantes, France.
S HaïkInserm U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne universités, UPMC University Paris 06 UMR S 1127, institut du cerveau et de la mœlle épinière, ICM, 75013 Paris, France; Cellule nationale de référence des maladies de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France; Centre national de référence des agents transmissibles non conventionnels, 75013 Paris, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accumulation of a specific protein in aggregated form is a common phenomenon in human neurodegenerative diseases. In Parkinson's disease, this protein is α-synuclein which is a neuronal protein of 143 amino acids. With a monomeric conformation in solution, it also has a natural capacity to aggregate into amyloid structures (dimers, oligomers, fibrils and Lewy bodies or neurites). It therefore fulfils the characteristics of a prion protein (different conformations, seeding and spreading). In vitro and in vivo experimental evidence in transgenic and wild animals indicates a prion-like propagation of Parkinson's disease. The sequential and predictive distribution of α-synuclein demonstrated by Braak et al. and its correlation with non-motor signs are consistent with the prion-like progression. Although the triggering factor causing the misfolding and aggregation of the target protein is unknown, Parkinson's disease is a highly relevant model for the study of these mechanisms and also to test specific treatments targeting the assemblies of α-synuclein and propagation from pre-motor phase of the disease. Despite this prion-like progression, there is currently no argument indicating a risk of human transmission of Parkinson's disease.

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Prion DiseasesHumansParkinson DiseasePrionsSynucleinsPrionsSynucleinsMaladie de ParkinsonParkinson's diseasePrion-likeα-Synuclein

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PMID26563663
PMCPMC7111738

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