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ReviewNeuropathology and applied neurobiology2016

Review: Novel treatment strategies targeting alpha-synuclein in multiple system atrophy as a model of synucleinopathy.

E Valera, G Monzio Compagnoni, E Masliah

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Review in Neuropathology and applied neurobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Multiple System Atrophy - State of the Art.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

E ValeraDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
G Monzio CompagnoniDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
E MasliahDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Funding

VIRUS-INDUCED BRAIN PATHOLOGYP50AG005131 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GALASKO, DOUGLAS R · 1985 to 2018
$55.4M
Tissue Culture CoreP01AG022074 · NIA · J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES · PI MASLIAH, ELIEZER · 2003 to 2012
$27.0M
Studies on Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, and Treatment of Autonomic Failure in MSAP01NS044233 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LOW, PHILLIP A · 2003 to 2014
$12.4M
B-Synuclein as a Treatment for Lewy Body DiseaseR01AG018440 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI RISSMAN, ROBERT · 2001 to 2021
$5.2M
Project-002P30NS076411 · NINDS · SCINTILLON INSTITUTE FOR PHOTOBIOLOGY · PI LIPTON, STUART A · 2011 to 2016
$4.5M
a-synuclein clearance strategies for the treatment of Lewy body disease.R37AG018440 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MASLIAH, ELIEZER · 2006 to 2014
$2.7M
Regulation of the oligodendroglial accumulation of alpha-synuclein in Multiple System AtrophyR01NS092803 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DESPLATS, PAULA ALEJANDRA · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders with alpha-synuclein (α-syn) accumulation (synucleinopathies) include Parkinson's disease (PD), PD dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Due to the involvement of toxic α-syn aggregates in the molecular origin of these disorders, developing effective therapies targeting α-syn is a priority as a disease-modifying alternative to current symptomatic treatments. Importantly, the clinical and pathological attributes of MSA make this disorder an excellent candidate as a synucleinopathy model for accelerated drug development. Recent therapeutic strategies targeting α-syn in in vivo and in vitro models of MSA, as well as in clinical trials, have been focused on the pathological mechanisms of α-syn synthesis, aggregation, clearance, and/or cell-to-cell propagation of its neurotoxic conformers. Here we summarize the most relevant approaches in this direction, with emphasis on their potential as general synucleinopathy modifiers, and enumerate research areas for potential improvement in MSA drug discovery.

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alpha-SynucleinMultiple System AtrophyAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansalpha-Synucleinalpha-synucleinclinical trialsmultiple system atrophysynucleinopathytherapies

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PMID26924723
PMCPMC4785838

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