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ArticleEMBO reports2018

Alpha-synuclein aggregates activate calcium pump SERCA leading to calcium dysregulation.

Cristine Betzer, Louise Berkhoudt Lassen, Anders Olsen, Rikke Hahn Kofoed, Lasse Reimer, Emil Gregersen, Jin Zheng, Tito Calì, Wei-Ping Gai, Tong Chen and 9 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 129 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Cristine BetzerDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-5429-3548
Louise Berkhoudt LassenDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Anders OlsenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Rikke Hahn KofoedDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Lasse ReimerDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Emil GregersenDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jin ZhengDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Tito CalìDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Wei-Ping GaiNeuropathological Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Center for Neurological Diseases, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Tong ChenDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
Arne MoellerDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Marisa BriniDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Yuhong FuBrain & Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Glenda HallidayBrain & Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tomasz BrudekResearch Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Susana AznarResearch Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bente PakkenbergResearch Laboratory for Stereology and Neuroscience, Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jens Peter AndersenDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Poul Henning JensenDanish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience - DANDRITE, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark phj@biomed.au.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-4439-9020
Aarhus University · DKFrederiksberg Hospital · DKThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Padua · ITFlinders University · AUThe University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of α-synuclein is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. We here investigate the relationship between cytosolic Ca

Indexed as

Protein Aggregatesalpha-SynucleinAnimalsBrainCaenorhabditis elegansCalciumCell LineCells, CulturedCytosolEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansIndolesLewy BodiesMaleMiceParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinCalciumcyclopiazonic acidIndolesProtein AggregatesSarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPasesaggregationalpha‐synucleincalciumendoplasmic reticulumSERCA

Identifiers

PMID29599149
PMCPMC5934765
OpenAlexW2795236460

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