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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2019

Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy have distinct α-synuclein seed characteristics.

Tritia R Yamasaki, Brandon B Holmes, Jennifer L Furman, Dhruva D Dhavale, Bryant W Su, Eun-Suk Song, Nigel J Cairns, Paul T Kotzbauer, Marc I Diamond

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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140citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.8field-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

140 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 219 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tritia R YamasakiFrom the Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, tyamasaki@uky.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4046-274X
Brandon B Holmesthe Departments of Neurology and.
Jennifer L Furmanthe Departments of Neurology and.
Dhruva D Dhavalethe Departments of Neurology and.
Bryant W SuFrom the Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536.
Eun-Suk SongFrom the Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536.
Nigel J Cairnsthe Departments of Neurology and.
Paul T Kotzbauerthe Departments of Neurology and.
Marc I Diamondthe Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390.
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Kentucky · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Smartphone-Based "Burst" Cognitive AssessmentsP01AG003991 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOHN MORRIS, Suzanne Elizabeth Schindler · 1985 to 2026
$69.5M
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH CENTERP50AG005681 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 1985 to 2019
$52.1M
INVESTIGATIONS OF DEMENTIA IN PARKINSON DISEASER01NS075321 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAMPBELL, MEGHAN C, PERLMUTTER, JOEL SYNES · 2011 to 2021
$8.2M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001996 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI BUSH, MATTHEW LEE, KELLY, THOMAS H. · 2016 to 2025
$7.1M
Protein Aggregation and Neurotransmitter Deficits in Parkinson DiseaseR01NS097799 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI PAUL T KOTZBAUER · 2016 to 2026
$5.8M
Structural Biology of Alpha-Synuclein in Lewy Body DementiaRF1NS110436 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOTZBAUER, PAUL T, RIENSTRA, CHAD M · 2023 to 2023
$4.2M
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN IN LEWY BODY DEMENTIAU01NS110436 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOTZBAUER, PAUL T · 2018 to 2022
$4.1M
Investigations of Dementia in Parkinson DiseaseRF1NS075321 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAMPBELL, MEGHAN C, PERLMUTTER, JOEL SYNES · 2023 to 2023
$2.3M
Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceKL2TR000116 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KERN, PHILIP A · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Tracking the Propagation of Misfolded Tau: A Study of Cellular Uptake and TrafficF31NS079039 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HOLMES, BRANDON BLAKE · 2012 to 2014
$83k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000116NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001996NIA NIH HHS P01 AG003991NIA NIH HHS P50 AG005681NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS079039NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS075321NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097799NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS075321NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS110436NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS110436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA) are distinct clinical syndromes characterized by the pathological accumulation of α-synuclein (α-syn) protein fibrils in neurons and glial cells. These disorders and other neurodegenerative diseases may progress via prion-like mechanisms. The prion model of propagation predicts the existence of "strains" that link pathological aggregate structure and neuropathology. Prion strains are aggregated conformers that stably propagate

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinBiosensing TechniquesBrainHEK293 CellsHumansMultiple System AtrophyParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinSNCA protein, humanalpha-synuclein (α-synuclein)biosensorfibrilfluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)multiple system atrophyneurodegenerationParkinson diseaseprion strainprotein aggregation

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PMID30478174
PMCPMC6341389
OpenAlexW2903562030

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