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ArticleActa neuropathologica2022

Immunisation with UB-312 in the Thy1SNCA mouse prevents motor performance deficits and oligomeric α-synuclein accumulation in the brain and gut.

Jacqui T Nimmo, Harry Smith, Chang Yi Wang, Jessica L Teeling, James A R Nicoll, Ajay Verma, Jean-Cosme Dodart, Zhi Liu, Feng Lin, Roxana O Carare

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Article in Acta neuropathologica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Proteolytic therapeutic modalities for amyloidoses: Insights into immunotherapy, PROTAC, and photo-oxygenation.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  17. Recombinant Antibody Fragments for Immunotherapy of Parkinson's Disease.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacqui T NimmoClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Harry SmithClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Chang Yi WangUnited Biomedical, Inc, Hauppauge, NY, USA.
Jessica L TeelingClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
James A R NicollClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Ajay VermaUnited Neuroscience, Dublin, Ireland.
Jean-Cosme DodartVaxxinity, Dallas, TX, USA.
Zhi LiuUnited Biomedical, Inc, Hauppauge, NY, USA.
Feng LinUnited Biomedical, Inc, Hauppauge, NY, USA.
Roxana O CarareClinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. R.O.Carare@soton.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-6458-3776
University of Southampton · GBUnited Biomedical (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alpha synuclein has a key role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), Dementia with Lewy Bodies (LBD) and Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). Immunotherapies aiming at neutralising toxic αSyn species are being investigated in the clinic as potential disease modifying therapies for PD and other synucleinopathies. In this study, the effects of active immunisation against αSyn with the UB-312 vaccine were investigated in the Thy1SNCA/15 mouse model of PD. Young transgenic and wild-type mice received an immunisation regimen over a period of 6 weeks, then observed for an additional 9 weeks. Behavioural assessment was conducted before immunisation and at 15 weeks after the first dose. UB-312 immunisation prevented the development of motor impairment in the wire test and challenging beam test, which was associated with reduced levels of αSyn oligomers in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and striatum of Thy1SNCA/15 mice. UB-312 immunotherapy resulted in a significant reduction of theαSyn load in the colon, accompanied by a reduction in enteric glial cell reactivity in the colonic ganglia. Our results demonstrate that immunisation with UB-312 prevents functional deficits and both central and peripheral pathology in Thy1SNCA/15 mice.

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalHumansIntestinesMiceMice, TransgenicParkinsonian DisordersProtein Aggregation, PathologicalVaccinationVaccines, Subunitalpha-SynucleinVaccines, SubunitAlpha synucleinGastrointestinal pathologyImmunotherapyMotor behaviourSynucleinopathiesThy1SNCA

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PMID34741635
PMCPMC8732825
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