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ReviewFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2024

Intercellular transmission of alpha-synuclein.

Shenjie Wu, Randy W Schekman

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Review in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shenjie WuDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Randy W SchekmanDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An emerging theme in Parkinson's disease (PD) is the propagation of α-synuclein pathology as the disease progresses. Research involving the injection of preformed α-synuclein fibrils (PFFs) in animal models has recapitulated the pathological spread observed in PD patients. At the cellular and molecular levels, this intercellular spread requires the translocation of α-synuclein across various membrane barriers. Recent studies have identified subcellular organelles and protein machineries that facilitate these processes. In this review, we discuss the proposed pathways for α-synuclein intercellular transmission, including unconventional secretion, receptor-mediated uptake, endosome escape and nanotube-mediated transfer. In addition, we advocate for a rigorous examination of the evidence for the localization of α-synuclein in extracellular vesicles.

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alpha synucleinBraak hypothesisendosome escapeextracellular vesicle (EV)Parkinson’s diseasereceptor-mediated uptaketunneling nanotubeunconventional secretion

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PMID39324117
PMCPMC11422390

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