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ReviewCellular and molecular neurobiology2025

Alpha-Synuclein Pathophysiology in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A Review Focusing on Molecular Mechanisms and Treatment Advances in Parkinson's Disease.

Shakila Yaribash, Keyhan Mohammadi, Mahmood Alizadeh Sani

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Review in Cellular and molecular neurobiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Neuroprotective Potential of Synaptamide in MPTP-Induced Parkinson's Disease.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Shakila YaribashFaculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Enghelab Square, 16 Azar Street, Tehran, 1417614411, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9476-4770
Keyhan MohammadiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Enghelab Square, 16 Azar Street, Tehran, 1417614411, Iran. kmohammadi@tums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-8538
Mahmood Alizadeh SaniDivision of Food Safety and Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Enghelab Square, 16 Azar Street, Tehran, 1417613151, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1808-5554

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Worldwide aging has contributed to the growth of prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including Parkinson's disease among the elderlies. The advanced destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, due to many accelerator factors in the brain is the main mechanism of Parkinson's disease. The pathological aggregated alpha-synuclein (α-syn), a protein implicated in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, is one of the critical factors in this neurodegenerative disease and other similar disorders. The misfolding and aggregation of α-syn may interrupt critical processes, including functions of synaptic vesicles and can lead to neuronal death. This protein is encoded by Alpha-Synuclein Gene (SNCA) and mutation in this gene can lead to dysfunctions of the protein structure. Since, therapeutic policies that aim α-syn are promising approaches. Advances in immunotherapies, molecular chaperones, gene therapy targeting SNCA, and DNA aptamers are some examples of this strategy. This review aims to comprehensively assess the current knowledge and evidence on α-syn pathology, genetic determinants, and novel therapeutic methods in Parkinson,'s disease and other synucleinopathies. Continued investigation to discover interventions in this system could result in finding of effective and safe treatments for NDDs.

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alpha-SynucleinNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseAnimalsGenetic TherapyHumansalpha-SynucleinAlpha-synucleinAlpha- synucleinopathyNeurodegenerative diseasesParkinson’s disease

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PMID40140103
PMCPMC11947388

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