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ArticleCells2025

Multi-Fused S,N-Heterocyclic Compounds for Targeting α-Synuclein Aggregates.

Chao Zheng, Jeffrey S Stehouwer, Goverdhan Reddy Ummenthala, Yogeshkumar S Munot, Neil Vasdev

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Article in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. PET imaging of alpha-synuclein: from radiotracer design through in vitro and in vivo translation.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chao ZhengMedChem Imaging, Inc., Boston, MA 02210, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2179-8096
Jeffrey S StehouwerDepartment of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8871-2544
Goverdhan Reddy UmmenthalaLaxai Life Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana 500078, India.
Yogeshkumar S MunotLaxai Life Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana 500078, India.ORCID 0009-0005-3219-7455
Neil VasdevMedChem Imaging, Inc., Boston, MA 02210, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2087-5125

Funding

Michael J. Fox Foundation MJFF-024348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of positron emission tomography (PET) tracers targeting α-synuclein (α-syn) aggregates is critical for the early diagnosis, differential classification, and therapeutic monitoring of synucleinopathies such as Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy. Despite recent advances, challenges including the low abundance of α-syn aggregates (10-50× lower than amyloid-beta (Aβ) or Tau), structural heterogeneity (e.g., flat fibrils in PD vs. cylindrical forms in DLB), co-pathology with Aβ/Tau, and poor metabolic stability have hindered PET tracer development for this target. To optimize our previously reported pyridothiophene-based radiotracer, [

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alpha-SynucleinHeterocyclic CompoundsProtein AggregatesAnimalsHumansParkinson DiseasePositron-Emission Tomographyalpha-SynucleinHeterocyclic CompoundsProtein AggregatesParkinson’s diseasePETstructure-activity relationshipsα-Synuclein

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PMID41090759
PMCPMC12523303

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