Gender differences in Parkinson’s disease: focus on plasma alpha-synuclein

Elevated Levels of α-Synuclein Oligomer in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Drug-Naïve Patients with Parkinson's Disease

(2012) Min Jeong Park et al.   Journal of Clinical Neurology

Phosphorylated α-synuclein can be detected in blood plasma and is potentially a useful biomarker for Parkinson's disease

(2011) Penelope G. Foulds et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The oxysterol 27-hydroxycholesterol regulates α-synuclein and tyrosine hydroxylase expression levels in human neuroblastoma cells through modulation of liver X receptors and estrogen receptors-relevance to Parkinson’s disease

(2011) Gurdeep Marwarha et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

α-Synuclein and tau concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid of patients presenting with parkinsonism: a cohort study

(2011) Brit Mollenhauer et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

DJ-1 and α-synuclein in human cerebrospinal fluid as biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease

(2010) Zhen Hong et al.   BRAIN

Cell-Produced  -Synuclein Is Secreted in a Calcium-Dependent Manner by Exosomes and Impacts Neuronal Survival

(2010) E. Emmanouilidou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Plasma α-synuclein in patients with Parkinson's disease with and without treatment

(2010) Raquel Duran et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Significance and confounders of peripheral DJ-1 and alpha-synuclein in Parkinson's disease

(2010) Min Shi et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Evidence for Gender-Specific Transcriptional Profiles of Nigral Dopamine Neurons in Parkinson Disease

(2010) Filip Simunovic et al.   PLoS One

Parkinson’s Disease with and without REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder: Are There Any Clinical Differences?

(2009) Asako Yoritaka et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROLOGY

Anti-aggregation and fibril-destabilizing effects of sex hormones on α-synuclein fibrils in vitro

(2009) Mie Hirohata et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Lymphomonocyte alpha-synuclein levels in aging and in Parkinson disease

(2008) Laura Brighina et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Red Blood Cells Are the Major Source of Alpha-Synuclein in Blood

(2008) Robin Barbour et al.   Neurodegenerative Diseases