Alpha-Synuclein to the Rescue: Immune Cell Recruitment by Alpha-Synuclein during Gastrointestinal Infection

The olfactory bulb as the entry site for prion-like propagation in neurodegenerative diseases

(2018) Nolwen L. Rey et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

A Role for Neuronal Alpha-Synuclein in Gastrointestinal Immunity

(2017) Ethan Stolzenberg et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

T cells from patients with Parkinson’s disease recognize α-synuclein peptides

(2017) David Sulzer et al.   NATURE

The role of peripheral immune cells in the CNS in steady state and disease

(2017) Marco Prinz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Vagotomy and Parkinson disease

(2017) Bojing Liu et al.   NEUROLOGY

Parkinson disease

(2017) Werner Poewe et al.   Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Pathological α-synuclein in gastrointestinal tissues from prodromal Parkinson disease patients

(2016) Morten Gersel Stokholm et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Gut Microbiota Regulate Motor Deficits and Neuroinflammation in a Model of Parkinson’s Disease

(2016) Timothy R. Sampson et al.   CELL

Alpha-Synuclein, a Novel Viral Restriction Factor Hiding in Plain Sight

(2016) Aaron R. Massey et al.   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY

Gut Feelings About α-Synuclein in Gastrointestinal Biopsies: Biomarker in the Making?

(2016) Claudio Ruffmann et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Exposure to the Functional Bacterial Amyloid Protein Curli Enhances Alpha-Synuclein Aggregation in Aged Fischer 344 Rats and Caenorhabditis elegans

(2016) Shu G. Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Protective effect of vagotomy suggests source organ for Parkinson disease

(2015) Madison T. Gray et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Alpha-Synuclein Expression Restricts RNA Viral Infections in the Brain

(2015) Erica L. Beatman et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Colonic mucosal  -synuclein lacks specificity as a biomarker for Parkinson disease

(2015) N. P. Visanji et al.   NEUROLOGY

The Synaptic Function of α-Synuclein

(2015) Jacqueline Burré   Journal of Parkinsons Disease

Direct evidence of Parkinson pathology spread from the gastrointestinal tract to the brain in rats

(2014) Staffan Holmqvist et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Macrophages are unsuccessful in clearing aggregated alpha-synuclein from the gastrointestinal tract of healthy aged Fischer 344 rats

(2014) Robert J. Phillips et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

In vivo gastric detection of α-synuclein inclusions in Parkinson's disease

(2014) Álvaro Sánchez-Ferro et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Accumulation of α-synuclein in the bowel of patients in the pre-clinical phase of Parkinson’s disease

(2013) David Hilton et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Parkinson's Disease and Alpha Synuclein: Is Parkinson's Disease a Prion-Like Disorder?

(2013) C. Warren Olanow et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Neuron-released oligomeric α-synuclein is an endogenous agonist of TLR2 for paracrine activation of microglia

(2013) Changyoun Kim et al.   Nature Communications

The prion hypothesis in Parkinson's disease: Braak to the future

(2013) Naomi P Visanji et al.   Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Is alpha-synuclein in the colon a biomarker for premotor Parkinson's Disease? Evidence from 3 cases

(2012) Kathleen M. Shannon et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Colonic inflammation in Parkinson's disease

(2012) David Devos et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Pathological roles of α-synuclein in neurological disorders

(2011) Kostas Vekrellis et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

When Does Parkinson Disease Start?

(2010) Rodolfo Savica et al.   ARCHIVES OF NEUROLOGY

Medical records documentation of constipation preceding Parkinson disease: A case-control study

(2009) R. Savica et al.   NEUROLOGY