Presynaptic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease: a focus on LRRK2

Loss of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 causes age-dependent bi-phasic alterations of the autophagy pathway

(2012) Youren Tong et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Requirements for the catalytic cycle of the N-ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor (NSF)

(2011) Chunxia Zhao et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Synaptic vesicle trafficking and Parkinson's disease

(2011) Giovanni Esposito et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 regulates autophagy through a calcium-dependent pathway involving NAADP

(2011) Patricia Gómez-Suaga et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

LRRK2 Controls Synaptic Vesicle Storage and Mobilization within the Recycling Pool

(2011) G. Piccoli et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Distinct Roles In Vivo for the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System and the Autophagy-Lysosomal Pathway in the Degradation of  -Synuclein

(2011) D. Ebrahimi-Fakhari et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 and alpha-synuclein: intersecting pathways in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease?

(2011) Elisa Greggio et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Genetic characteristics of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) associated Parkinson’s disease

(2011) Soraya Bardien et al.   PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

Mechanisms in dominant parkinsonism: The toxic triangle of LRRK2, α-synuclein, and tau

(2010) Jean-Marc Taymans et al.   BIOESSAYS

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 induces α-synuclein expression via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway

(2010) Iria Carballo-Carbajal et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Regulation of the autophagy protein LC3 by phosphorylation

(2010) Salvatore J. Cherra et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Enhanced Striatal Dopamine Transmission and Motor Performance with LRRK2 Overexpression in Mice Is Eliminated by Familial Parkinson's Disease Mutation G2019S

(2010) X. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A QUICK Screen for Lrrk2 Interaction Partners – Leucine-rich Repeat Kinase 2 is Involved in Actin Cytoskeleton Dynamics

(2010) Andrea Meixner et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Dopamine turnover increases in asymptomatic LRRK2 mutations carriers

(2010) Vesna Sossi et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Impaired dopaminergic neurotransmission and microtubule-associated protein tau alterations in human LRRK2 transgenic mice

(2010) H.L. Melrose et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Increased Expression of α-Synuclein Reduces Neurotransmitter Release by Inhibiting Synaptic Vesicle Reclustering after Endocytosis

(2010) Venu M. Nemani et al.   NEURON

Loss of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 causes impairment of protein degradation pathways, accumulation of  -synuclein, and apoptotic cell death in aged mice

(2010) Y. Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The synapsins: Key actors of synapse function and plasticity

(2010) F. Cesca et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

GTPase Activity Plays a Key Role in the Pathobiology of LRRK2

(2010) Yulan Xiong et al.   PLoS Genetics

Lrrk2 interaction with α-synuclein in diffuse Lewy body disease

(2009) Hong Qing et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Lrrk2 phosphorylates alpha synuclein at serine 129: Parkinson disease implications

(2009) Hong Qing et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Mendelian forms of Parkinson's disease

(2009) Thomas Gasser   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

LRRK2 regulates autophagic activity and localizes to specific membrane microdomains in a novel human genomic reporter cellular model

(2009) Javier Alegre-Abarrategui et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Dependence of Leucine-rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Kinase Activity on Dimerization

(2009) Saurabh Sen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Parkin, PINK1, and DJ-1 form a ubiquitin E3 ligase complex promoting unfolded protein degradation

(2009) Hui Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Impaired dopamine release and synaptic plasticity in the striatum ofParkin−/− mice

(2009) Tohru Kitada et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 phosphorylates brain tubulin-beta isoforms and modulates microtubule stability - a point of convergence in Parkinsonian neurodegeneration?

(2009) Frank Gillardon   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

The Parkinson disease-associated protein kinase LRRK2 exhibits MAPKKK activity and phosphorylates MKK3/6 and MKK4/7,in vitro

(2009) Christian Johannes Gloeckner et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

SV2 Renders Primed Synaptic Vesicles Competent for Ca2+-Induced Exocytosis

(2009) W.-P. Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Genome-wide association study reveals genetic risk underlying Parkinson's disease

(2009) Javier Simón-Sánchez et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Mutant LRRK2 R1441G BAC transgenic mice recapitulate cardinal features of Parkinson's disease

(2009) Yanping Li et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

A timeline for Parkinson's disease

(2009) Christopher H. Hawkes et al.   PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

R1441C mutation in LRRK2 impairs dopaminergic neurotransmission in mice

(2009) Y. Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phosphorylation of 4E-BP by LRRK2 affects the maintenance of dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila

(2008) Yuzuru Imai et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

LRRK2 regulates synaptic vesicle endocytosis

(2008) Narae Shin et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Comprehensive analysis ofLRRK2in publicly available Parkinson's disease cases and neurologically normal controls

(2008) Coro Paisán-Ruíz et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

The Parkinson Disease-associated Leucine-rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2) Is a Dimer That Undergoes Intramolecular Autophosphorylation

(2008) Elisa Greggio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Parkinson's disease: clinical features and diagnosis

(2008) J Jankovic   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY

Synaptic vesicle fusion

(2008) Josep Rizo et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY