α-Synuclein: The Long Distance Runner

Neuron-to-neuron transmission of α-synuclein fibrils through axonal transport

(2012) Eric C. Freundt et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

The slow axonal transport of alpha-synuclein-mechanistic commonalities amongst diverse cytosolic cargoes

(2012) Yong Tang et al.   Cytoskeleton

α-Synuclein in Central Nervous System and from Erythrocytes, Mammalian Cells, andEscherichia coliExists Predominantly as Disordered Monomer

(2012) Bruno Fauvet et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Intracerebral inoculation of pathological α-synuclein initiates a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative α-synucleinopathy in mice

(2012) Kelvin C. Luk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Antibody-Aided Clearance of Extracellular  -Synuclein Prevents Cell-to-Cell Aggregate Transmission

(2012) E.-J. Bae et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Alpha-Synuclein Cell-to-Cell Transfer and Seeding in Grafted Dopaminergic Neurons In Vivo

(2012) Elodie Angot et al.   PLoS One

Pathological  -Synuclein Transmission Initiates Parkinson-like Neurodegeneration in Nontransgenic Mice

(2012) K. C. Luk et al.   SCIENCE

Environmental toxins trigger PD-like progression via increased alpha-synuclein release from enteric neurons in mice

(2012) Francisco Pan-Montojo et al.   Scientific Reports

α-Synuclein propagates from mouse brain to grafted dopaminergic neurons and seeds aggregation in cultured human cells

(2011) Christian Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Neuropathology of sporadic Parkinson's disease: Evaluation and changes of concepts

(2011) Kurt A. Jellinger   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

α-Synuclein occurs physiologically as a helically folded tetramer that resists aggregation

(2011) Tim Bartels et al.   NATURE

Prion-like acceleration of a synucleinopathy in a transgenic mouse model

(2011) Anne-Laure Mougenot et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING

Transfer of host-derived alpha synuclein to grafted dopaminergic neurons in rat

(2011) Jeffrey H. Kordower et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Lysosomal dysfunction increases exosome-mediated alpha-synuclein release and transmission

(2011) Lydia Alvarez-Erviti et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Exogenous α-Synuclein Fibrils Induce Lewy Body Pathology Leading to Synaptic Dysfunction and Neuron Death

(2011) Laura A. Volpicelli-Daley et al.   NEURON

The AAA-ATPase VPS4 Regulates Extracellular Secretion and Lysosomal Targeting of α-Synuclein

(2011) Takafumi Hasegawa et al.   PLoS One

A soluble  -synuclein construct forms a dynamic tetramer

(2011) W. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Can Parkinson's disease pathology be propagated from one neuron to another?

(2011) Christopher J.R. Dunning et al.   PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Heat-shock protein 70 modulates toxic extracellular α-synuclein oligomers and rescues trans-synaptic toxicity

(2010) Karin M. Danzer et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Accelerated formation of α-synuclein oligomers by concerted action of the 20S proteasome and familial Parkinson mutations

(2010) Karen A. Lewis et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOENERGETICS AND BIOMEMBRANES

Seeded Aggregation and Toxicity of α-Synuclein and Tau

(2010) Takashi Nonaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Aggregation of α-Synuclein in S. cerevisiae is Associated with Defects in Endosomal Trafficking and Phospholipid Biosynthesis

(2010) James H. Soper et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

A novel, high-efficiency cellular model of fibrillar α-synuclein inclusions and the examination of mutations that inhibit amyloid formation

(2010) Elisa A. Waxman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

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

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

Characterization of Lewy body pathology in 12- and 16-year-old intrastriatal mesencephalic grafts surviving in a patient with Parkinson's disease

(2010) Jia-Yi Li et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

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

(2010) Venu M. Nemani et al.   NEURON

Progression of Parkinson's Disease Pathology Is Reproduced by Intragastric Administration of Rotenone in Mice

(2010) Francisco Pan-Montojo et al.   PLoS One

 -Synuclein Promotes SNARE-Complex Assembly in Vivo and in Vitro

(2010) J. Burre et al.   SCIENCE

Critical evaluation of the Braak staging scheme for Parkinson's disease

(2009) Kurt A. Jellinger   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Parkinson's Disease

(2009) Christopher H. Hawkes et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Biophysics of Parkinsons Disease: Structure and Aggregation of α- Synuclein

(2009) Vladimir Uversky et al.   CURRENT PROTEIN & PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Inclusion formation and neuronal cell death through neuron-to-neuron transmission of  -synuclein

(2009) P. Desplats et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is Parkinson's disease a prion disorder?

(2009) C. W. Olanow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exogenous  -synuclein fibrils seed the formation of Lewy body-like intracellular inclusions in cultured cells

(2009) K. C. Luk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Applicability of current staging/categorization of α-synuclein pathology and their clinical relevance

(2008) Laura Parkkinen et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

A critical evaluation of the Braak staging scheme for Parkinson's disease

(2008) Robert E. Burke et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY

Clearance and deposition of extracellular α-synuclein aggregates in microglia

(2008) He-Jin Lee et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Assembly-dependent endocytosis and clearance of extracellular a-synuclein

(2008) He-Jin Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Transplanted dopaminergic neurons develop PD pathologic changes: A second case report

(2008) Jeffrey H. Kordower et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

Lewy bodies in grafted neurons in subjects with Parkinson's disease suggest host-to-graft disease propagation

(2008) Jia-Yi Li et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Lewy body–like pathology in long-term embryonic nigral transplants in Parkinson's disease

(2008) Jeffrey H Kordower et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Research in motion: the enigma of Parkinson's disease pathology spread

(2008) Patrik Brundin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE