Modeling Parkinson’s Disease Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

LRRK2 Mutant iPSC-Derived DA Neurons Demonstrate Increased Susceptibility to Oxidative Stress

(2011) Ha Nam Nguyen et al.   Cell Stem Cell

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

(2011) Tim Bartels et al.   NATURE

SNCA Triplication Parkinson's Patient's iPSC-derived DA Neurons Accumulate α-Synuclein and Are Susceptible to Oxidative Stress

(2011) Blake Byers et al.   PLoS One

Genetic etiology of Parkinson disease associated with mutations in the SNCA, PARK2, PINK1, PARK7, and LRRK2 genes: a mutation update

(2010) Karen Nuytemans et al.   HUMAN MUTATION

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

(2010) Venu M. Nemani et al.   NEURON

   -Synuclein triple knockout mice reveal age-dependent neuronal dysfunction

(2010) B. Greten-Harrison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2010) J. Burre et al.   SCIENCE

Can cellular models revolutionize drug discovery in Parkinson's disease?

(2009) Birgitt Schüle et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

Parkinson's Disease Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Free of Viral Reprogramming Factors

(2009) Frank Soldner et al.   CELL

LRRK2 enhances oxidative stress-induced neurotoxicity via its kinase activity

(2009) Hye Young Heo et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Parkinson's disease: from monogenic forms to genetic susceptibility factors

(2009) S. Lesage et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Parkin Protects against LRRK2 G2019S Mutant-Induced Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Drosophila

(2009) C.-H. Ng et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Emerging role of LRRK2 in human neural progenitor cell cycle progression, survival and differentiation

(2009) Javorina Milosevic et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

α-Synuclein and neuronal cell death

(2009) Mark R Cookson   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease

(2009) Dag Aarsland et al.   MOVEMENT DISORDERS

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

(2009) Yanping Li et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2 Regulates the Progression of Neuropathology Induced by Parkinson's-Disease-Related Mutant α-synuclein

(2009) Xian Lin et al.   NEURON

Disease-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2008) In-Hyun Park et al.   CELL

Induced pluripotent stem cells from a spinal muscular atrophy patient

(2008) Allison D. Ebert et al.   NATURE

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated from Patients with ALS Can Be Differentiated into Motor Neurons

(2008) J. T. Dimos et al.   SCIENCE