Search Results - "McLean, P J"
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Molecular chaperones as rational drug targets for Parkinson's disease therapeutics
Published in CNS & neurological disorders drug targets (01-12-2010)“…Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative movement disorder that is caused, in part, by the loss of dopaminergic neurons within the substantia nigra pars…”
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α-Synuclein–enhanced green fluorescent protein fusion proteins form proteasome sensitive inclusions in primary neurons
Published in Neuroscience (01-01-2001)“…α-Synuclein accumulates in the brains of sporadic Parkinson’s disease patients as a major component of Lewy bodies, and mutations in α-synuclein are associated…”
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Progressive dopaminergic alterations and mitochondrial abnormalities in LRRK2 G2019S knock-in mice
Published in Neurobiology of disease (01-06-2015)“…Abstract Mutations in the LRRK2 gene represent the most common genetic cause of late onset Parkinson's disease. The physiological and pathological roles of…”
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Hsp70 Reduces α-Synuclein Aggregation and Toxicity
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (11-06-2004)“…Aggregation and cytotoxicity of misfolded α-synuclein is postulated to be crucial in the disease process of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's…”
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Neuritic alterations and neural system dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies
Published in Neurochemical research (01-11-2003)“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are neurodegenerative disorders that share progressive dementia as the common major clinical…”
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DNAJC13 p.Asn855Ser mutation screening in Parkinson's disease and pathologically confirmed Lewy body disease patients
Published in European journal of neurology (01-09-2015)“…Background Recently, a novel mutation in exon 24 of DNAJC13 gene (p.Asn855Ser, rs387907571) has been reported to cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease…”
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TorsinA and heat shock proteins act as molecular chaperones: suppression of α‐synuclein aggregation
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-11-2002)“…TorsinA, a protein with homology to yeast heat shock protein104, has previously been demonstrated to colocalize with α‐synuclein in Lewy bodies, the…”
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Alpha-synuclein has an altered conformation and shows a tight intermolecular interaction with ubiquitin in Lewy bodies
Published in Acta neuropathologica (01-10-2001)“…Alpha-synuclein, a protein in which two mutations have been identified that cause autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease, is thought to serve as a nidus for…”
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Membrane association and protein conformation of alpha-synuclein in intact neurons. Effect of Parkinson's disease-linked mutations
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (24-03-2000)“…Two missense mutations (Ala-30 --> Pro and Ala-53 --> Thr) in the gene encoding alpha-synuclein are associated with rare autosomal dominant forms of familial…”
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Subcellular localization of alpha-synuclein in primary neuronal cultures: effect of missense mutations
Published in Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum (2000)“…Numerous recent observations have implicated alpha-synuclein in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease,…”
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A close association of torsinA and α-synuclein in Lewy bodies a fluorescence resonance energy transfer study
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-07-2001)“…TorsinA, a novel protein in which a mutation causes dominant, early onset torsion dystonia, may serve as a chaperone for misfolded proteins that require…”
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Alpha-Synuclein and Chaperones in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Published in Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology (01-12-2005)“…The protein alpha-synuclein (ASYN) is thought to be involved in the development of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Overexpression of ASYN has been linked to…”
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A single amino acid substitution differentiates Hsp70-dependent effects on α-synuclein degradation and toxicity
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (03-12-2004)“…α-Synuclein aggregation and toxicity play a major role in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Hsp70 is a multipurpose stress response chaperone…”
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Interaction of α‐synuclein and synphilin‐1: effect of Parkinson's disease‐associated mutations
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-05-2001)“…α‐Synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, a neuropathological feature of Parkinson's disease. Two α‐synuclein mutations, Ala53Thr and Ala30Pro, are…”
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Contingent attentional capture or delayed allocation of attention?
Published in Perception & psychophysics (01-02-2001)“…Under certain circumstances, external stimuli will elicit an involuntary shift of spatial attention, referred to as attentional capture. According to the…”
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Small heat shock proteins protect against α-synuclein-induced toxicity and aggregation
Published in Biochemical and biophysical research communications (22-12-2006)“…Protein misfolding and inclusion formation are common events in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or…”
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Detection of novel intracellular α-synuclein oligomeric species by fluorescence lifetime imaging
Published in The FASEB journal (01-10-2006)“…Oligomerization and aggregation of α-synuclein molecules are believed to play a major role in neuronal dysfunction and loss in Parkinson's disease (PD) and…”
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The Co-chaperone Carboxyl Terminus of Hsp70-interacting Protein (CHIP) Mediates α-Synuclein Degradation Decisions between Proteasomal and Lysosomal Pathways
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (24-06-2005)“…α-Synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies, the pathological hallmark of Parkinson disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and related disorders. Misfolding…”
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Dendritic Spine Abnormalities in Amyloid Precursor Protein Transgenic Mice Demonstrated by Gene Transfer and Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (03-08-2005)“…Accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) into senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a hallmark neuropathological feature of the disorder, which likely…”
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