Genetic clues to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease

Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease

Braak, H., Tredici, K. D., Rüb, U., de Vos, R. A. I., Jansen Steur, E. N. H., & Braak, E. (2003) · Neurobiology of Aging · doi:10.1016/s0197-4580(02)00065-9 · Cited by 10,777

α-Synuclein in Lewy bodies

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Mutation in the α-Synuclein Gene Identified in Families with Parkinson's Disease

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AlaSOPro mutation in the gene encoding α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease

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Hereditary Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Caused by Mutations in PINK1

Valente, E. M., Abou-Sleiman, P. M., Caputo, V., Muqit, M. M. K., Harvey, K., Gispert, S., Ali, Z., Del Turco, D., Bentivoglio, A. R., Healy, D. G., et al. (2004) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1096284 · Cited by 3,481

α-synuclein locus duplication as a cause of familial Parkinson's disease

Chartier-Harlin, M.-C., Kachergus, J., Roumier, C., Mouroux, V., Douay, X., Lincoln, S., Levecque, C., Larvor, L., Andrieux, J., Hulihan, M., et al. (2004) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17103-1 · Cited by 2,029

Familial Parkinson disease gene product, parkin, is a ubiquitin-protein ligase

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Mice Lacking α-Synuclein Display Functional Deficits in the Nigrostriatal Dopamine System

Abeliovich, A., Schmitz, Y., Fariñas, I., Choi-Lundberg, D., Ho, W.-H., Castillo, P. E., Shinsky, N., Verdugo, J. M. G., Armanini, M., Ryan, A., et al. (2000) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80886-7 · Cited by 1,722

Mitochondrial pathology and apoptotic muscle degeneration in Drosophila parkin mutants

Greene, J. C., Whitworth, A. J., Kuo, I., Andrews, L. A., Feany, M. B., & Pallanck, L. J. (2003) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0737556100 · Cited by 1,203

Parkin functions as an E2-dependent ubiquitin– protein ligase and promotes the degradation of the synaptic vesicle-associated protein, CDCrel-1

Zhang, Y., Gao, J., Chung, K. K. K., Huang, H., Dawson, V. L., & Dawson, T. M. (2000) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.240347797 · Cited by 982

Parkin-deficient Mice Exhibit Nigrostriatal Deficits but Not Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons

Goldberg, M. S., Fleming, S. M., Palacino, J. J., Cepeda, C., Lam, H. A., Bhatnagar, A., Meloni, E. G., Wu, N., Ackerson, L. C., Klapstein, G. J., et al. (2003) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m308947200 · Cited by 913

Clearance of α-Synuclein Oligomeric Intermediates via the Lysosomal Degradation Pathway

Lee, H.-J., Khoshaghideh, F., Patel, S., & Lee, S.-J. (2004) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.3809-03.2004 · Cited by 445

α-Synuclein Blocks ER-Golgi Traffic and Rab1 Rescues Neuron Loss in Parkinson's Models

Cooper, A. A., Gitler, A. D., Cashikar, A., Haynes, C. M., Hill, K. J., Bhullar, B., Liu, K., Xu, K., Strathearn, K. E., Liu, F., et al. (2006) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1129462 · Cited by 1,376

Hereditary parkinsonism with dementia is caused by mutations in ATP13A2, encoding a lysosomal type 5 P-type ATPase

Ramirez, A., Heimbach, A., Gründemann, J., Stiller, B., Hampshire, D., Cid, L. P., Goebel, I., Mubaidin, A. F., Wriekat, A.-L., Roeper, J., et al. (2006) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng1884 · Cited by 1,208

A common LRRK2 mutation in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Gilks, W. P., Abou-Sleiman, P. M., Gandhi, S., Jain, S., Singleton, A., Lees, A. J., Shaw, K., Bhatia, K. P., Bonifati, V., Quinn, N. P., et al. (2005) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17830-1 · Cited by 774

Drug discovery in the ubiquitin–proteasome system

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Neuropathology, biochemistry, and biophysics of α‐synuclein aggregation

Uversky, V. N. (2007) · Journal of Neurochemistry · doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04764.x · Cited by 567