Investigation of mosaicism for copy number variants in PD brain
Objective: To investigate the presence of genetic mosaicism due to somatically acquired copy number variants (CNVs) affecting PD genes in PD brain. Background: The cause…The effects of viral priming on neurotoxin induced neurodegeneration and synapse dysfunction in cell culture models relevant to Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To investigate the effects of viral innate immune activation on neurodegeneration and synaptic protein expression in dopaminergic (DA)-like neurons following treatment with Parkinson's disease…The role and underlying mechanisms of BAG3 in regulating autophagy in PC12 cells
Objective: To detect the role of Bcl-2-associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) in regulating autophagy in PC12 cells and explore the underlying mechanisms of it. Background: Increasing…Oligomeric alpha-synuclein and glucocerebrosidase activity levels in GBA-associated Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate alterations in the phosphorylated, oligomeric alpha-synuclein and GBA activity levels in plasma from patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease (sPD), PD patients with…Exploring aging-VMAT2 gene-rotenone interactions in a cell model for Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To develop a Parkinson's disease (PD) model based on aging, vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) gene susceptibility and chronic rotenone exposure in SK-N-SH cell,…The unfolded protein response pathway as a possible therapeutic target for the synucleinopathies
Objective: To investigate whether the pharmacological inhibition of unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway would be beneficial in cellular model of synucleinopathies. Background: It has been…Effect of genetic variation in SNCA and APOE on cerebrospinal fluid protein levels in patients with Parkinson’s disease and controls
Objective: To determine whether genetic variability constitutes a source of heterogeneity in levels of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and…Characteristics of the interaction between different toxic aggregated species of alpha-synuclein and cell membrane
Objective: To determine (1) the interaction rate of each toxic aggregated species of alpha-synuclein (α-Syn) with cell membrane compare to the monomeric form, (2) the…Inhibition of cathepsin D enhances the autophagy lysosome pathway dysfunction and α-synuclein aggregation in experimental parkinsonism
Objective: To explore the mechanism of CTSD inhibition in the dysfunction of autophagy-lysosome pathway and aggregation of α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease. Background: α-synuclein, the main…Assessment of Parkinson’s disease risk loci as DNA methylation quantitative trait loci
Objective: To gain potential mechanistic insight into the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), a map of DNA methylation in normal human brain assessing 486,428 CpG…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.