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Alpha-synuclein facilitates the toxicity of oxidized catechol metabolites: implications for selective neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease.
FEBS letters - 3 Apr 2006
Hasegawa Takafumi, Matsuzaki-Kobayashi Michiko, Takeda Atsushi, Sugeno Naoto, Kikuchi Akio, Furukawa Katsutoshi, Perry George, Smith Mark A, Itoyama Yasuto
Abstract excerpt
Free radicals, including dopamine (DA)-oxidized metabolites, have long been implicated in pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the relationships between such oxidative stresses and alpha-synuclein (alpha-S), a major constituent of Lewy bodies, remain unknown. In this study, we established neuronal cells that constitutively express alpha-S and tetracycline-regulated tyrosinase. While tyrosinase...
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