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Seeding induced by alpha-synuclein oligomers provides evidence for spreading of alpha-synuclein pathology.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Oct 2009
Danzer Karin M, Krebs Simon K, Wolff Michael, Birk Gerald, Hengerer Bastian
Abstract excerpt
Lewy bodies, alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) immunopositive intracellular deposits, are the pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). Interestingly, Lewybody-like structures have been identified in fetal tissue grafts about one decade after transplantation into the striatum of PD patients. One possible explanation for the accelerated deposition of alpha-syn in the graft is that the aggregation of alpha-syn...
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