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Roles of α-Synuclein and Disease-Associated Factors in Drosophila Models of Parkinson's Disease.
International journal of molecular sciences - 28 Jan 2022
Suzuki Mari, Sango Kazunori, Nagai Yoshitaka
Abstract excerpt
α-Synuclein (αSyn) plays a major role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD), which is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. The accumulation of αSyn is a pathological hallmark of PD, and mutations in the SNCA gene encoding αSyn cause familial forms of PD. Moreover, the ectopic expression of αSyn has been demonstrated to mimic several key aspects of PD in...
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