Small soluble α-synuclein aggregates are the toxic species in Parkinson’s disease

α-synuclein aggregates cause neuronal damage, but their heterogeneity complicates studying their toxic properties. Here, the authors analyze α-synuclein aggregates in vitro and study post-mortem brain samples, providing evidence that small aggregates are the main culprit for neuronal death in Parkin...

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Main Authors: Derya Emin, Yu P. Zhang, Evgeniia Lobanova, Alyssa Miller, Xuecong Li, Zengjie Xia, Helen Dakin, Dimitrios I. Sideris, Jeff Y. L. Lam, Rohan T. Ranasinghe, Antonina Kouli, Yanyan Zhao, Suman De, Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Michele Vendruscolo, Francesco S. Ruggeri, Franklin I. Aigbirhio, Caroline H. Williams-Gray, David Klenerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33252-6