Review ArticleReview Article
Parkinson Disease: Translating Insights from Molecular Mechanisms to Neuroprotection
Sheila K. Pirooznia, Liana S. Rosenthal, Valina L. Dawson and Ted M. Dawson
Eric Barker, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Pharmacological Reviews October 2021, 73 (4) 1204-1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pharmrev.120.000189
Sheila K. Pirooznia
Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Neurology (S.K.P., L.S.R., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Physiology (V.L.D.), Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience (V.L.D., T.M.D.), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (T.M.D.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.); and Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.)
Liana S. Rosenthal
Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Neurology (S.K.P., L.S.R., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Physiology (V.L.D.), Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience (V.L.D., T.M.D.), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (T.M.D.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.); and Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.)
Valina L. Dawson
Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Neurology (S.K.P., L.S.R., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Physiology (V.L.D.), Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience (V.L.D., T.M.D.), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (T.M.D.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.); and Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.)
Ted M. Dawson
Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs, Institute for Cell Engineering (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Neurology (S.K.P., L.S.R., V.L.D., T.M.D.), Departments of Physiology (V.L.D.), Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience (V.L.D., T.M.D.), Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences (T.M.D.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.); and Diana Helis Henry Medical Research Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana (S.K.P., V.L.D., T.M.D.)
Eric Barker
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Parkinson Disease Molecular Mechanisms and Neuroprotection
Sheila K. Pirooznia, Liana S. Rosenthal, Valina L. Dawson and Ted M. Dawson
Pharmacological Reviews October 1, 2021, 73 (4) 1204-1268; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/pharmrev.120.000189
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- Visual Overview
- Abstract
- I. Introduction
- II. Current Treatment Is Symptomatic
- III. Challenges to the Identification of Disease-Modifying Therapies
- IV. Biomarkers
- V. Genetics of Parkinson Disease
- VI. Environmental Contributors to Disease Progression
- VII. Targeting Pathways that Promote Clearance of α-Synuclein
- VIII. Mitochondrial Pathways to Neuroprotection
- IX. Mitochondrial-Based Therapeutic Approaches
- X. Interventions to Counter α-Synuclein Toxicity
- XI. Therapeutic Avenues from Neuroinflammatory Pathways
- XII. Targeting Altered Protein Translation
- XIII. Maintenance of Neural Calcium Homeostasis for Neuroprotection
- XIV. Regulation of Neuronal Oxidative and Nitrosative Stress
- XV. Repairing Defects in Synaptic Dysfunctions
- XVI. Neurotrophic Factors May Repair Dopaminergic Neurons
- XVII. Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Authorship Contributions
- Footnotes
- Abbreviations
- References
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