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Protective role of heat shock proteins in Parkinson's disease.
Paolo AridonGabriella SconzoFabiana GeraciMarco D'amelioGiuseppina TurturiciGiovanni Savettierisubject
Heat shock proteins Parkinson disease neuroprotective roleParkinson's diseasebiologyNeurodegenerationParkinson DiseaseDiseasemedicine.diseasemedicine.disease_causeHsp90Hsp70PathogenesisNeurologyHeat shock proteinImmunologymedicinebiology.proteinAnimalsHumansHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsNeurology (clinical)HSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsNeuroscienceOxidative stressHeat-Shock Proteinsdescription
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease. Despite a large amount of research, the pathogenetic mechanism of these diseases has not yet been clarified. Abnormal protein folding, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and apoptotic mechanisms have all been reported as causes of neurodegenerative diseases in association with neuroinflammatory mechanisms which, by generating deleterious molecules, could promote the cascade of events leading to neurodegeneration. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) play a central role in preventing protein misfolding and inhibiting apoptotic activity, and represent a class of proteins potentially involved in PD pathogenesis. The present review will focus on two HSPs, HSP70 and HSP90, with the aim of specifying their role in PD pathogenesis.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-04-16 | Neuro-degenerative diseases |