SNCA, synuclein alpha, 6622

N. diseases: 449; N. variants: 66
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Biochemical and genetic evidence point towards alpha-synuclein aggregation as having a pivotal role in the onset and progression of several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy and Lewy body dementia. 15790525 2005
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE There is strong evidence for the involvement of alpha-synuclein in the pathologies of several neurodegenerative disorders, including PD (Parkinson's disease). 16246056 2005
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 GeneticVariation group BEFREE Pathological brain inclusions comprised of alpha-synuclein or tau proteins are associated with a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders, and oxidative and nitrative injury has been implicated in all of these diseases. 15890012 2005
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Filamentous alpha-synuclein depositions are the defining hallmarks of a subset of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy. 15628878 2005
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Fibrillization and aggregation of alpha-synuclein may play a critical role in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's diseases. 16460685 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Further, we demonstrate that archaeal proteasome can also degrade other neurodegenerative disease-associated proteins such as alpha-synuclein and tau. 16793767 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Mutations in alpha-synuclein gene cause familial form of Parkinson disease, and deposition of wild-type alpha-synuclein as Lewy bodies occurs as a hallmark lesion of sporadic Parkinson disease and dementia with Lewy bodies, implicating alpha-synuclein in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease and related neurodegenerative diseases. 16260788 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by fibrillar aggregates of alpha-synuclein in characteristic inclusions known as "Lewy bodies". 16959793 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 GeneticVariation group LHGDN Synphilin-1A: an aggregation-prone isoform of synphilin-1 that causes neuronal death and is present in aggregates from alpha-synucleinopathy patients. 16595633 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Alpha-synuclein (alphaSyn) misfolding is associated with several devastating neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease (PD). 16794039 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Aberrant aggregation of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) to form fibrils and insoluble aggregates has been implicated in the pathogenic processes of many neurodegenerative diseases. 17005870 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group LHGDN These findings revealed a new, possibly regulatory, modification of tau and alpha-synuclein that may also have implications for their pathogenic roles in neurodegenerative diseases. 16464864 2006
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, the deposition of alpha-synuclein, an abundant presynaptic brain protein, as fibrillary aggregates in affected neurons or glial cells, was highlighted as a hallmark lesion of a subset of neurodegenerative disorders, including PD, DLB and multiple system atrophy collectively referred to as synucleinopathies. 18018483 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 GeneticVariation group BEFREE The adverse effects of aging on neuronal Ca2+ regulation are subject to modification by genetic (mutations in presenilins, alpha-synuclein, huntingtin, or Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase; apolipoprotein E isotype, etc.) and environmental (dietary energy intake, exercise, exposure to toxins, etc.) factors that may cause or affect the risk of neurodegenerative disease. 17328689 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group CTD_human Adult-onset neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation and cortical alpha-synuclein and tau pathology: a distinct clinicopathological entity. 17296847 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 PosttranslationalModification group BEFREE Recent studies have shown the co-existence of alpha-synuclein and phosphorylated tau (pTau) in several neurodegenerative diseases. 17237936 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE alpha-Synuclein is a primarily neuronal protein that is enriched at the pre-synapse. alpha-Synuclein and the microtubule binding protein tau have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. alpha-Synuclein is known to associate with phospholipid vesicles, regulates dopamine metabolism and exhibits chaperone activity, but its main role remains largely unknown. 17408955 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Alpha-synuclein is involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission and has been implicated in a number of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. 17374033 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Aggregation of alpha-synuclein, an abundant and conserved pre-synaptic brain protein, is implicated as a critical factor in several neurodegenerative diseases. 17623039 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Alpha-synuclein has been implicated in the pathology of certain neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (LBs). 17337120 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Although alpha-synuclein has been implicated in several neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy, its functions remain largely unclear. 17653558 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) has been linked to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative diseases. 17715357 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE These findings have potentially important implications for understanding the interface between tau and alpha-synuclein pathways in neurodegenerative disorders and for unraveling the biological basis for cognitive impairment and dementia in PD. 17683088 2007
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Moreover, alpha-synuclein- and ubiquitin-positive inclusion bodies are the pathological hallmarks of PD and several other neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy. 18065497 2008
CUI: C0524851
Disease: Neurodegenerative Disorders
Neurodegenerative Disorders
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized pathologically by the degeneration of nigrostriatal pathway dopaminergic neurons and other neuronal systems and the appearance of Lewy bodies that contain alpha-synuclein. 18590612 2008