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: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Cortical overexpression of human α-synuclein is not sufficient to produce cognitive dysfunction, whereas combining this overexpression with fibril seeds yields both cognitive and histopathological phenotypes that are relevant to human Lewy body disease. 31449702 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to reveal the relationship between misfolded α-Syn aggregate concentration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and cognitive decline risk in PD. 30346044 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In conclusion, our data suggest that plasma pS129-α-synuclein levels correlate with motor severity and progression, but not cognitive decline, in patients with PD. 31623323 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, the role of physiological α-synuclein in cognitive impairment remains undetermined. 30958793 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lewy bodies inclusion and aggregation of α-Synuclein (α-Syn) during the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) serve as a good example and are potentially linked to other pathological PD features such as progressive dopaminergic neuron cell death, behavioral defects, and nonmotor symptoms like anosmia, cognitive impairment, and depression. 30482039 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Significantly, removal of endogenous mouse tau expression in TgA53T mice (TgA53T/mTau<sup>-/-</sup>), achieved by mating TgA53T mice to mouse tau-knockout mice, completely ameliorates cognitive dysfunction and concurrent synaptic deficits without affecting αS expression or accumulation of selected toxic αS oligomers. 31168644 2019
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lower values in the mismatch between α-synuclein and p-tau181 predicted faster cognitive decline (β= 0.64, p = 0.0012, 95% CI [(0.48)-(0.84)]). 29376878 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE CSF total α-synuclein levels did not distinguish PD patients from controls, displayed no substantial changes during a period of up to 4 years, and did not predict subsequent motor or cognitive decline. 29409704 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We focus primarily on the prion protein and propose a pathological mechanism in which the interaction between α-synuclein and prion protein leads to the formation of cofilin/actin rods, culminating in long-term potentiation impairment and cognitive dysfunction. 30423195 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE These results suggest that, though underlying mechanisms remain to be defined, alterations in plasma total and NDE α-synuclein concentrations are likely associated with PD progression, especially in the aspect of cognitive impairment, at early stages of the disease. 29705185 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Here we first provided evidence that RV treatment alleviated motor and cognitive deficits in the A53T α-synuclein mouse model of PD in a dose-dependent manner. 30462117 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this study, we aimed to explore the longitudinal changes of CSF a lpha-synuclein (α-syn), total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and beta-amyloid (Aβ<sub>1-42</sub>) and their relationships with each other and with baseline clinical entities like REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), cognitive impairment, motor symptoms, and olfaction dysfunction. 30050494 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The presence of RBD was a predictor for motor progression only in patients with PD who had both low α-synuclein levels and low [<sup>123</sup>I]FP-CIT uptake in the striatum (HR = 2.091, 95% CI = 1.116-3.918; <i>p</i> = 0.021) and a predictor for cognitive decline only in patients with PD who had both low Aβ<sub>42</sub> and low α-synuclein levels (HR = 2.810, 95% CI = 1.462-5.400; <i>p</i> = 0.002). 30089615 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE At the same time that the alpha-synuclein era was developing, clinical advances took place by recognizing PD as hosting a wide variety of nonmotor features with eventual cognitive impairment in many.Therapeutics has also evolved. 28784297 2018
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Longitudinal studies indicate that low levels of CSF Aβ42 are predictive of cognitive decline; however, results for tau and α-Syn were not consistent. 28554411 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Indeed, comp-B reduces not only α-synuclein but also insoluble Aβ42 levels, prevents the reductions in synaptophysin and drebrin, and rescues cognitive deficits in transgenic APdE9 mice model of AD. 27802241 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Hence, alpha-synuclein p.A53V homozygous mutation leads to a distinct phenotype of progressive parkinsonism and cognitive decline, commonly observed in patients with SNCA missense mutation or multiplications. 28666710 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE <b>Objectives:</b> To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with PD using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT) and Parkinson's disease-cognitive rating scale (PDCRS), and its association with plasma α-synuclein and <i>ApoE</i> genetic polymorphisms. 29326545 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Importantly, the abundance of αSyn oligomers in human brain tissue correlated with cognitive impairment and reductions in synapsin expression. 28533388 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE α-synuclein interacts with PrP<sup>C</sup> to induce cognitive impairment through mGluR5 and NMDAR2B. 28945221 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Plasma α-synuclein could serve as a surrogate biomarker for patients at risk of cognitive decline. 28550072 2017
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We found that over half of the reported cases with SNCA duplication had early-onset parkinsonism and non-motor features, such as dysautonomia, rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD), hallucinations (usually visual) and cognitive deficits leading to dementia. 26350119 2016
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Abnormal α-synuclein (α-syn) accumulation in the CNS may underlie neuronal cell and synaptic dysfunction leading to motor and cognitive deficits in synucleinopathies including Parkinson's disease (PD) and Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). 27389831 2016
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This study reveals a consistent association of reduced SNCA transcripts in accessible peripheral blood and early-stage Parkinson's disease in 863 participants and suggests a clinical role as potential predictor of cognitive decline. 26220939 2015
CUI: C0338656
Disease: Impaired cognition
Impaired cognition
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Role of α-synuclein in cognitive dysfunction: Studies in Drosophila melanogaster. 25954925 2015