Publications by authors named "S N Pchelina"

Article Synopsis
  • - Variants in the CTSB gene are linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affect the activity of cathepsin B, an enzyme involved in breaking down proteins and regulating cellular processes related to autophagy and lysosome function.
  • - CatB can both degrade the harmful alpha-synuclein protein associated with PD and potentially create shorter versions of it that are more prone to aggregation, complicating its role in PD pathology.
  • - Experiments showed that inhibiting catB disrupts autophagy and lysosomal function, leading to an accumulation of toxic protein aggregates, while activating catB enhances the clearance of these aggregates in cell and neuron models.
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Previous studies have established that rare biallelic SYNJ1 mutations cause autosomal recessive parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease (PD). We analyzed 8165 PD cases, 818 early-onset-PD (EOPD, < 50 years) and 70,363 controls. Burden meta-analysis revealed an association between rare nonsynonymous variants and variants with high Combined Annotation-Dependent Depletion score (> 20) in the Sac1 SYNJ1 domain and PD (Pfdr = 0.

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Obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Adipose tissue (AT) extracellular vesicles (EVs) could play a role in obesity and T2DM associated CVD progression via the influence of their specific cargo on gene expression in recipient cells. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of AT EVs of patients with obesity with/without T2DM on reverse cholesterol transport (RCT)-related gene expression in human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) from healthy donors.

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Previous studies have suggested that rare biallelic mutations may cause autosomal recessive parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease (PD). Our study explored the impact of rare variants in non-familial settings, including 8,165 PD cases, 818 early-onset PD (EOPD, <50 years) and 70,363 controls. Burden meta-analysis using optimized sequence Kernel association test (SKAT-O) revealed an association between rare nonsynonymous variants in the Sac1 SYNJ1 domain and PD (P=0.

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