2019
A Proposed Roadmap for Parkinson’s Disease Proof of Concept Clinical Trials Investigating Compounds Targeting Alpha-Synuclein
Merchant KM, Cedarbaum JM, Brundin P, Dave KD, Eberling J, Espay AJ, Hutten SJ, Javidnia M, Luthman J, Maetzler W, Menalled L, Reimer AN, Stoessl AJ, Weiner DM, . A Proposed Roadmap for Parkinson’s Disease Proof of Concept Clinical Trials Investigating Compounds Targeting Alpha-Synuclein. Journal Of Parkinson's Disease 2019, Preprint: 1-31. PMID: 30400107, PMCID: PMC6398545, DOI: 10.3233/jpd-181471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParkinson's diseaseProgression of PDDisease-modifying therapiesConcept clinical trialMichael J. Fox FoundationDisease-modifying therapeuticsLewy pathologyClinical outcomesClinical trialsTargeting therapyAnimal modelsClinical proofAlpha-synucleinBiomarker toolkitΑ-synClinical researchInvestigational moleculesTherapyPD researchTranslational frameworkParkinson's ResearchDiseaseBiomarkersConcept studyMeaningful strides
2018
Development of an aggregate-selective, human-derived α-synuclein antibody BIIB054 that ameliorates disease phenotypes in Parkinson's disease models
Weihofen A, Liu Y, Arndt JW, Huy C, Quan C, Smith BA, Baeriswyl JL, Cavegn N, Senn L, Su L, Marsh G, Auluck P, Montrasio F, Nitsch RM, Hirst WD, Cedarbaum JM, Pepinsky R, Grimm J, Weinreb PH. Development of an aggregate-selective, human-derived α-synuclein antibody BIIB054 that ameliorates disease phenotypes in Parkinson's disease models. Neurobiology Of Disease 2018, 124: 276-288. PMID: 30381260, DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2018.10.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΑ-Syn pathologyParkinson's diseaseΑ-synDisease progressionMouse modelPrevention of PDPhase 2 clinical trialPD mouse modelPD brain tissueDisease modelsDopamine transporter densityParkinson's disease modelΑ-synuclein antibodyPromising therapeutic approachDifferent mouse modelsHealthy elderly individualsΑ-syn fibrilsEpitope mapping studiesDopaminergic terminalsRecombinant α-synPreclinical dataClinical trialsTherapeutic approachesMotor impairmentElderly individuals