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| James P BennettSummaryAffiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University Country: USA Publications
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ALS spinal neurons show varied and reduced mtDNA gene copy numbers and increased mtDNA gene deletionsPaula M Keeney
Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Mol Neurodegener 5:21. 2010..It is presently unknown whether mtDNA abnormalities are present in single human ALS neurons...
Parkinson's disease brain mitochondria have impaired respirasome assembly, age-related increases in distribution of oxidative damage to mtDNA and no differences in heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation abundanceCharles R Arthur
Morris K Udall Parkinson s Disease Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Mol Neurodegener 4:37. 2009..abstract:..
Recombinant mitochondrial transcription factor A with N-terminal mitochondrial transduction domain increases respiration and mitochondrial gene expressionShilpa Iyer
Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases and The Morris K Udall Parkinson s Disease Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia, PO Box 800394, Charlottesville, VA 22908, United States
Mitochondrion 9:196-203. 2009..MTD-TFAM increases mitochondrial bioenergetics and holds promise for treatment of mitochondrial diseases involving deficiencies of energy production...
Recombinant human mitochondrial transcription factor A stimulates mitochondrial biogenesis and ATP synthesis, improves motor function after MPTP, reduces oxidative stress and increases survival after endotoxinRavindar R Thomas
Morris Udall Parkinson s Disease Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Mitochondrion 11:108-18. 2011..rhTFAM treatment improved motor recovery rate after treatment with MPTP and dose-dependently improved survival in the lipopolysaccharide model of endotoxin sepsis...
Cybrid models of Parkinson's disease show variable mitochondrial biogenesis and genotype-respiration relationshipsPaula M Keeney
Morris K Udall Parkinson s Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia, PO Box 800394, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Exp Neurol 220:374-82. 2009..Cybrids remain a valuable model for some aspects of sPD but their heterogeneity mitigates against a simple designation of sPD phenotype in this cell model...
Nerve growth factor attenuates oxidant-induced ?-amyloid neurotoxicity in sporadic Alzheimer's disease cybridsIsaac G Onyango
Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
J Neurochem 114:1605-18. 2010....
Relationships among molecular genetic and respiratory properties of Parkinson's disease cybrid cells show similarities to Parkinson's brain tissuesM Kathleen Borland
Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1792:68-74. 2009..This will require characterization of the abnormalities and dynamics of mtDNA changes propagated through sPD cybrids over time...
Chronic, low-dose rotenone reproduces Lewy neurites found in early stages of Parkinson's disease, reduces mitochondrial movement and slowly kills differentiated SH-SY5Y neural cellsM Kathleen Borland
Center for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Morris K, Udall Parkinson s Disease Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Mol Neurodegener 3:21. 2008..The vast majority of Parkinson's disease occurs sporadically, and current models of sporadic Parkinson's disease (sPD) can utilize directly infused or systemic neurotoxins...
The mitochondrial secret(ase) of Alzheimer's diseaseKisha J Young
Neuroscience Graduate Program and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 20:S381-400. 2010....
Mitochondrial gene therapy augments mitochondrial physiology in a Parkinson's disease cell modelPaula M Keeney
Morris K Udall Parkinson s Disease Research Center of Excellence, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
Hum Gene Ther 20:897-907. 2009..It also is unclear whether single-donor gDNA for generating mtDNA would be a preferred therapeutic compared with the pooled gDNA used in this study...
Research Grants
- OXIDATIVE STRESS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASEJames Bennett; Fiscal Year: 2004..Paradigms for evaluating neuroprotective therapies will also be developed to allow targeted approaches to correcting consequences of increased oxidative stress in cells. ..
