Pathologic α-Synuclein-NOD2 Interaction and RIPK2 Activation Drives Microglia-Induced Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease
Bo Am Seo, Seung‐Hwan Kwon, Donghoon Kim, Han-Byeol Kim, Shixun Ma, Kundlik Gadhave, Noelle Burgess, Xiaobo Mao, Liana S. Rosenthal, Javier Redding‐Ochoa, Juan Carlos Troncoso, Seulki Lee, Valina Lynn Dawson, Ted M. Dawson, Han Seok Ko
This paper identifies NOD2/RIPK2 signaling as a key driver of neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease, showing that pathological α-synuclein activates this pathway in microglia, leading to neurodegeneration and that targeting NOD2 or RIPK2 protects dopamine neurons.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2024 · PreprintNeuroscience