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Shusei Hamamichi

Researcher at University of Alabama

Publications -  22
Citations -  2877

Shusei Hamamichi is an academic researcher from University of Alabama. The author has contributed to research in topics: RNA interference & Neurodegeneration. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 16 publications receiving 2606 citations. Previous affiliations of Shusei Hamamichi include Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Alpha-synuclein is part of a diverse and highly conserved interaction network that includes PARK9 and manganese toxicity.

TL;DR: Dopaminergic neuron loss caused by α-syn overexpression in animal and neuronal PD models is rescued by coexpression of PARK9, and yeast PARK9 helps to protect cells from manganese toxicity, revealing a connection between PD genetics and an environmental risk factor.
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The Parkinson's disease protein α-synuclein disrupts cellular Rab homeostasis

TL;DR: Yeast α-syn inhibits endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi vesicle trafficking, which is rescued by overexpression of a Rab GTPase that regulates ER→golgi trafficking, and the homologous Rab1 rescues α- syn toxicity in dopaminergic neuronal models of PD.
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Hypothesis-based RNAi screening identifies neuroprotective genes in a Parkinson's disease model.

TL;DR: Five previously unreported gene products are revealed that significantly protect against age- and dose-dependent α-syn-induced degeneration in the dopamine neurons of transgenic worms, and one gene reported to cause neurodegeneration in knockout mice.