selected Publications
Guerreiro PS, Gerhardt E, Lopes da Fonseca T, Bähr M, Outeiro TF, Eckermann K. LRRK2 Promotes Tau Accumulation, Aggregation and Release. Mol Neurobiol. 2015 May 27.
Lopes da Fonseca T, Outeiro TF. ATP13A2 and Alpha-synuclein: a Metal Taste in Autophagy. Exp Neurobiol. 2014 Dec;23(4):314-23.
Fonseca-Ornelas L, Eisbach SE, Paulat M, Giller K, Fernández CO, Outeiro TF, Becker S, Zweckstetter M. Small molecule-mediated stabilization of vesicle-associated helical ?-synuclein inhibits pathogenic misfolding and aggregation. Nat Commun. 2014 Dec 19;5:5857.
Lázaro DF, Rodrigues EF, Langohr R, Shahpasandzadeh H, Ribeiro T, Guerreiro P, Gerhardt E, Kröhnert K, Klucken J, Pereira MD, Popova B, Kruse N, Mollenhauer B, Rizzoli SO, Braus GH, Danzer KM, Outeiro TF. Systematic comparison of the effects of alpha-synuclein mutations on its oligomerization and aggregation. PLoS Genet. 2014 Nov 13;10(11):e1004741.
Blum D, Herrera F, Francelle L, Mendes T, Basquin M, Obriot H, Demeyer D, Sergeant N, Gerhardt E, Brouillet E, Buée L, Outeiro TF. Mutant huntingtin alters Tau phosphorylation and subcellular distribution. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Jan 1;24(1):76-85.
Chutna O, Gonçalves S, Villar-Piqué A, Guerreiro P, Marijanovic Z, Mendes T,
Ramalho J, Emmanouilidou E, Ventura S, Klucken J, Barral DC, Giorgini F, Vekrellis K, Outeiro TF. The small GTPase Rab11 co-localizes with ?-synuclein in intracellular inclusions and modulates its aggregation, secretion and toxicity. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 20;23(25):6732-45.
Tenreiro S, Reimão-Pinto MM, Antas P, Rino J, Wawrzycka D, Macedo D, Rosado-Ramos R, Amen T, Waiss M, Magalhães F, Gomes A, Santos CN, Kaganovich D, Outeiro TF. Phosphorylation modulates clearance of alpha-synuclein inclusions in a yeast model of Parkinson's disease. PLoS Genet. 2014 May 8;10(5):e1004302.
Miller-Fleming L, Antas P, Pais TF, Smalley JL, Giorgini F, Outeiro TF. Yeast DJ-1 superfamily members are required for diauxic-shift reprogramming and cell survival in stationary phase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 May
13;111(19):7012-7.
Pais TF, Szeg? ÉM, Marques O, Miller-Fleming L, Antas P, Guerreiro P, de Oliveira RM, Kasapoglu B, Outeiro TF. The NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin 2 is a suppressor of microglial activation and brain inflammation. EMBO J. 2013 Oct 2;32(19):2603-16.
Amaral M, Levy C, Heyes DJ, Lafite P, Outeiro TF, Giorgini F, Leys D, Scrutton NS. Structural basis of kynurenine 3-monooxygenase inhibition. Nature. 2013 Apr 18;496(7445):382-5.
Diógenes MJ, Dias RB, Rombo DM, Vicente Miranda H, Maiolino F, Guerreiro P, Näsström T, Franquelim HG, Oliveira LM, Castanho MA, Lannfelt L, Bergström J, Ingelsson M, Quintas A, Sebastião AM, Lopes LV, Outeiro TF. Extracellular alpha-synuclein oligomers modulate synaptic transmission and impair LTP via NMDA-receptor activation. J Neurosci. 2012 Aug 22;32(34):11750-62.
Outeiro TF, Kontopoulos E, Altmann SM, Kufareva I, Strathearn KE, Amore AM, Volk CB, Maxwell MM, Rochet JC, McLean PJ, Young AB, Abagyan R, Feany MB, Hyman BT, Kazantsev AG. Sirtuin 2 inhibitors rescue alpha-synuclein-mediated toxicity in models of Parkinson's disease. Science. 2007 Jul 27;317(5837):516-9.
Outeiro TF, Lindquist S. Yeast cells provide insight into alpha-synuclein biology and pathobiology. Science. 2003 Dec 5;302(5651):1772-5.