%0 Journal Article %T Proteasome-targeted nanobodies alleviate pathology and functional decline in an ¦Á-synuclein-based Parkinson¡¯s disease model %A Anne Messer %A Christopher M. Dobson %A David Butler %A Diptaman Chatterjee %A Erwin De Genst %A Jeffrey H. Kordower %A Mansi Bhatt %J Archive of "NPJ Parkinson's Disease". %D 2018 %R 10.1038/s41531-018-0062-4 %X Experimental design and study overview. a Study design: genes expressing intrabodies or saline vehicle were delivered by viral vector into animals previously lesioned with an ¦Á-syn overexpression vector for observation of treatment effects on behavior and post-mortem analysis of pathology. b Model overview of ¦Á-syn overexpression via viral vector delivery of human ¦Á-syn into the substantia nigra pars compacta (scale bar: B¡ª50¦Ìm). c Schematic of ¦Á-syn protein and target regions for nanobody aptamers VH14*PEST and NbSyn87*PEST. d Diagram of the process of ¦Á-syn fibril formation, sites of intrabody binding, and intrabody-mediated protein clearance mechanism %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105584/