Melisa J. Baptista

The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization

Rosa Canet-Aviles, Mark A. Wilson, David W. Miller et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Molecular Biology, Neurochemical Biomarkers, Redox Biology +17

An<i>In Vitro</i>Model of Parkinson's Disease: Linking Mitochondrial Impairment to Altered α-Synuclein Metabolism and Oxidative Damage

Todd Sherer, Ranjita Betarbet, Amy K. Stout et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2002 · 579 citations · Full text

Mitophagy, Oxidative Damage, Immunology +22

Parkin Protects against the Toxicity Associated with Mutant α-Synuclein

Leonard Petrucelli, Casey O’Farrell, Paul J. Lockhart et al. · Neuron · 2002 · 551 citations · Full text

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Molecular Neuroscience, Synaptic Signaling +8

L166P Mutant DJ-1, Causative for Recessive Parkinson's Disease, Is Degraded through the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

David W. Miller, Rili Ahmad, Stephen Hague et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 239 citations · Full text

Co‐ordinate transcriptional regulation of dopamine synthesis genes by α‐synuclein in human neuroblastoma cell lines

Melisa J. Baptista, Casey O’Farrell, Sneha Suman Daya et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 2003 · 149 citations