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Pathological cell-cell interactions elicited by a neuropathogenic form of mutant Huntingtin contribute to cortical pathogenesis in HD mice.
Neuron - 5 May 2005
Gu Xiaofeng, Li Chenjian, Wei Weizheng, Lo Victor, Gong Shiaoching, Li Shi-Hua, Iwasato Takuji, Itohara Shigeyoshi, Li Xiao-Jiang, Mody Istvan, Heintz Nathaniel, Yang X William
Abstract excerpt
Expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) proteins in Huntington's disease (HD) as well as other polyQ disorders are known to elicit a variety of intracellular toxicities, but it remains unclear whether polyQ proteins can elicit pathological cell-cell interactions which are critical to disease pathogenesis. To test this possibility, we have created conditional HD mice expressing a neuropathogenic form of mutant huntingtin...
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