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Human expanded polyglutamine androgen receptor mutants in neurodegeneration as a novel ligand target.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics - 1 Nov 2005
Furutani Takashi, Takeyama Ken-ichi, Tanabe Masahiko, Koutoku Hiroshi, Ito Saya, Taniguchi Nobuaki, Suzuki Eriko, Kudoh Masafumi, Shibasaki Masayuki, Shikama Hisataka, Kato Shigeaki
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Androgen receptor (AR) plays key roles in various biological events, including pathological processes such as prostate cancer, androgen-insensitive syndrome, and spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). SBMA is caused by mutation of the expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) stretches in the AR gene. R...
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