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Cystamine treatment is neuroprotective in the YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Oct 2005
Van Raamsdonk Jeremy M, Pearson Jacqueline, Bailey Craig D C, Rogers Daniel A, Johnson Gail V W, Hayden Michael R, Leavitt Blair R
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Huntington disease (HD) is an adult onset neurodegenerative disorder characterized by selective atrophy and cell loss within the striatum. There is currently no treatment that can prevent the striatal neuropathology. Transglutaminase (TG) activity is increased in HD patients, is associated with cell death, and has been suggested to contribute to striatal neuronal loss in HD. This work assesses the therapeutic...
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