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Depletion of mitochondrial DNA in leukocytes of patients with poly-Q diseases.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jan 2008
Liu Chin-San, Cheng Wen-Ling, Kuo Shou-Jen, Li Jie-Yuan, Soong Bing-Wen, Wei Yau-Huei
Abstract excerpt
Polyglutamine (poly-Q) diseases are late-onset neurodegenerative disorders arising from the expansion of an unstable CAG repeat in the affected gene, which is translated to a tract of glutamine residues. This kind of mutant proteins may be aggregated and accumulated, and thereby enhance cellular oxidative stress. In one of our previous studies (Free Radic. Res. 2003;37:1307-17), we found that alteration in the...
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