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Impaired ERAD and ER stress are early and specific events in polyglutamine toxicity.
Genes & development - 1 Dec 2008
Duennwald Martin L, Lindquist Susan
Abstract excerpt
Protein misfolding, whether caused by aging, environmental factors, or genetic mutations, is a common basis for neurodegenerative diseases. The misfolding of proteins with abnormally long polyglutamine (polyQ) expansions causes several neurodegenerative disorders, such as Huntington's disease (HD). Although many cellular pathways have been documented to be impaired in HD, the primary triggers of polyQ toxicity...
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