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Genetic knock-down of HDAC7 does not ameliorate disease pathogenesis in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.
PloS one - 1 Jun 2009
Benn Caroline L, Butler Rachel, Mariner Lydia, Nixon Jude, Moffitt Hilary, Mielcarek Michal, Woodman Ben, Bates Gillian P
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited, progressive neurological disorder caused by a CAG/polyglutamine repeat expansion, for which there is no effective disease modifying therapy. In recent years, transcriptional dysregulation has emerged as a pathogenic process that appears early in disease progression. Administration of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA)...
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