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Overexpression of IGF-1 in muscle attenuates disease in a mouse model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Neuron - 13 Aug 2009
Palazzolo Isabella, Stack Conor, Kong Lingling, Musaro Antonio, Adachi Hiroaki, Katsuno Masahisa, Sobue Gen, Taylor J Paul, Sumner Charlotte J, Fischbeck Kenneth H, Pennuto Maria
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Expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the androgen receptor (AR) causes spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). We previously showed that Akt-mediated phosphorylation of AR reduces ligand binding and attenuates the mutant AR toxicity. Here, we show that in culture insulin-like growth factor 1...
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