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Induction of Molecular Chaperones as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Polyglutamine Diseases
1 Feb 2010
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Protein misfolding and aggregation in the brain have been implicated as a common molecular pathogenesis of various neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and the polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases. The polyQ diseases are a group of nine hereditary neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease (HD) and various types of spinocerebellar...
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