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Prolonged treatment with pimelic o-aminobenzamide HDAC inhibitors ameliorates the disease phenotype of a Friedreich ataxia mouse model.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Jun 2011
Sandi Chiranjeevi, Pinto Ricardo Mouro, Al-Mahdawi Sahar, Ezzatizadeh Vahid, Barnes Glenn, Jones Steve, Rusche James R, Gottesfeld Joel M, Pook Mark A
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Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by GAA repeat expansion within the FXN gene, leading to epigenetic changes and heterochromatin-mediated gene silencing that result in a frataxin protein deficit. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, including pimelic o-a...
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