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Pathological accumulation of atrophin-1 in dentatorubralpallidoluysian atrophy.
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology - 1 Apr 2011
Suzuki Yasuyo, Yazawa Ikuru
Abstract excerpt
Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is caused by the expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ) in atrophin-1 (ATN1), also known as DRPLA protein. ATN1 is ubiquitously expressed in the central nervous system (CNS), although selective regions of CNS are degenerated in DRPLA, and this selective neuronal damage gives rise to the specific clinical features of DRPLA. Accumulation of mutant ATN1 that carries an...
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