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Sp1 regulates human huntingtin gene expression.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Jun 2012
Wang Ruitao, Luo Yawen, Ly Philip T T, Cai Fang, Zhou Weihui, Zou Haiyan, Song Weihong
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder resulting from the expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin protein. The expansion of cytosine-adenine-guanine repeats results in neuronal loss in the striatum and cortex. Mutant huntingtin (HTT) may cause toxicity via a range of different mechanisms. Recent studies indicate that impairment of wild-type HTT function may also...
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