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Mitochondrial DNA damage is associated with reduced mitochondrial bioenergetics in Huntington's disease.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Oct 2012
Siddiqui Almas, Rivera-Sánchez Sulay, Castro María del R, Acevedo-Torres Karina, Rane Anand, Torres-Ramos Carlos A, Nicholls David G, Andersen Julie K, Ayala-Torres Sylvette
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Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction have been implicated in the pathology of HD; however, the precise mechanisms by which mutant huntingtin modulates levels of oxidative damage in turn resulting in mitochondrial dysfunction are not known. We hypothesize that mutant huntingtin increases...
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