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Poly-glutamine expanded huntingtin dramatically alters the genome wide binding of HSF1.
Journal of Huntington's disease - 1 Jan 2012
Riva Laura, Koeva Martina, Yildirim Ferah, Pirhaji Leila, Dinesh Deepika, Mazor Tali, Duennwald Martin L, Fraenkel Ernest
Abstract excerpt
In Huntington's disease (HD), polyglutamine expansions in the huntingtin (Htt) protein cause subtle changes in cellular functions that, over-time, lead to neurodegeneration and death. Studies have indicated that activation of the heat shock response can reduce many of the effects of mutant Htt in disease models, suggesting that the heat shock response is impaired in the disease. To understand the basis for this...
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