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Nucleolar dysfunction in Huntington's disease.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Jun 2014
Lee Junghee, Hwang Yu Jin, Ryu Hyun, Kowall Neil W, Ryu Hoon
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder characterized by triad clinical symptoms of chorea, emotional distress, and cognitive decline. Genetic mutation in HD is identified by an expansion of CAG repeats coding for glutamine (Q) in exon 1 of the huntingtin (htt) gene. The exact mechanism on how mutant htt leads to the selective loss of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the striatum is still unknown....
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