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Muscle expression of mutant androgen receptor accounts for systemic and motor neuron disease phenotypes in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Neuron - 16 Apr 2014
Cortes Constanza J, Ling Shuo-Chien, Guo Ling T, Hung Gene, Tsunemi Taiji, Ly Linda, Tokunaga Seiya, Lopez Edith, Sopher Bryce L, Bennett C Frank, Shelton G Diane, Cleveland Don W, La Spada Albert R
Abstract excerpt
X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is characterized by adult-onset muscle weakness and lower motor neuron degeneration. SBMA is caused by CAG-polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat expansions in the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Pathological findings include motor neuron loss, with polyQ-AR accumulation in intranuclear inclusions. SBMA patients exhibit myopathic features, suggesting a role for muscle in...
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