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Peripheral androgen receptor gene suppression rescues disease in mouse models of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Cell reports - 8 May 2014
Lieberman Andrew P, Yu Zhigang, Murray Sue, Peralta Raechel, Low Audrey, Guo Shuling, Yu Xing Xian, Cortes Constanza J, Bennett C Frank, Monia Brett P, La Spada Albert R, Hung Gene
Abstract excerpt
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is caused by the polyglutamine androgen receptor (polyQ-AR), a protein expressed by both lower motor neurons and skeletal muscle. Although viewed as a motor neuronopathy, data from patients and mouse models suggest that muscle contributes to disease pathogenesis. Here, we tested this hypothesis using AR113Q knockin and human bacterial artificial chromosome/clone (BAC)...
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