Pioglitazone suppresses neuronal and muscular degeneration caused by polyglutamine-expanded androgen receptors

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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neuromuscular disease caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat in the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Mutant AR has been postulated to alter the expression of genes important for mitochondrial function and induce mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, we show that the expression levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), a key regulator of mitochondrial...

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