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Depletion of p62 reduces nuclear inclusions and paradoxically ameliorates disease phenotypes in Huntington's model mice.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Feb 2015
Kurosawa Masaru, Matsumoto Gen, Kino Yoshihiro, Okuno Misako, Kurosawa-Yamada Mizuki, Washizu Chika, Taniguchi Harumi, Nakaso Kazuhiro, Yanagawa Toru, Warabi Eiji, Shimogori Tomomi, Sakurai Takashi, Hattori Nobutaka, Nukina Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited genetic disease caused by mutant huntingtin (htt) protein with expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts. A neuropathological hallmark of HD is the presence of neuronal inclusions of mutant htt. p62 is an important regulatory protein in selective autophagy, a process by which aggregated proteins are degraded, and it is associated with several neurodegenerative...
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