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Neonatal iron supplementation potentiates oxidative stress, energetic dysfunction and neurodegeneration in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Redox biology - 1 Jan 2015
Berggren Kiersten L, Chen Jianfang, Fox Julia, Miller Jonathan, Dodds Lindsay, Dugas Bryan, Vargas Liset, Lothian Amber, McAllum Erin, Volitakis Irene, Roberts Blaine, Bush Ashley I, Fox Jonathan H
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion that encodes a polyglutamine tract in huntingtin (htt) protein. Dysregulation of brain iron homeostasis, oxidative stress and neurodegeneration are consistent features of the HD phenotype. There...
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