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[Gene silencing approaches for the treatment of Huntington's disease].
Medecine sciences : M/S - 1 Feb 2015
Merienne Nicolas, Déglon Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by a pathologic CAG expansion in the exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Aggregation and abnormal function of the mutant HTT (mHTT) cause motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in patients, which lead to death in 15-20 years. Currently, there is no treatment for HD. Experimental approaches based on drug, cell or gene therapy are developed and...
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