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Decreased glycogen synthase kinase-3 levels and activity contribute to Huntington's disease.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Sept 2015
Fernández-Nogales Marta, Hernández Félix, Miguez Andrés, Alberch Jordi, Ginés Silvia, Pérez-Navarro Esther, Lucas José J
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder characterized by brain atrophy particularly in striatum leading to personality changes, chorea and dementia. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a serine/threonine kinase in the crossroad of many signaling pathways that is highly pleiotropic as it phosphorylates more than hundred substrates including structural, metabolic, and signaling...
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