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PARP-1 Inhibition Is Neuroprotective in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease
7 Aug 2015
Abstract excerpt
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) is a nuclear enzyme that is involved in physiological processes as DNA repair, genomic stability, and apoptosis. Moreover, published studies demonstrated that PARP-1 mediates necrotic cell death in response to excessive DNA damage under certain pathological conditions. In Huntington's disease brains, PARP immunoreactivity was described in neurons and in glial cells, thereby...
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