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Curcumin modulates cell death and is protective in Huntington's disease model.
Scientific reports - 5 Jan 2016
Chongtham Anjalika, Agrawal Namita
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, dominantly inherited neurological disorder caused by an abnormal expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat within the Huntingtin (Htt) protein with no disease modifying treatments. In a Drosophila model of HD, expression of mutant Huntingtin (Htt) protein with expanded polyQ leads to formation of inclusion bodies (IBs), increase in cellular toxicity, progression of...
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