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Enhanced mitochondrial biogenesis ameliorates disease phenotype in a full-length mouse model of Huntington’s disease
22 Mar 2016
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating illness and at present there is no disease modifying therapy or cure for it; and management of the disease is limited to a few treatment options for amelioration of symptoms. Recently, we showed that the administration of bezafibrate, a pan-PPAR agonist, increases the expression of PGC-1α and mitochondrial biogenesis, and improves phenotype and survival in R6/2...
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