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Unravelling Endogenous MicroRNA System Dysfunction as a New Pathophysiological Mechanism in Machado-Joseph Disease.
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy - 5 Apr 2017
Carmona Vitor, Cunha-Santos Janete, Onofre Isabel, Simões Ana Teresa, Vijayakumar Udaya, Davidson Beverly L, Pereira de Almeida Luís
Abstract excerpt
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is a genetic neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded polyglutamine tract within the protein ataxin-3 (ATXN3). Despite current efforts, MJD's mechanism of pathogenesis remains unclear and no disease-modifying treatment is available. Therefore, in this study, we investigated (1) the role of the 3' UTR of ATXN3, a putative microRNA (miRNA) target, (2) whether miRNA biogenesis and...
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