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Transcriptional profiles for distinct aggregation states of mutant Huntingtin exon 1 protein unmask new Huntington's disease pathways.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Sept 2017
Moily Nagaraj S, Ormsby Angelique R, Stojilovic Aleksandar, Ramdzan Yasmin M, Diesch Jeannine, Hannan Ross D, Zajac Michelle S, Hannan Anthony J, Oshlack Alicia, Hatters Danny M
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease is caused by polyglutamine (polyQ)-expansion mutations in the CAG tandem repeat of the Huntingtin gene. The central feature of Huntington's disease pathology is the aggregation of mutant Huntingtin (Htt) protein into micrometer-sized inclusion bodies. Soluble mutant Htt states are most proteotoxic and trigger an enhanced risk of death whereas inclusions confer different changes to cellular...
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