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One‑carbon metabolism factor MTHFR variant is associated with saccade latency in Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 2.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2020
Almaguer-Mederos Luis E, Jorge-Sainz Yasnay, Almaguer-Gotay Dennis, Aguilera-Rodríguez Raúl, Rodríguez-Labrada Roberto, Velázquez-Pérez Luis, González-Zaldívar Yanetza, Cuello-Almarales Dany, Vázquez-Mojena Yaimé, Canales-Ochoa Nalia, Aguiar-Santiago Jorge, Auburger Georg, MacLeod Patrick
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is a neurodegenerative disorder due to a CAG-repeat expansion. This work is intended to identify modifiers of the clinical phenotype in SCA2, following up on recent genome-wide association analyses that demonstrated the prominent role of DNA-damage repair and methylation for the severity and progression of polyglutamine diseases. In particular, we assessed the...
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