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Variants in Genes of Calpain System as Modifiers of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Phenotype.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Sept 2021
Martins Ana Carolina, Rieck Mariana, Leotti Vanessa Bielefeldt, Saraiva-Pereira Maria Luiza, Jardim Laura Bannach
Abstract excerpt
Calpain-mediated proteolysis has been proposed to modulate the pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, also known as Machado-Joseph disease (SCA3/MJD), a disorder due to a CAG repeat expansion (CAGexp) at ATXN3. We aimed to investigate if single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at calpain gene CAPN2 and at calpastatin gene CAST modulate the age at onset (AO) and disease progression in SCA3/MJD. A total of...
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