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The HIV protease inhibitor, ritonavir, corrects diverse brain phenotypes across development in mouse model of DYT-TOR1A dystonia.
Science translational medicine - 18 Aug 2021
Caffall Zachary F, Wilkes Bradley J, Hernández-Martinez Ricardo, Rittiner Joseph E, Fox Jennifer T, Wan Kanny K, Shipman Miranda K, Titus Steven A, Zhang Ya-Qin, Patnaik Samarjit, Hall Matthew D, Boxer Matthew B, Shen Min, Li Zhuyin, Vaillancourt David E, Calakos Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Dystonias are a group of chronic movement-disabling disorders for which highly effective oral medications or disease-modifying therapies are lacking. The most effective treatments require invasive procedures such as deep brain stimulation. In this study, we used a high-throughput assay based on a monogenic form of dystonia, DYT1 (DYT-TOR1A), to screen a library of compounds approved for use in humans, the NCATS...
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