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Huntington's disease affects mitochondrial network dynamics predisposing to pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 3 Jun 2024
Neueder Andreas, Kojer Kerstin, Gu Zhenglong, Wang Yiqin, Hering Tanja, Tabrizi Sarah, Taanman Jan-Willem, Orth Michael
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) predominantly affects the brain, causing a mixed movement disorder, cognitive decline and behavioural abnormalities. It also causes a peripheral phenotype involving skeletal muscle. Mitochondrial dysfunction has been reported in tissues of HD models, including skeletal muscle, and lymphoblast and fibroblast cultures from patients with HD. Mutant huntingtin protein (mutHTT) expression can...
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