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Proteasome degrades soluble expanded polyglutamine completely and efficiently
To date, nine progressive neurodegenerative diseases are caused by expansion of the CAG repeat coding for polyglutamine, including Huntington's disease and several forms of spinocerebellar ataxia.
Andrej Michalik +1 more
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Background Polyglutamine diseases constitute a class of neurodegenerative disorders associated with expansion of the cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) triplet, in protein coding genes.
Reema Roshan +5 more
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Polyglutamine disease in peripheral tissues
Abstract This year is a milestone anniversary of the discovery that Huntington’s disease is caused by the presence of expanded polyglutamine repeats in the huntingtin gene leading to the formation of huntingtin aggregates. 30 years have elapsed and there is still no cure and the only FDA-approved treatment to alleviate the debilitating ...
Barwell, Taylor, Seroude, Laurent
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Na+/H+ exchangers induce autophagy in neurons and inhibit polyglutamine-induced aggregate formation.
In polyglutamine diseases, an abnormally elongated polyglutamine results in protein misfolding and accumulation of intracellular aggregates. Autophagy is a major cellular degradative pathway responsible for eliminating unnecessary proteins, including ...
Kazuya Togashi +5 more
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Cysteine String Protein Controls Two Routes of Export for Misfolded Huntingtin
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are secreted vesicles of diverse size and cargo that are implicated in the cell-to-cell transmission of disease-causing-proteins in several neurodegenerative diseases.
Desmond Pink +4 more
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Ataxin-1 fusion partners alter polyQ lethality and aggregation [PDF]
Intranuclear inclusion bodies (IBs) are the histopathologic markers of multiple protein folding diseases. IB formation has been extensively studied using fluorescent fusion products of pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) expressing proteins.
Rich, T. +5 more
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Polyglutamine-Specific Gold Nanoparticle Complex Alleviates Mutant Huntingtin-Induced Toxicity
Huntington’s disease (HD) belongs to protein misfolding disorders associated with polyglutamine (polyQ)-rich mutant huntingtin (mHtt) protein inclusions. Currently, it is indicated that the aggregation of polyQ-rich mHtt participates in neuronal toxicity
Chun-Hong Kuo (1448776) +33 more
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Population genetics of spinoсerebellar ataxias caused by polyglutamine expansions
Hereditary disorders of the neuronal system are some of the most important problems of medicine in the XXI century. The most interesting representatives of this group are highly prevalent polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs).
A. N. Shuvaev +8 more
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Metallothioneins and copper metabolism are candidate therapeutic targets in Huntington’s disease [PDF]
HD (Huntington's disease) is caused by a polyQ (polyglutamine) expansion in the huntingtin protein, which leads to protein misfolding and aggregation of this protein. Abnormal copper accumulation in the HD brain was first reported more than 15 years ago.
Giorgini, Flaviano +18 more
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Degenerate codon mixing for PCR-based manipulation of highly repetitive sequences
Objective Repeat expansion of polyglutamine tracks leads to a group of inherited human neurodegenerative disorders. Studying such repetitive sequences is required to gain insight into the pathophysiology of these diseases.
Dhanushika Ratnayake +2 more
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