The length of uninterrupted CAG repeats in stem regions of repeat disease associated hairpins determines the amount of short CAG oligonucleotides that are toxic to cells through RNA interference

Abstract Extended CAG trinucleotide repeats (TNR) in the genes huntingtin (HTT) and androgen receptor (AR) are the cause of two progressive neurodegenerative disorders: Huntington’s disease (HD) and Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (SBMA), respectively. Anyone who inherits the mutant gene in the c...

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Main Authors: Andrea E. Murmann, Monal Patel, Si-Yeon Jeong, Elizabeth T. Bartom, A. Jennifer Morton, Marcus E. Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-12-01
Series:Cell Death and Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-022-05494-1