Altered Redox Mitochondrial Biology in the Neurodegenerative Disorder Fragile X-Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome: Use of Antioxidants in Precision Medicine

Abstract A 55–200 expansion of the CGG nucleotide repeat in the 5′-UTR of the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1) is the hallmark of the triplet nucleotide disease known as the “premutation” as opposed to those with >200 repeats, known as the full mutation or fragile X syndrome. Originally...

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Main Authors: Gyu Song, Eleonora Napoli, Sarah Wong, Randi Hagerman, Siming Liu, Flora Tassone, Cecilia Giulivi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-06-01
Series:Molecular Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.2119/molmed.2016.00122