Huntingtin CAG-expansion mutation results in a dominant negative effect

Introduction: Huntington’s disease (HD) remains an incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disease long after CAG-expansion mutation in the huntingtin gene (HTT) was identified as the cause. The underlying pathological mechanism, whether HTT loss of function or gain of toxicity results from mutation,...

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Main Authors: Tiago L. Laundos, Shu Li, Eric Cheang, Riccardo De Santis, Francesco M. Piccolo, Ali H. Brivanlou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1252521/full