CalDAG-GEFI down-regulation in the striatum as a neuroprotective change in Huntington's disease
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CalDAG-GEFI down-regulation in the striatum as a neuroprotective change in Huntington's disease.
Huntingtin protein (Htt) is ubiquitously expressed, yet Huntington's disease (HD), a fatal neurologic disorder produced by expansion of an Htt polyglutamine tract, is characterized by neurodegeneration that occurs primarily in the striatum and cerebral cortex. Such discrepancies between sites of expression and pathology occur in multiple neurodegenerative disorders associated with expanded poly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Molecular Genetics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1460-2083,0964-6906
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq055