Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
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This cluster of papers explores the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, myotonic dystrophy, and ataxias. It focuses on protein aggregation, polyglutamine toxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction, RNA-mediated disorders, chaperone function, gene expression dysregulation, and the role of trinucleotide repeats in neuronal degeneration.
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Huntington's disease; CAG repeat expansion; huntingtin; myotonic dystrophy type 1; myotonic dystrophy; Friedreich's ataxia; spinocerebellar ataxia type 3; polyglutamine expansion; spinocerebellar ataxia; hereditary ataxia; mutant huntingtin; trinucleotide repeat expansion; chorea; spinocerebellar ataxia type 1; spinocerebellar ataxia type 2; polyglutamine; polyglutamine diseases; CTG repeat expansion; cerebellar atrophy; spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; trinucleotide repeat disorders; ataxin-3; myotonic dystrophy type 2; frataxin; cerebellar degeneration
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Morton address: 36240731312369161 · morton4x16-v1
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