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Huntington's disease: underlying molecular mechanisms and emerging concepts.

John Labbadia, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2013 - 
- Vol. 38, Iss: 8, pp 378-385
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It is demonstrated that in addition to effects on folding, aggregation, and clearance pathways, a general transcriptional mechanism also dictates the expression of polyglutamine proteins.
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This article is published in Trends in Biochemical Sciences.The article was published on 2013-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 302 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Huntingtin & Huntingtin Protein.

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The Biology of Proteostasis in Aging and Disease

TL;DR: The composition, function, and organizational properties of the PN are reviewed in the context of individual cells and entire organisms and the mechanisms by which disruption of thePN, and related stress response pathways, contributes to the initiation and progression of disease are discussed.
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Roles of tau protein in health and disease.

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In Situ Architecture and Cellular Interactions of PolyQ Inclusions

TL;DR: Advanced cryo-electron tomography methods suggest that aberrant interactions between fibrils and endomembranes contribute to the deleterious cellular effects of protein aggregation.
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Aggregation of Huntingtin in Neuronal Intranuclear Inclusions and Dystrophic Neurites in Brain

TL;DR: An NH2-terminal fragment of mutant huntingtin was localized to neuronal intranuclear inclusions and dystrophic neurites in the HD cortex and striatum, and polyglutamine length influenced the extent of huntingtin accumulation in these structures.
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Formation of neuronal intranuclear inclusions underlies the neurological dysfunction in mice transgenic for the hd mutation

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors observed that mice transgenic for exon 1 of the human HD gene carrying (CAG)115 to 157 repeat expansions develop pronounced neuronal intranuclear inclusions, containing the proteins huntingtin and ubiquitin, prior to developing a neurological phenotype.
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Adapting proteostasis for disease intervention.

TL;DR: The proteostasis network is described, a set of interacting activities that maintain the health of proteome and the organism that has the potential to ameliorate some of the most challenging diseases of this era.
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Unfolding the role of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases.

TL;DR: The aim of this article is to review the literature on the molecular mechanism of protein misfolding and aggregation, its role in Neurodegeneration and the potential targets for therapeutic intervention in neurodegenerative diseases.
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