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ReviewMolecular brain2009

Nuclear accumulation of polyglutamine disease proteins and neuropathology.

Lauren S Havel, Shihua Li, Xiao-Jiang Li

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Review in Molecular brain, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. GFP-free live neuron quantitative imaging reveals compartmentalization and growth dynamics of polyQ aggregates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  12. Genetics, Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Progress in Polyglutamine Spinocerebellar Ataxias.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2019
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  14. Mechanisms of protein toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lauren S HavelDepartment of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. lrsmit4@emory.edu
Shihua Li
Xiao-Jiang Li

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETICST32GM008490 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BOSS, JEREMY M. · 1993 to 2022
$8.0M
Neuronal function of huntingtin-associated proteinR01NS036232 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ESCAYG, ANDREW P · 1998 to 2021
$6.7M
Nuclear Toxicity of Huntington Disease ProteinR01NS041669 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LI, XIAO-JIANG · 2001 to 2015
$4.6M
Synaptic toxicity of Huntington disease proteinR01AG019206 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LI, XIAO-JIANG · 2001 to 2016
$4.5M
Glial huntingtin and neuronal excitotoxicityR01AG031153 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LI, SHI-HUA · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS AG019206NIA NIH HHS R01 AG019206NIA NIH HHS R01 AG031153NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008490NINDS NIH HHS NS036232NINDS NIH HHS NS041669NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036232NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS041669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are nine inherited neurodegenerative disorders caused by polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in various disease proteins. Although these polyglutamine proteins have different functions and are localized in different subcellular regions, all the polyQ diseases share a common pathological feature: the nuclear accumulation of polyQ disease proteins and the formation of inclusions. The nuclear accumulation of polyQ proteins in turn leads to gene transcriptional dysregulation and neuropathology. Here we will discuss potential mechanisms behind the nuclear accumulation of mutant polyQ proteins, since an understanding of how polyQ proteins accumulate in the nucleus could help elucidate the pathogenesis of these diseases and develop their treatment.

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AnimalsCell NucleusHumansMutant ProteinsNeurodegenerative DiseasesPeptidesTrinucleotide Repeat ExpansionMutant ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamine

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PMID19575804
PMCPMC2714308

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