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ReviewThe Yale journal of biology and medicine2013

Huntington's disease: the past, present, and future search for disease modifiers.

Erin B D Clabough

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Review in The Yale journal of biology and medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. PIN1 Modulates Huntingtin Levels and Aggregate Accumulation: AnFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin B D ClaboughRandolph-Macon College, Department of Biology, Ashland, Virginia 23005, USA. erinclabough@rmc.edu
Ashland (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder that specifically causes neurodegeneration of striatal neurons, resulting in a triad of symptoms that includes emotional, cognitive, and motor disturbances. The HD mutation causes a polyglutamine repeat expansion within the N-terminal of the huntingtin (Htt) protein. This expansion causes aggregate formation within the cytosol and nucleus due to the presence of misfolded mutant Htt, as well as altered interactions with Htt's multiple binding partners, and changes in post-translational Htt modifications. The present review charts efforts toward a therapy that delays age of onset or slows symptom progression in patients affected by HD, as there is currently no effective treatment. Although silencing Htt expression appears promising as a disease modifying treatment, it should be attempted with caution in light of Htt's essential roles in neural maintenance and development. Other therapeutic targets include those that boost aggregate dissolution, target excitotoxicity and metabolic issues, and supplement growth factors.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesDevelopmental DisabilitiesDisease Models, AnimalGenes, ModifierHumansHuntington DiseaseNeurotoxinsNeurotoxinsautosomal dominantdevelopmental disorderexcitotoxicitygain of functiongene therapyHDHtthuntingtinHuntington’s diseaseloss of functionneurodegenerative diseasepolyglutamine expansionspolyQprotein misfoldingRNAismall molecule therapiestriplet repeat disorders

Identifiers

PMID23766742
PMCPMC3670441
OpenAlexW1548964109

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