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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2013

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

John Labbadia, Richard I Morimoto

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 184 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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184citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

184 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 355 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John LabbadiaDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Richard I Morimoto
Northwestern University · USRice Institute · US

Funding

C. elegans Model for Neurodegenerative Diseases of AgingR37AG026647 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MORIMOTO, RICHARD I · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
REGULATION AND EXPRESSION OF THE HUMAN HSP70 GENE FAMILYR01GM038109 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MORIMOTO, RICHARD I · 1987 to 2013
$2.2M
C. Elegans Model for Neurodegenerative Diseases of AgingR01AG026647 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MORIMOTO, RICHARD I · 2005 to 2009
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG026647NIA NIH HHS R37 AG026647NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder for which no disease modifying treatments exist. Many molecular changes and cellular consequences that underlie HD are observed in other neurological disorders, suggesting that common pathological mechanisms and pathways may exist. Recent findings have enhanced our understanding of the way cells regulate and respond to expanded polyglutamine proteins such as mutant huntingtin. These studies demonstrate that in addition to effects on folding, aggregation, and clearance pathways, a general transcriptional mechanism also dictates the expression of polyglutamine proteins. Here, we summarize the key pathways and networks that are important in HD in the context of recent therapeutic advances and highlight how their interplay may be of relevance to other protein folding disorders.

Indexed as

Models, BiologicalAnimalsBrainEnergy MetabolismGene Expression RegulationHumansHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMitochondriaMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsOxidative StressPeptidesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexHTT protein, humanHuntingtin ProteinNerve Tissue ProteinsPeptidespolyglutamineProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexHuntington's diseasemolecular mechanismstherapeutic approaches

Identifiers

PMID23768628
PMCPMC3955166
OpenAlexW1976817344

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