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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2016

Polyglutamine androgen receptor-mediated neuromuscular disease.

Elisa Giorgetti, Andrew P Lieberman

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elisa GiorgettiDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 3510 MSRB1, 1150 West Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Andrew P LiebermanDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 3510 MSRB1, 1150 West Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, USA. liebermn@umich.edu.
Regional West Medical Center · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

Mechanisms of motor neuron toxicity in Kennedy DiseaseR01NS055746 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LIEBERMAN, ANDREW P, OSAWA, YOICHI · 2007 to 2021
$6.0M
Antisense oligonucleotides to treat spinal and bulbar muscular atrophyR21NS089516 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LIEBERMAN, ANDREW P · 2014 to 2015
$776k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS055746NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS089516
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tract at the amino-terminus of the androgen receptor (AR) confers toxic properties responsible for neuronal and non-neuronal degeneration in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), one of nine polyQ expansion diseases. Both lower motor neurons and peripheral tissues, including skeletal muscle, are affected, supporting the notion that SBMA is not a pure motor neuron disease but a degenerative disorder of the neuromuscular system. Here, we review experimental evidence demonstrating both nerve and muscle degeneration in SBMA model systems and patients. We propose that polyQ AR toxicity targets these components in a time-dependent fashion, with muscle pathology predominating early and motor neuron loss becoming more significant at late stages. This model of pathogenesis has important therapeutic implications, suggesting that symptoms arising from degeneration of nerve or muscle predominate at different points and that directed interventions targeting these components will be variably effective depending upon disease progression.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansMotor NeuronsMuscle, SkeletalNerve DegenerationNeuromuscular DiseasesPeptidesReceptors, AndrogenPeptidespolyglutamineReceptors, AndrogenAndrogen receptorCAG/polyglutamine disorderMotor neuronSkeletal muscleSpinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Identifiers

PMID27188284
PMCPMC5045769
OpenAlexW2398113859

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