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ReviewISRN molecular biology2014

Recent Trends in Detection of Huntingtin and Preclinical Models of Huntington's Disease.

Neelima Mantha, Nandita G Das, Sudip K Das

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Review in ISRN molecular biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Neelima ManthaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA.
Nandita G DasDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA.
Sudip K DasDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208, USA.
Butler University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease is a genetically inherited neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by neuronal cell death in the brain. Molecular biology techniques to detect and quantify huntingtin protein in biological samples involve fluorescence imaging, western blotting, and PCR. Modified cell lines are widely used as models for Huntington's disease for preclinical screening of drugs to study their ability to suppress the expression of huntingtin. Although worm and fly species have been experimented on as models for Huntington's disease, the most successful animal models have been reported to be primates. This review critically analyses the molecular biology techniques for detection and quantitation of huntingtin and evaluates the various animal species for use as models for Huntington's disease.

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PMID27335679
PMCPMC4890911
OpenAlexW2159691947

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