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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2019

From Pathogenesis to Novel Therapeutics for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3: Evading Potholes on the Way to Translation.

Jorge Diogo Da Silva, Andreia Teixeira-Castro, Patrícia Maciel

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jorge Diogo Da SilvaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Andreia Teixeira-CastroLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Patrícia MacielLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. pmaciel@med.uminho.pt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a polyglutamine expansion in the ATXN3 gene. In spite of the identification of a clear monogenic cause 25 years ago, the pathological process still puzzles researchers, impairing prospects for an effective therapy. Here, we propose the disruption of protein homeostasis as the hub of SCA3 pathogenesis, being the molecular mechanisms and cellular pathways that are deregulated in SCA3 downstream consequences of the misfolding and aggregation of ATXN3. Moreover, we attempt to provide a realistic perspective on how the translational/clinical research in SCA3 should evolve. This was based on molecular findings, clinical and epidemiological characteristics, studies of proposed treatments in other conditions, and how that information is essential for their (re-)application in SCA3. This review thus aims i) to critically evaluate the current state of research on SCA3, from fundamental to translational and clinical perspectives; ii) to bring up the current key questions that remain unanswered in this disorder; and iii) to provide a frame on how those answers should be pursued.

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AnimalsAtaxin-3Genetic TherapyHumansMachado-Joseph DiseaseProtein BiosynthesisRepressor ProteinsAtaxin-3ATXN3 protein, humanRepressor ProteinsAtaxin-3Machado-Joseph diseaseMolecular pathogenesisNeurodegenerationSpinocerebellar ataxia type 3Therapeutic advances

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PMID31691128
PMCPMC6985322

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