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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021

Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2 Activation Might Mitigate Clinical Symptoms in Friedreich's Ataxia: Clues of an "Out-Brain Origin" of the Disease From a Family Study.

Sara Petrillo, Massimo Santoro, Piergiorgio La Rosa, Alessia Perna, Maria Giovanna Gallo, Enrico Silvio Bertini, Gabriella Silvestri, Fiorella Piemonte

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sara PetrilloUnit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Massimo SantoroIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Florence, Italy.
Piergiorgio La RosaDivision of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alessia PernaDepartment of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Maria Giovanna GalloUnit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Enrico Silvio BertiniUnit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Gabriella SilvestriDepartment of Neurosciences, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Fiorella PiemonteUnit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITDon Carlo Gnocchi Foundation · ITSapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the most frequent autosomal recessive ataxia in western countries, with a mean age of onset at 10-15 years. Patients manifest progressive cerebellar and sensory ataxia, dysarthria, lower limb pyramidal weakness, and other systemic manifestations. Previously, we described a family displaying two expanded GAA alleles not only in the proband affected by late-onset FRDA but also in the two asymptomatic family members: the mother and the younger sister. Both of them showed a significant reduction of frataxin levels, without any disease manifestation. Here, we analyzed if a protective mechanism might contribute to modulate the phenotype in this family. We particularly focused on the transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2), the first line of antioxidant defense in cells, and on the glutathione (GSH) system, an index of reactive oxygen species (ROS) detoxification ability. Our findings show a great reactivity of the GSH system to the frataxin deficiency, particularly in the asymptomatic mother, where the genes of GSH synthesis [glutamate-cysteine ligase (

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Friedreich ataxiaglutathioneneurodegenerative diseaseNrf2oxidative stress

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