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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Defective Mitochondrial Dynamics and Protein Degradation Pathways Underlie Cadmium-Induced Neurotoxicity and Cell Death in Huntington's Disease Striatal Cells.

Paul J Kamitsuka, Marwan M Ghanem, Rania Ziar, Sarah E McDonald, Morgan G Thomas, Gunnar F Kwakye

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Neurotoxic mechanisms of cadmium in neurodegenerative diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  4. Application of Modulators of CaInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paul J KamitsukaNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.
Marwan M GhanemNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0924-459X
Rania ZiarNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.
Sarah E McDonaldNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-3988-9174
Morgan G ThomasNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7807-9703
Gunnar F KwakyeNeuroscience Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9486-2044
Oberlin College · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to heavy metals, including cadmium (Cd), can induce neurotoxicity and cell death. Cd is abundant in the environment and accumulates in the striatum, the primary brain region selectively affected by Huntington's disease (HD). We have previously reported that mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT) combined with chronic Cd exposure induces oxidative stress and promotes metal dyshomeostasis, resulting in cell death in a striatal cell model of HD. To understand the effect of acute Cd exposure on mitochondrial health and protein degradation pathways, we hypothesized that expression of mHTT coupled with acute Cd exposure would cooperatively alter mitochondrial bioenergetics and protein degradation mechanisms in striatal ST

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CadmiumHuntington DiseaseAnimalsCell DeathCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalHuntingtin ProteinMitochondrial DynamicsProteolysisCadmiumHuntingtin Proteinautophagybioenergeticscadmiumhuntington’s diseasemitochondrial dynamicsneurodegenerationneurotoxicityubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS)

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PMID37108341
PMCPMC10139096
OpenAlexW4365453926

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