ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024
Sex differences in Huntington's disease from a neuroinflammation perspective.
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- HDDF2-A Novel Patient-Derived Fibroblast Line from Huntington's Disease with Prominent Cellular Senescence and polyQ Pathology.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Sex-related differences in Huntington's disease: a scoping review.Biology of sex differences · 2026Article
- Neuroglial Function and Hormonal Modulation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Influence of Sex Hormones.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Interplay Between Sex and Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine-Age Product Score in Huntington's Disease: Clinical and Neuroimaging Perspectives.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026Article
- Animal models of Huntington's disease. Pros and cons.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2025Review
- X chromosome-wide association studies in neurological disorders: uncovering the hidden influence of the X chromosome.Frontiers in genetics · 2025Review
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Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition characterized by motor, cognitive and psychiatric abnormalities. Immune dysregulation, prominently featuring increased immune activity, plays a significant role in HD pathogenesis. In addition to the central nervous system (CNS), systemic innate immune activation and inflammation are observed in HD patients, exacerbating the effects of the Huntingtin (HTT) gene mutation. Recent attention to sex differences in HD symptom severity underscores the need to consider gender as a biological variable in neurodegenerative disease research. Understanding sex-specific immune responses holds promise for elucidating HD pathophysiology and informing targeted treatment strategies to mitigate cognitive and functional decline. This perspective will highlight the importance of investigating gender influence in HD, particularly focusing on sex-specific immune responses predisposing individuals to disease.
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