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ReviewNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2025

Mechanistic insights on the role of Nrf-2 signalling in Huntington's disease.

Veerta Sharma, Prateek Sharma, Thakur Gurjeet Singh

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Review in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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  9. Therapeutic potential of COX-2 inhibitors in neuropsychiatric disorders.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025
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3 authors.

Veerta SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6061-2012
Prateek SharmaChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3656-669X
Thakur Gurjeet SinghChitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura, 140401, Punjab, India. gurjeet.singh@chitkara.edu.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2979-1590

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHuntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder affecting individuals worldwide. It is characterized by progressive motor dysfunction, cognitive decline, and psychiatric disturbances. The pathogenesis of HD involves oxidative stress, neuroinflammation, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a key transcription factor regulating cellular responses to redox imbalance and inflammation, has emerged as a potential target for therapeutic intervention.

methodsThrough the use of a number of different search engines like Scopus, PubMed, Elsevier and Bentham, a literature review was carried out with the keywords 'Huntington's Disease, 'Pathology of HD' and 'Nrf2 signalling pathway'. Using the keywords that were given above, this review was carried out in order to collect the most recent publications and gain an understanding of the breadth of the extensive research that has been conducted on the role of Nrf2 in HD pathogenesis.

resultsOxidative stress and neuroinflammation significantly contribute to HD progression. Activation of Nrf2 offers neuroprotection by enhancing anti-oxidant defense mechanisms. Furthermore, several signaling pathways, play crucial roles in HD pathophysiology. Pharmacological modulation of these pathways through selective inhibitors or agonists shows promise for the development of new therapeutic strategies.

conclusionThe various downstream pathways such as extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), phosphoinositide 3-Kinase (PI3-K), 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), Sirtuins, Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) plays a role in alleviating pathophysiology of HD. Diverse reports of these studies demonstrated PI3-K/AMPK/ERK/Sirtuins activators and MAPK inhibitors as encouraging targets in alleviating HD pathophysiology.

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Huntington DiseaseNF-E2-Related Factor 2Oxidative StressSignal TransductionAnimalsHumansNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2Huntingtin proteinHuntington’s diseaseNeuroinflammationNrf2 activatorsTranscription factor

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