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Overview of Huntington's Disease and Emerging Treatment Strategies: A Narrative Review.

Alexis J Vega, Gabriel V Hernandez, Pearse A O'Malley, Connor J Robin, Amanda N Parra, Giustino Varrassi, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D Kaye

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Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Impact of Oxidative Stress-Driven Ferroptosis in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Alexis J VegaNeurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Gabriel V HernandezInternal Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Pearse A O'MalleyMedicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Connor J RobinMedicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, USA.
Amanda N ParraMedicine, Ross University, Miramar, USA.
Giustino VarrassiPain Medicine, Fondazione Paolo Procacci, Rome, ITA.
Sahar ShekoohiAnesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.
Alan D KayeAnesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant, progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a cytosine-adenine-guanine trinucleotide repeat expansion in the huntingtin (HTT) gene. The symptoms of HD include severe motor dysfunction, cognitive issues, and emotional dysregulation. These combined issues are not only debilitating but also lead to depression/anxiety, increased suicide rates, and caregiver burnout. Our narrative review summarizes several recent studies examining the efficacy and differences among emerging treatment strategies for HD. A systematic search of peer-reviewed literature was conducted, focusing on recent studies that describe molecular genetic manipulation of the HTT gene/huntingtin protein. The results of our narrative review reveal potential benefits in slowing disease progression and enhancing symptomatic management through genetic silencing, gene editing using Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats technology, antisense oligonucleotide-mediated protein suppression, RNA interference, sirtuin modulation, and ferroptosis inhibition. Future studies should aim to examine the disease progression of HD models using multimodal therapeutic options with efficient delivery methods to deep brain structures, as well as to develop biomarkers to track disease progression and treatment response.

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PMID41480464
PMCPMC12755283

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