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  • noun medicine A class of trinucleotide repeat disorder

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  • However, it remains unclear how the expression of polyglutamine proteins in non-neuronal cells contributes to the course of the polyglutamine diseases.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • Here, we discuss recent findings about the expression of mutant polyglutamine proteins in non-neuronal cells and their influence on neurological symptoms.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • Here, we discuss recent findings about the expression of mutant polyglutamine proteins in non-neuronal cells and their influence on neurological symptoms.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • However, it remains unclear how the expression of polyglutamine proteins in non-neuronal cells contributes to the course of the polyglutamine diseases.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • However, it remains unclear how the expression of polyglutamine proteins in non-neuronal cells contributes to the course of the polyglutamine diseases.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • Understanding the contribution of non-neuronal polyglutamine proteins to disease progression will help elucidate disease mechanisms and also help in the development of new treatment options.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • The neurodegenerative polyglutamine diseases are caused by an expansion of unstable polyglutamine repeats in various disease proteins.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • This raises the possibility of epigenetic approaches to the treatment of human neurodegenerative disorders. et al. Loss of autophagy in the central nervous system causes neurodegeneration in mice et al. Inhibition of mTOR induces autophagy and reduces toxicity of polyglutamine expansions in fly and mouse models of Huntington disease

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Nicholas A. Bishop 2010

  • Understanding the contribution of non-neuronal polyglutamine proteins to disease progression will help elucidate disease mechanisms and also help in the development of new treatment options.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

  • Recently, increasing evidence shows that polyglutamine disease proteins also affect non-neuronal cells.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Jennifer W Bradford 2010

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