Hunting out the autophagic problem in Huntington disease

• Huntington disease is an inherited, progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects cells in the brain. Although the genetic basis for this condition has been known for nearly 30 years, how this causes disease is still unresolved. Of late there has been increasing evidence suggesting that dysfunction in macroautophagic/autophagic pathways may contribute to cellular dysfunction and death. In our recent work we highlight more precisely how and where this problem might arise in this pathway using directly reprogrammed neurons.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Autophagy

CRISPR

huntington disease

induced neurons

lentiviral vector

macroautophagy

neurodegenerative diseases

reprogramming

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