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SUBMITTER: Lee Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2574629 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Yoontae Y Samaco Rodney C RC Gatchel Jennifer R JR Thaller Christina C Orr Harry T HT Zoghbi Huda Y HY
Nature neuroscience 20080831 10
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 is caused by expansion of a translated CAG repeat in ataxin1 (ATXN1). The level of the polyglutamine-expanded protein is one of the factors that contributes to disease severity. Here we found that miR-19, miR-101 and miR-130 co-regulate ataxin1 levels and that their inhibition enhanced the cytotoxicity of polyglutamine-expanded ATXN1 in human cells. We provide a new candidate mechanism for modulating the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases sensitive to protei ...[more]