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SUBMITTER: Taherzadeh-Fard E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2644307 | biostudies-literature | 2009
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taherzadeh-Fard Elahe E Saft Carsten C Andrich Jürgen J Wieczorek Stefan S Arning Larissa L
Molecular neurodegeneration 20090206
Although there is a strong correlation between CAG repeat length and age at onset (AO) of motor symptoms, individual Huntington disease (HD) patients may differ dramatically in onset age and disease manifestations despite similar CAG repeat lengths. This has led to a search for genetic factors that influence AO. In order to identify such a genetic modifier, we analysed polymorphisms in the PGC-1alpha gene. Recent data indicate inhibition of PGC-1alpha function by mutant Htt supporting a link bet ...[more]