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SUBMITTER: Ferrante RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6740577 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferrante Robert J RJ Kubilus James K JK Lee Junghee J Ryu Hoon H Beesen Ayshe A Zucker Birgit B Smith Karen K Kowall Neil W NW Ratan Rajiv R RR Luthi-Carter Ruth R Hersch Steven M SM
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20031001 28
The precise cause of neuronal death in Huntington's disease (HD) is unknown. Although no single specific protein-protein interaction of mutant huntingtin has emerged as the pathologic trigger, transcriptional dysfunction may contribute to the neurodegeneration observed in HD. Pharmacological treatment using the histone deacetylase inhibitor sodium butyrate to modulate transcription significantly extended survival in a dose-dependent manner, improved body weight and motor performance, and delayed ...[more]