Stem-Cell Research
Novel model allows analysis of molecular pathogenesis of neuronal degeneration
Published in Blood Weekly, July 22nd, 2004
"Nine neurodegenerative disorders are caused by CAG/polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat expansions. The molecular mechanisms responsible for disease-specific neurodegeneration remain elusive. We developed an embryonic stem (ES) cell-based model to probe the role of polyQ tract expansion in neuronal degeneration," scientists writing in the journal Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience report.
"ES cells containing expanded CAG repeats in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (Hprt) gene develop features typical of CAG-mediated neuropathology, exhibit...
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