Huntington's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by a pathologic CAG expansion in the exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Aggregation and abnormal function of the mutant HTT (mHTT) cause motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in patients, which lead to death in 15-20 years. Currently, there is no treatment for HD. Experimental approaches based on drug, cell or gene therapy are developed and reach progressively to the clinic. Among them, mHTT silencing using small non-coding nucleic acids display important physiopathological benefit in HD experimental models.
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Merienne, N., & Déglon, N. (2015). Approches de gene silencing pour le traitement de la maladie de Huntington. Médecine/Sciences, 31(2), 159–167. https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/20153102012
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