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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Extraordinary advances in understanding of the molecular bases of neurodegeneration have occurred since the Huntington's disease genetic mutation was discovered. Many relevant routes to neuronal demise in Huntington's disease have been identified including: glutamatergic stress, metabolic insufficiency, oxidative stress, proapoptotic signaling, inflammatory signaling, altered proteolysis, protein aggregation, transcriptional dysregulation, abnormal protein folding and neurotrophin insufficiency. Each represents specific therapeutic opportunities, which are being tested in high-throughput screens as well as in genetic models of Huntington's disease, transgenic mouse models and human clinical trials. Challenges include the uncertain power of these preclinical studies to predict therapeutic efficacy in humans, prioritizing the many approaches for human clinical trials and learning how to perform neuroprotective trials in presymptomatic individuals while protecting them from unwanted genetic information.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1744-8360
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-8
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuroprotective therapy for Huntington's disease: new prospects and challenges.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Ageing Genetics and Neurodegeneration, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MGH East, Bldg. 114, Suite 2000, 114 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129-4404, USA. Hersch@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article