| Literature DB >> 24139028 |
Peter K Todd1, Henry L Paulson.
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Hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9ORF72 cause neurodegeneration in FTD and ALS by unknown mechanisms. A new report, by Donnelly et al. (2013), finds that these repeats trigger a pathogenic gain-of-function cascade that can be corrected by suppressing expression of the repeat transcript, paving the way for therapeutic strategies aimed at eliminating the toxic RNA.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24139028 PMCID: PMC4982762 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.10.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuron ISSN: 0896-6273 Impact factor: 17.173