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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 102, 期 16, 页码 5820-5825出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501507102
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short hairpin RNAs; triplet repeat diseases; gene therapy; nanomedicine
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal, dominant neurogenetic disorder. HD results from polyglutamine repeat expansion (CAG codon, Q) in exon 1 of HD, conferring a toxic gain of function on the protein huntingtin (htt). Currently, no preventative treatment exists for HID. RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a potential therapeutic tool for treating dominant diseases by directly reducing disease gene expression. Here, we show that RNAi directed against mutant human htt reduced htt mRNA and protein expression in cell culture and in HD mouse brain. Importantly, htt gene silencing improved behavioral and neuropathological abnormalities associated with HID. Our data provide support for the further development of RNAi for HD therapy.
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