Polyglutamine-Expanded Androgen Receptor Alteration of Skeletal Muscle Homeostasis and Myonuclear Aggregation Are Affected by Sex, Age and Muscle Metabolism

Polyglutamine (polyQ) expansions in the androgen receptor (AR) gene cause spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), a neuromuscular disease characterized by lower motor neuron (MN) loss and skeletal muscle atrophy, with an unknown mechanism. We generated new mouse models of SBMA for constitutive an...

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Main Authors: Mathilde Chivet, Caterina Marchioretti, Marco Pirazzini, Diana Piol, Chiara Scaramuzzino, Maria Josè Polanco, Vanina Romanello, Emanuela Zuccaro, Sara Parodi, Maurizio D’Antonio, Carlo Rinaldi, Fabio Sambataro, Elena Pegoraro, Gianni Soraru, Udai Bhan Pandey, Marco Sandri, Manuela Basso, Maria Pennuto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-01-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/2/325