Interleukin-6 deficiency exacerbates Huntington’s disease model phenotypes

Abstract Huntington’s disease (HD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder caused by CAG trinucleotide expansions in the huntingtin gene. Markers of both systemic and CNS immune activation and inflammation have been widely noted in HD and mouse models of HD. In particular, elevation of the pro-in...

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Main Authors: Mary H. Wertz, S. Sebastian Pineda, Hyeseung Lee, Ruth Kulicke, Manolis Kellis, Myriam Heiman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Molecular Neurodegeneration
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13024-020-00379-3