Caloric restriction blocks neuropathology and motor deficits in Machado-Joseph disease mouse models through SIRT1 pathway

Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an abnormal expansion of the CAG triplet in the ATXN3 gene, translating into a polyglutamine tract within the ataxin-3 protein. The available treatments only ameliorate symptomatology and do not block disease progression....

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Main Authors: Cunha-Santos, Janete (Author), Duarte-Neves, Joana (Author), Carmona, Vitor (Author), Pereira de Almeida, Luís (Author), Cavadas, Cláudia (Author), Guarente, Leonard Pershing (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-01-24T17:16:28Z.
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