Androgen receptor and Kennedy disease/spinal bulbar muscular atrophy
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Mechanisms Mediating Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy: Investigations into Polyglutamine-Expanded Androgen Receptor Function and Dysfunction
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, Kennedy's disease), a late-onset neuromuscular disorder, is caused by expansion of the polymorphic polyglutamine tract in the androgen receptor (AR). The AR is a ligand-activated transcription factor, but plays roles in other cellular pathways. In SBMA, selective motor neuron degeneration occurs in the brainstem and spinal cord, thus the causes of neuro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hormones and Behavior
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0018-506X
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.12.009