Genesis of ER Stress in Huntington's Disease

Marina Shenkman, Hagit Eiger, Gerardo Z. Lederkremer*

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Abstract

Recent research has identified ER stress as a major mechanism implicated in cytotoxicity in many neurodegenerative diseases, among them Huntington's disease. This genetic disorder is of late-onset, progressive and fatal, affecting cognition and movement. There is presently no cure nor any effective therapy for the disease. This review focuses on recent findings that shed light on the mechanisms of the advent and development of ER stress in Huntington's disease and on its implications, highlighting possible therapeutic avenues that are being or could be explored.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)94-106
Number of pages13
JournalEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Diseases
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2015

Funding

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation1070/10

    Keywords

    • ER-associated degradation
    • Huntington
    • conformational disease
    • neurodegenerative disease
    • protein aggregation
    • protein misfolding
    • unfolded protein response

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