A systematic review of transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington's disease studied by RNA sequencing

B Malla, X Guo, G Senger, Z Chasapopoulou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion
of polyglutamine repeats in exon 1 of the Huntingtin gene. Transcriptional dysregulation …

DNA methylation in huntington's disease

N Zsindely, F Siági, L Bodai - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides is the major DNA modification in mammalian
cells that is a key component of stable epigenetic marks. This modification, which on the one …

Transcription factor TWIST1 integrates dendritic remodeling and chronic stress to promote depressive-like behaviors

JG He, HY Zhou, SG Xue, JJ Lu, JF Xu, B Zhou… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Deficiency in neuronal structural plasticity is involved in the development of
major depressive disorder. TWIST1, a helix-loop-helix transcription factor that is essential for …

Epigenetic regulation in Huntington's disease

JW Hyeon, AH Kim, H Yano - Neurochemistry international, 2021 - Elsevier
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating and fatal monogenic neurodegenerative disorder
characterized by progressive loss of selective neurons in the brain and is caused by an …

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor dysregulation as an essential pathological feature in Huntington's disease: mechanisms and potential therapeutics

A Speidell, N Bin Abid, H Yano - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a major neurotrophin whose loss or interruption
is well established to have numerous intersections with the pathogenesis of progressive …

Fluc‐EGFP reporter mice reveal differential alterations of neuronal proteostasis in aging and disease

S Blumenstock, EK Schulz‐Trieglaff, K Voelkl… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
The cellular protein quality control machinery is important for preventing protein misfolding
and aggregation. Declining protein homeostasis (proteostasis) is believed to play a crucial …

Integration of genome-scale data identifies candidate sleep regulators

YY Lee, M Endale, G Wu, MD Ruben, LJ Francey… - Sleep, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Genetics impacts sleep, yet, the molecular mechanisms
underlying sleep regulation remain elusive. In this study, we built machine learning models …

Huntingtin and its role in mechanisms of RNA-mediated toxicity

A Heinz, DK Nabariya, S Krauss - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a CAG-repeat expansion mutation in the Huntingtin
(HTT) gene. It is characterized by progressive psychiatric and neurological symptoms in …

Traversing the epigenetic landscape: DNA methylation from retina to brain in development and disease

C Xu, X Fu, H Qin, K Yao - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
DNA methylation plays a crucial role in development, aging, degeneration of various tissues
and dedifferentiated cells. This review explores the multifaceted impact of DNA methylation …

Prenatal co-exposure to diisodecyl phthalate and ozone contribute to depressive behavior in offspring mice through oxidative stress and TWIST1 participation

X Xie, B Yan, L Yang, L Deng, X Xue, M Gao… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Exposure to diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) during early pregnancy may be a risk factor for
depressive behavior in offspring. While ozone (O 3) exposure also raises the probability of …