A critical evaluation of neuroprotective and neurodegenerative MicroRNAs in Alzheimer's disease

PH Reddy, S Tonk, S Kumar, M Vijayan… - Biochemical and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Currently, 5.4 million Americans suffer from AD, and these numbers are expected to
increase up to 16 million by 2050. Despite tremendous research efforts, we still do not have …

MicroRNA networks in cognition and dementia

GS Blount, L Coursey, J Kocerha - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
The change from viewing noncoding RNA as “junk” in the genome to seeing it as a critical
epigenetic regulator in almost every human condition or disease has forced a paradigm shift …

Transcription, epigenetics and ameliorative strategies in Huntington's Disease: a genome-wide perspective

LM Valor - Molecular neurobiology, 2015 - Springer
Transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington's disease (HD) is an early event that shapes the
brain transcriptome by both the depletion and ectopic activation of gene products that …

microRNA-128a dysregulation in transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys

J Kocerha, Y Xu, MS Prucha, D Zhao, AWS Chan - Molecular brain, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background Huntington's Disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative
disorder with a single causal mutation in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) …

Progressive cognitive deficit, motor impairment and striatal pathology in a transgenic Huntington disease monkey model from infancy to adulthood

AWS Chan, J Jiang, Y Chen, C Li, MS Prucha, Y Hu… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
One of the roadblocks to developing effective therapeutics for Huntington disease (HD) is
the lack of animal models that develop progressive clinical traits comparable to those seen …

The regulatory roles of microRNAs toward pathogenesis and treatments in Huntington's disease

CW Tung, PY Huang, SC Chan, PH Cheng… - Journal of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Huntington's disease (HD) is one of neurodegenerative diseases, and is defined as a
monogenetic disease due to the mutation of Huntingtin gene. This disease affects several …

Large animal models of Huntington's disease: what we have learned and where we need to go next

D Howland, Z Ellederova, N Aronin… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Genetically modified rodent models of Huntington's disease (HD) have been especially
valuable to our understanding of HD pathology and the mechanisms by which the mutant …

miR-196a ameliorates cytotoxicity and cellular phenotype in transgenic Huntington's disease monkey neural cells

T Kunkanjanawan, RL Carter, MS Prucha, J Yang… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the
expansion of polyglutamine (polyQ) tract that leads to motor, cognitive and psychiatric …

Developmental whole brain white matter alterations in transgenic Huntington's disease monkey

Y Meng, J Jiang, J Bachevalier, X Zhang, AWS Chan - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Transgenic Huntington's disease monkey (HD monkey) model provides great opportunity for
studying disease progression that could lead to new insight for developing biomarker, early …

Germline transmission in transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys

S Moran, T Chi, MS Prucha, KS Ahn, F Connor-Stroud… - Theriogenology, 2015 - Elsevier
Transgenic nonhuman primate models are an increasingly popular model for neurologic
and neurodegenerative disease because their brain functions and neural anatomies closely …