SIRT1 in neurodevelopment and brain senescence

AZ Herskovits, L Guarente - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Sirtuins are nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent deacylases that have
traditionally been linked with calorie restriction and aging in mammals. These proteins also …

The role of sex and sex hormones in neurodegenerative diseases

E Vegeto, A Villa, S Della Torre, V Crippa… - Endocrine …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are a wide class of disorders of the central nervous
system (CNS) with unknown etiology. Several factors were hypothesized to be involved in …

Sirtuin deacetylases in neurodegenerative diseases of aging

AZ Herskovits, L Guarente - Cell research, 2013 - nature.com
Sirtuin enzymes are a family of highly conserved protein deacetylases that depend on
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) for their activity. There are seven sirtuins in …

The CAG–polyglutamine repeat diseases: a clinical, molecular, genetic, and pathophysiologic nosology

CA Stoyas, AR La Spada - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Throughout the genome, unstable tandem nucleotide repeats can expand to cause a variety
of neurologic disorders. Expansion of a CAG triplet repeat within a coding exon gives rise to …

Kennedy's disease (spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy): a clinically oriented review of a rare disease

M Breza, G Koutsis - Journal of neurology, 2019 - Springer
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), also known as Kennedy's disease, is a rare, X-
linked hereditary lower motor neuron disease, characterized by progressive muscular …

Gene therapy with AR isoform 2 rescues spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy phenotype by modulating AR transcriptional activity

WF Lim, M Forouhan, TC Roberts, J Dabney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked, adult-onset neuromuscular
condition caused by an abnormal polyglutamine (polyQ) tract expansion in androgen …

Protein misfolding and aggregation as a therapeutic target for polyglutamine diseases

T Takeuchi, Y Nagai - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
The polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases, such as Huntington's disease and several types of
spinocerebellar ataxias, are a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases that are …

Pathogenesis and therapy of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA)

M Katsuno, F Tanaka, H Adachi, H Banno… - Progress in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a late-onset motor neuron disease
characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. During the last two …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases

C Quinn, L Elman - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disease... : CONTINUUM: Lifelong
Learning in Neurology Account Register Activate Subscription Help Subscribe American …

Correlation of clinical and molecular features in spinal bulbar muscular atrophy

P Fratta, N Nirmalananthan, L Masset, I Skorupinska… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To characterize the clinical and genetic features of spinal bulbar muscular
atrophy (SBMA), a rare neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of a CAG …