Iron accumulates in Huntington's disease neurons: protection by deferoxamine.

Iron accumulates in Huntington's disease neurons: protection by deferoxamine.

Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a polyglutamine-encoding CAG expansion in the huntingtin gene. Iron accumulates in the brains of HD patients and mouse disease models. However, the cellular and subcellular sites of iron accumulation, as well as sig...

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Main Authors: Jianfang Chen, Eileen Marks, Barry Lai, Zhaojie Zhang, James A Duce, Linh Q Lam, Irene Volitakis, Ashley I Bush, Steven Hersch, Jonathan H Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795666?pdf=render

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