Research progress on microRNAs in Huntington's disease

doi:10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2020.06.011

Abstract

Abstract: Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic genetic disease of neurodegenerative disorders caused by repeated amplification of CAG trinucleotides in the first exon of the Huntingtin gene (HTT), and there are no treatments which could forestall or slow Huntington's disease. The protein product encoded by HTT is called huntingtin (Htt). The mutated huntingtin protein (mHtt) is easy to form aggregation which is toxic, leading to a series of cytological abnormalities and neuronal dysfunction. MicroRNA (miRNA) plays an important role in the post-transcriptional regulation of genes whose expression is related to the pathological process of Huntington's disease. miRNA is becoming the promising biomarker for the treatment of HD. Recent studies on the regulation of specific miRNAs in HD and the prediction of their target genes may provide a potential role for the treatment of HD. This review highlights the research progress on miRNAs in the occurrence of HD.

Key words: microRNA, Huntington's disease, regulation mechanism, gene therapy

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JIANG Bingbing. Research progress on microRNAs in Huntington's disease[J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2020, 25(6): 677-685.

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