Salidroside Protects Caenorhabditis elegans Neurons from Polyglutamine-Mediated Toxicity by Reducing Oxidative Stress

L Xiao, H Li, J Zhang, F Yang, A Huang, J Deng… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Polyglutamine (polyQ) aggregation plays a pivotal role in the pathological process of
Huntington's disease and other polyQ disorders. Therefore, strategies aiming at restoring …

The Traditional Formula Kai-Xin-San Alleviates Polyglutamine-Mediated Neurotoxicity by Modulating Proteostasis Network in Caenorhabditis elegans

L Xiao, H Li, J Tian, N Jin, J Zhang, F Yang… - Rejuvenation …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The inherited polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion diseases are characterized by progressive
accumulation of aggregation-prone polyQ proteins, which may provoke proteostasis …

Polyglutamine disorders: Pathogenesis and potential drug interventions

S Tandon, P Aggarwal, S Sarkar - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyglutamine/poly (Q) diseases are a group nine hereditary neurodegenerative disorders
caused due to abnormally expanded stretches of CAG trinucleotide in functionally distinct …

Multiple discrete soluble aggregates influence polyglutamine toxicity in a Huntington's disease model system

W Xi, X Wang, TM Laue, CL Denis - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Huntington's disease (HD) results from expansions of polyglutamine stretches (polyQ) in the
huntingtin protein (Htt) that promote protein aggregation, neurodegeneration, and death …

Sodium dodecyl sulfate‐insoluble oligomers are involved in polyglutamine degeneration

SLA Wong, WM Chan, HYE Chan - The FASEB Journal, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In polyglutamine (polyQ) degeneration, disease protein that carries an expanded polyQ tract
is neurotoxic. Expanded polyQ protein exists in different conformations that display distinct …

Optimization of a polyglutamine aggregation inhibitor peptide (QBP1) using a thioflavin T fluorescence assay

L Hamuro, G Zhang, TJ Tucker, C Self… - Assay and Drug …, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Polyglutamine protein aggregates are a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases,
including Huntington's disease, and increasing evidence suggests that reducing or inhibiting …

Assessing a peptidylic inhibitor-based therapeutic approach that simultaneously suppresses polyglutamine RNA-and protein-mediated toxicities in patient cells and …

Q Zhang, H Tsoi, S Peng, PP Li… - Disease models & …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases represent a group of progressive neurodegenerative
disorders that are caused by abnormal expansion of CAG triplet nucleotides in disease …

Arginine is a disease modifier for polyQ disease models that stabilizes polyQ protein conformation

EN Minakawa, HA Popiel, M Tada, T Takahashi… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases
that include Huntington's disease, various spinocerebellar ataxias, spinal and bulbar …

Polyglutamine neurodegeneration: protein misfolding revisited

AJ Williams, HL Paulson - Trends in neurosciences, 2008 - cell.com
Polyglutamine diseases are a major cause of neurodegeneration worldwide. Recent studies
highlight the importance of protein quality control mechanisms in regulating polyglutamine …

Genome-wide RNA interference screen identifies previously undescribed regulators of polyglutamine aggregation

EAA Nollen, SM Garcia… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Protein misfolding and the formation of aggregates are increasingly recognized components
of the pathology of human genetic disease and hallmarks of many neurodegenerative …