Patterns of CAG repeat instability in the central nervous system and periphery in Huntington’s disease and in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

• Published in: Human molecular genetics Vol. 29; no. 15; pp. 2551 - 2567
• Main Authors: Mouro Pinto, Ricardo, Arning, Larissa, Giordano, James V, Razghandi, Pedram, Andrew, Marissa A, Gillis, Tammy, Correia, Kevin, Mysore, Jayalakshmi S, Grote Urtubey, Debora-M, Parwez, Constanze R, von Hein, Sarah M, Clark, H Brent, Nguyen, Huu Phuc, Förster, Eckart, Beller, Allison, Jayadaev, Suman, Keene, C Dirk, Bird, Thomas D, Lucente, Diane, Vonsattel, Jean-Paul, Orr, Harry, Saft, Carsten, Petrasch-Parwez, Elisabeth, Wheeler, Vanessa C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 29.08.2020

Abstract The expanded HTT CAG repeat causing Huntington’s disease (HD) exhibits somatic expansion proposed to drive the rate of disease onset by eliciting a pathological process that ultimately claims vulnerable cells. To gain insight into somatic expansion in humans, we performed comprehensive quan...