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SUBMITTER: Lieberman AP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4356525 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell reports 20140416 3
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is caused by the polyglutamine androgen receptor (polyQ-AR), a protein expressed by both lower motor neurons and skeletal muscle. Although viewed as a motor neuronopathy, data from patients and mouse models suggest that muscle contributes to disease pathogenesis. Here, we tested this hypothesis using AR113Q knockin and human bacterial artificial chromosome/clone (BAC) transgenic mice that express the full-length polyQ-AR and display androgen-dependent we ...[more]