Abstract：
:Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is a hereditary motor neuron disease caused by trinucleotide repeat expansion in the androgen receptor gene. The disease mechanism probably involves a toxic gain of function in the mutant protein, because other mutations that cause a loss of androgen receptor function result in a different phenotype and the mutant protein is toxic in mouse models. In these models, the toxicity is ligand-dependent and is associated with protein aggregation, as well as altered transcriptional regulation, axonal transport and mitochondrial function. Various therapeutic approaches have shown efficacy in mouse models, including androgen reduction, heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibition and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 overexpression. Clinical trials of androgen-reducing agents have had mixed results, with indications of efficacy but no proof of clinically meaningful benefit to date. These clinical studies have established outcome measures for future trials of other agents that have been beneficial in animal studies.
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Trends Pharmacol Scijournal_title
Trends in pharmacological sciencesauthors
Ranganathan S,Fischbeck KHdoi
10.1016/j.tips.2010.08.005subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-11-01 00:00:00pages
523-7issue
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0165-6147issn
1873-3735pii
S0165-6147(10)00151-3journal_volume
31pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Stem cells derived from pre-implantation human embryos or from somatic cells by reprogramming are pluripotent and self-renew indefinitely in culture. Pluripotent stem cells are unique in being able to differentiate to any cell type of the human body. Differentiation towards the cardiac lineage has attracted significan...
journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 新闻
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/S0165-6147(03)00121-4
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.tips.2008.10.005
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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doi：10.1016/j.tips.2014.07.001
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.tips.2011.02.005
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 评论,杂志文章
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Trends in pharmacological sciences
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