Translational Cancer Research Group, Department of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James's Hospital, James's Street, Dublin, Ireland.
CNS Neurosci Ther. 2010 Dec;16(6):348-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-5949.2010.00184.x.
Huntington's disease is a debilitating neurodegenerative condition with significant burdens on both patient and healthcare costs. Despite the identification of the causative element, an expanded toxic polyglutamine tract in the mutant Huntingtin protein, treatment options for patients with this disease remain limited. In the following review I assess the current evidence suggesting that a family of important regulatory proteins known as histone deacetylases may be an important therapeutic target in the treatment of this disease.
亨廷顿病是一种使人虚弱的神经退行性疾病,给患者和医疗保健成本都带来了巨大负担。尽管已经确定了致病因素,即突变亨廷顿蛋白中扩展的毒性多聚谷氨酰胺链,但这种疾病的治疗选择仍然有限。在下面的综述中,我评估了目前的证据,表明一组称为组蛋白去乙酰化酶的重要调节蛋白可能是治疗这种疾病的重要治疗靶点。