Repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor (REST) is present in human control and Huntington's disease neurones

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 899-910

  Schiffer, Davide ^a,b   Caldera, Valentina ^a,b   Mellai, Marta ^a,b   Conforti, Paola ^c   Cattaneo, Elena ^c   Zuccato, Chiara ^c  

^a Neuro bio oncology Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human brain; Huntingtin; Huntington's disease; Neurones; REST

Indexed keywords

HTT PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; RE1-SILENCING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84911189203     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nan.12137     Document Type: Article

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