Dr. Chern, Yijuang
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Signal Transduction
- Gene Regulation
- Neurodegeneration Disease
Education and Positions:
Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts
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Energy dysfunction in Huntington's disease: insights from PGC-1α, AMPK, and CKB.
Dr. Chern, Yijuang
Cell Mol Life Sci., May 25, 2012Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by a CAG trinucleotide expansion in the Huntingtin (Htt) gene. When the number of CAG repeats exceeds 36, the translated polyglutamine-expanded Htt protein interferes with the normal functions of many types of cellular machinery and causes cytotoxicity.