Gene Therapy

TABLE 1

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RNAi: a potential therapy for the dominantly inherited nucleotide repeat diseases

E M Denovan-Wright and B L Davidson

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Table 1. RNAi therapy for nucleotide repeat diseases

Disease Target transcript Expansion
Huntington's diseaseHuntingtinCAG
Spinal cerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1)a Ataxin-1CAG
SCA2Ataxin-2CAG
SCA3Ataxin-3CAG
SCA7Ataxin-7CAG
SCA8NAb CTG
DRPLAAtrophin-1CAG
Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1)Dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK)c CUG
DM2Zinc-finger protein 9d CCTG

a This is only a partial listing of the dominant SCAs. For additional information see Schols et al.

b Not assigned.

c Expansion at 3' end of gene; RNA is pathogenic.

d Expansion is in intron 1.

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