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Nature Neuroscience 11, 1137–1139 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nn.2183

miR-19, miR-101 and miR-130 co-regulate ATXN1 levels to potentially modulate SCA1 pathogenesis

Yoontae Lee , Rodney C Samaco , Jennifer R Gatchel , Christina Thaller , Harry T Orr & Huda Y Zoghbi

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 is caused by expansion of a translated CAG repeat in ataxin1 (ATXN1). The level of the polyglutamine-expanded protein is one of the factors that contributes to disease severity.