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Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult human Huntington's disease brain

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Curtis, Maurice A., Penney, Ellen B., Pearson, Andree G., van Roon-Mom, Willeke M. C., Butterworth, Niqi J., Dragunow, Michael, Connor, Bronwen, Faull, Richard L. M.·2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Neurogenesis has recently been observed in the adult human brain, suggesting the possibility of endogenous neural repair. However, the augmentation of neurogenesis in the adult human brain in response to neuronal cell loss has not been demonstrated. This study was undertaken to investigate whether neurogenesis occurs in the subependymal layer (SEL) adjacent to the caudate nucleus in the human brain in response to neurodegeneration of the caudate nucleus in Huntington's disease (HD). Postmortem control and HD human brain tissue were examined by using the cell cycle marker proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), the neuronal marker βIII-tubulin, and the glial cell marker glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). We observed a significant increase in cell proliferation in the SEL in HD compared with control brains. Within the HD group, the degree of cell proliferation increased with pathological severity and increasing CAG repeats in the HD gene. Most importantly, PCNA + cells were shown to coexpress βIII-tubulin or GFAP, demonstrating the generation of neurons and glial cells in the SEL of the diseased human brain. Our results provide evidence of increased progenitor cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the diseased adult human brain and further indicate the regenerative potential of the human brain.

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Curtis, M. A., Penney, E. B., Pearson, A. G., van Roon-Mom, W. M. C., Butterworth, N. J., Dragunow, M., Connor, B., & Faull, R. L. M.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2003-07-09
Volume
100
Issue
15
Pages
9023-9027
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
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W2084620265
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523
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8.03
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journal article
Language
en
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Curtis, M. A., Penney, E. B., Pearson, A. G., van Roon-Mom, W. M. C., Butterworth, N. J., Dragunow, M., Connor, B., & Faull, R. L. M. (2003). Increased cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult human Huntington's disease brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1532244100

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