What does MJD stand for?

Machado-Joseph Disease (also known as Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 3)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3, also known as Machado-Joseph Disease (SCA3/MJD), is one of several inherited neurodegenerative disorders that are caused by the expression of mutant proteins containing an expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) region.

Effects of polyglutamine expansion on activity of ataxin-3, the ...

Machado-Joseph disease, a form of spino-cerebellar ataxia (with effects similar to Huntington's disease), that appears primarily in people of Portuguese-Azorean descent and is found with high frequency in southern Brazil.

Genetics in the service of the people: advances in genomics can--and ...

Paulson, and colleagues at the University of Iowa report results that will faciliate development of siRNA therapies for heritable diseases such as Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) and other dementias in which defective proteins clump together and impair brain and nervous system function.

Silencing of mutant genes with RNAi

The most common dominantly inherited ataxia is Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD).

How does the normal function of ataxin-3 affect its fate in cells?

Hank Paulson, who is currently at Iowa, Hill talk about SCA3/ Machado-Joseph disease.

Ataxia research review

Henry Paulson (University of Iowa) gave us an update on SCA 3/ Machado-Joseph disease.

"The Bridge to Hope"

Todi, PhD The University of Iowa Generating a conditional knockout mouse to investigate the functional necessity of MJD1, the causative gene for Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3, in mammals Spinocerebellar Ataxia 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD), is the most common dominantly inherited ataxia.

2006 NAF awarded grants

A particular interest is Machado-Joseph disease (also known as SCA3) and related polyglutamine disorders.

Update on SCA3