Selected Publications
Mutant huntingtin and glycogen synthase kinase 3-beta accumulate in neuronal lipid rafts of a presymptomatic knock-in mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Valencia A, Reeves PB, Sapp E, Li X, Alexander J, Kegel KB, Chase K, Aronin N, DiFiglia M.
J Neurosci Res. 2010 Jan;88(1):179-90. doi: 10.1002/jnr.22184.
Mutant huntingtin impairs vesicle formation from recycling endosomes by interfering with Rab11 activity.
Li X, Standley C, Sapp E, Valencia A, Qin ZH, Kegel KB, Yoder J, Comer-Tierney LA, Esteves M, Chase K, Alexander J, Masso N, Sobin L, Bellve K, Tuft R, Lifshitz L, Fogarty K, Aronin N, DiFiglia M.
Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Nov;29(22):6106-16. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00420-09. Epub 2009 Sep 14.
Disruption of Rab11 activity in a knock-in mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Li X, Sapp E, Chase K, Comer-Tierney LA, Masso N, Alexander J, Reeves P, Kegel KB, Valencia A, Esteves M, Aronin N, Difiglia M.
Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Nov;36(2):374-83. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.08.003. Epub 2009 Aug 20.
Five siRNAs targeting three SNPs may provide therapy for three-quarters of Huntington's disease patients.
Pfister EL, Kennington L, Straubhaar J, Wagh S, Liu W, DiFiglia M, Landwehrmeyer B, Vonsattel JP, Zamore PD, Aronin N.
Curr Biol. 2009 May 12;19(9):774-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.03.030. Epub 2009 Apr 9.
Linking SNPs to CAG repeat length in Huntington's disease patients.
Liu W, Kennington LA, Rosas HD, Hersch S, Cha JH, Zamore PD, Aronin N.
Nat Methods. 2008 Nov;5(11):951-3. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1261. Epub 2008 Oct 19.
Therapeutic silencing of mutant huntingtin with siRNA attenuates striatal and cortical neuropathology and behavioral deficits.
DiFiglia M, Sena-Esteves M, Chase K, Sapp E, Pfister E, Sass M, Yoder J, Reeves P, Pandey RK, Rajeev KG, Manoharan M, Sah DW, Zamore PD, Aronin N.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Oct 23;104(43):17204-9. Epub 2007 Oct 16.
Designing siRNA that distinguish between genes that differ by a single nucleotide.
Schwarz DS, Ding H, Kennington L, Moore JT, Schelter J, Burchard J, Linsley PS, Aronin N, Xu Z, Zamore PD.
PLoS Genet. 2006 Sep 8;2(9):e140. Epub 2006 Jul 24.