Stefan Bartl, Yuanyun Xie, Nalini Potluri, Ratnesh Kesineni, Katlin Hencak, Louisa Dal Cengio, Katja Balazs, Abid Oueslati, Michela Parth, Nina Salhat, Alberto Siddu, Oskar Smrzka, Francesca Cicchetti, Günther Straffler, Michael R Hayden, Amber L Southwell
In Huntington disease (HD), the mutant huntingtin (mtHTT) protein is the principal cause of pathological changes that initiate primarily along the cortico-striatal axis. mtHTT is ubiquitously expressed and there is, accordingly, growing recognition that HD is a systemic disorder with functional interplay between the brain and the periphery. We have developed a monoclonal antibody, C6-17, targeting an exposed region of HTT near the aa586 Caspase 6 cleavage site. As recently published, mAB C6-17 can block cell-to-cell propagation of mtHTT in vitro...
January 2024: Neurobiology of Disease