Cell Type-Specific Transcriptomics Reveals that Mutant Huntingtin Leads to Mitochondrial RNA Release and Neuronal Innate Immune Activation

Hyeseung Lee, Robert J. Fenster, S. Sebastian Pineda, Whitney S. Gibbs, Shahin Mohammadi, Jose Davila-Velderrain, Francisco J. Garcia, Martine Therrien, Hailey S. Novis, Fan Gao, Hilary Wilkinson, Thomas Vogt, Manolis Kellis, Matthew J. LaVoie, Myriam Heiman

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Abstract

Lee, Fenster, et al. conduct striatal cell type-specific transcriptomics in mouse models of HD and human HD. Their findings reveal that mutant huntingtin leads to the release of mitochondrial RNAs and activation of innate immune signaling in neurons in a manner that correlates with striatal cell vulnerability in HD.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)891-908.e8
JournalNeuron
Volume107
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 9 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Neuroscience

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