| Discovered in 1872 & by 100 years later was thought to be
autoimmune.
Huntington's disease is a disorder passed down
through families in which nerve cells in the brain waste away, or
degenerate.
Huntington's disease is caused by a genetic
defect on chromosome #4. The defect causes a part of DNA, called a
CAG repeat, to occur many more times than it is supposed to.
Normally, this section of DNA is repeated 10 to 35 times. But in
persons with Huntington's disease, it is repeated
36 to 120 times. In a TV show there was a grandma and
her son that came down with it & died: his sons each came down
with it. There was first paranoia; then memory loss, then
personality changes & serious anger outbursts and violence; suicidal
tendencies. and then wasting away until death. |
Huntington's disease is a disorder passed down
through families in which nerve cells in the brain waste away, or
degenerate.Other Names
Huntington chorea
Causes
American doctor George Huntington first described the disorder in
1872.
Huntington's disease is caused by a genetic
defect on chromosome #4. The defect causes a part of DNA, called a
CAG repeat, to occur many more times than it is supposed to.
Normally, this section of DNA is repeated 10 to 35 times. But in
persons with Huntington's disease, it is repeated
36 to 120 times
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Huntington's Disease (HD)
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Early Investigations of HD and Autoimmunity,
1973-1978
A quite different avenue of research approached Huntington's as an
autoimmune disease. Within a year or two after the Columbus
symposium, Dad had hired ...
www.hdlighthouse.org/see/immune/history.htm
Harvard Medicine Huntington's Disease
Discovery could shed light on how immune system tolerance is lost
with diabetes, huntington's disease and other autoimmune illnesses.
...
hms.harvard.edu/public/disease/huntingtons_disease..
http://hms.harvard.edu/public/disease/huntingtons_disease/focus_huntingtons_disease.html.
HD Theory of Everything
Huntington's disease (HD) is dominant disorder caused by an
expansion of .... Treatments that are effective for autoimmune
diseases may be effective for HD. ...
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Biologists Link Huntington's Disease To Health Benefits In Young
Huntington's strengthens the ... Huntington's disease. Tumor
suppressor gene ... than those without Huntington's to suffer from
autoimmune diseases. ...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070925130029.htm
Autoimmunity Reviews : Xenobiotic-induced autoimmunity and protein
...
Despite of the high prevalence of rheumatic autoimmune diseases,
..... deficiencies in dopamine signaling in presymptomatic
Huntington's disease mice, Proc. ...
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Autoimmune Pancreatitis:
Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease
Until 1995, when autoimmune pancreatitis was first described,
pancreatitis was considered a ... huntington's disease. intestinal
illness. kidney disease ...
http://autoimmunedisease.suite101.com/article.cfm/autoimmune_pancreatitis
Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease
The pancreas is an endocrine gland situated in the abdominal cavity
that helps regulate blood glucose levels and assists with the
digestion of fatty lipids. Inflammation of the pancreas, which is
known as pancreatitis, has traditionally been associated with
alcohol abuse. However, in 1995 researchers first described a form
of chronic pancreatitis associated with autoimmune manifestations.
Today it's known that about 5-6 percent of all cases of chronic
pancreatitis are autoimmune in nature. And according to recent
reports, the incidence of autoimmune pancreatitis appears to be
rising, particularly in Japan, Europe, the United States, and Korea.
Autoimmune pancreatitis is considered a benign disorder because
patients typically respond favorably to treatment with
corticosteroids. Autoimmune pancreatitis is also known by other
names including lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis with
cholangitis, idiopathic duct destructive pancreatitis, primary
inflammatory pancreatitis, non-alcoholic duct destructive chronic
pancreatitis, pseudotumorous pancreatitis, tumefactive pancreatitis,
and destructive pancreatitis depending on the specific tissue
changes found on biopsy or the predominant and accompanying
symptoms.
Who Is Affected
Read more: Autoimmune Pancreatitis: Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease
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