Huntington's disease

Summary
Synonym
  • HD
  • Huntington disease
  • Huntington's chorea
Definition
A neurodegenerative disease that has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance and is characterized by unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in neuron degeneration affecting muscle coordination, cognitive abilities.
Super Class
neurodegenerative disease
Related Genes
Displaying entries 1 - 10 of 18 in total
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
18 ABAT 4-aminobutyrate aminotransferase
627 BDNF brain derived neurotrophic factor
2752 GLUL glutamate-ammonia ligase
2898 GRIK2 glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 2
2903 GRIN2A glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2A
2904 GRIN2B glutamate ionotropic receptor NMDA type subunit 2B
3064 HTT huntingtin
3297 HSF1 heat shock transcription factor 1
3569 IL6 interleukin 6
3570 IL6R interleukin 6 receptor
Displaying all 4 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
29527 Ptgs2 prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
57302 Cnr2 cannabinoid receptor 2
83516 Ppargc1a PPARG coactivator 1 alpha
293504 Qprt quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
179246 atg-18 Autophagy-related protein 18
The Human Phenotype Ontology
Displaying entries 31 - 40 of 44 in total
HPO ID HPO Term
HP:0002375 Hypokinesia
HP:0002500 Abnormal cerebral white matter morphology
HP:0002540 Inability to walk
HP:0002591 Polyphagia
HP:0003107 Abnormal circulating cholesterol concentration
HP:0003324 Generalized muscle weakness
HP:0003487 Babinski sign
HP:0004305 Involuntary movements
HP:0004408 Abnormality of the sense of smell
HP:0007010 Poor fine motor coordination
Displaying 1 entry
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description
6515 SLC2A3 solute carrier family 2 member 3

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