Metformin Protects Cells from Mutant Huntingtin Toxicity Through Activation of AMPK and Modulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics.

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Published in Neuromolecular Med on May 25, 2016

Authors

Jing Jin1, Hao Gu1, Nicole M Anders2, Tianhua Ren1,3, Mali Jiang1, Michael Tao1, Qi Peng1, Michelle A Rudek2,4, Wenzhen Duan5,6,7

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, CMSC 8-121, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
2: Analytical Pharmacology Core, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
3: Department of Emergency Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
4: Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
5: Division of Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, CMSC 8-121, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. wduan2@jhmi.edu.
6: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. wduan2@jhmi.edu.
7: Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. wduan2@jhmi.edu.

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