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Author: Miniarikova, J.
MICRORNA-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE:
SILENCING THE VILLAIN
MicroRNA-based gene therapy for Huntington’s disease: Silencing the villain ISBN 978-94-6375-175-9
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MICRORNA-BASED GENE THERAPY FOR
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE:
SILENCING THE VILLAIN
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 24 januari 2019
klokke 13.45 uur door
JANA MINIARIKOVÁ
geboren te Bratislava (Slowakije)Co-promotor: Dr. P. Konstantinova
(uniQure, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Leden promotiecommissie: Prof. Dr. R. Hoeben
Prof. Dr. R. Roos
Prof. Dr. A. Aartsma-Rus Prof. Dr. P. H. Reitsma Prof. MVDr. J. Motlík, DrSc.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: General introduction - Translation of microRNA-based huntingtin 9 lowering therapies from preclinical studies to the clinic
Mol. Ther. (2018); 26: 947–962
Chapter 2: Design, characterization and lead selection of therapeutic miRNAs 37 targeting huntingtin for development of gene therapy for Huntington’s
disease
Mol. Ther. Nucleic Acids (2016); 5: e297
Chapter 3: AAV5-miHTT gene therapy demonstrates suppression of mutant 85 huntingtin aggregation and neuronal dysfunction in a rat model of
Huntington’s disease
Gene Ther. (2017); 24: 630–639
Chapter 4: Therapeutic microRNAs targeting nuclear huntingtin for a development 111 of a personalized gene therapy for Huntington’s disease
Chapter 5: Mature miHTT molecules are present in vesicles enriched for exosomes 135 and secreted from Huntington’s disease neuronal cultures treated with AAV5-miHTT gene therapy
Chapter 6: General discussion 157
Mol. Ther. (2018); 26: 947–962
Addendum: English summary 179
Dutch summary / Nederlandse samenvatting 181
Slovak summary / Zhrnutie v slovenčine 185
List of abbreviations 189
Curriculum vitae 191