Analysis of blood samples of 5 presymptomatic and 12 symptomatic Huntington's disease (HD) patients. Studies suggest that gene expression may be altered in a variety of tissues in HD, including peripheral blood. Results identify potential markers for HD.
Borovecki F, Lovrecic L, Zhou J, Jeong H et al. Genome-wide expression profiling of human blood reveals biomarkers for Huntington's disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005 Aug 2;102(31):11023-8. PMID: 16043692