HD HTT
HD HTT SupportedSom. Inst.Anticip.Pat. Exp.Len. → OnsetLen. → Pen.Len. → Pheno.Len. → Sev.Mot. → Inst.Mot. → OnsetMot. → Pen.Prop. Mod.
Disease ID
HD
Gene ID
HTT
Updated
Oct 20, 2025
v2.12.0
v2.12.0
Clinical Links
Bioinformatical Links
Disease
DiseaseName
Huntington disease
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant Description
Locus
LocusDetails
Mechanism
GoF/LoF
Alleles
Alleles
Ref. Motif
CAG
Pathogenic (ref.)
CAG
Pathogenic (gene)
AGC
gnomAD
gnomADReferences
ReferencesDirect supporting references for info on this page.
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Profiling of Short-Tandem-Repeat Disease Alleles in 12,632 Human Whole Genomes.
Haibao,Tang, Ewen F,Kirkness, Christoph,Lippert, William H,Biggs, Martin,Fabani, Ernesto,Guzman, Smriti,Ramakrishnan, Victor,Lavrenko, Boyko,Kakaradov, Claire,Hou, Barry,Hicks, David,Heckerman, Franz J,Och, C Thomas,Caskey, J Craig,Venter, Amalio,Telenti
American journal of human genetics · 2017-11-02
pmid:291000843
Huntington Disease
Nicholas S.,Caron, Galen EB,Wright, Michael R.,Hayden
GeneReviews® · 1993-01-01
genereviews:NBK13054
Expanding the Phenotype of Extremely Early Onset Juvenile Huntington's Disease: A Case Report and Review of Previously Published Cases.
Zöe,Powis, Jonathon,Lutz, Khalida,Liaquat, Jyes A,Querubin, Sat Dev,Batish
American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2024-10-23
pmid:394410745
Huntington's disease: a clinical review.
Raymund A C,Roos
Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2010-12-20
pmid:211719776
Huntingtin CAG repeat size variations below the Huntington's disease threshold: associations with depression, anxiety and basal ganglia structure.
Magdalena,Vater, Nicolas,Rost, Gertrud,Eckstein, Susann,Sauer, Alina,Tontsch, Angelika,Erhardt, Susanne,Lucae, Tanja,Brückl, Thomas,Klopstock, Philipp G,Sämann, Elisabeth B,Binder
European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2024-11-21
pmid:395727707
Comprehensive genetic diagnosis of tandem repeat expansion disorders with programmable targeted nanopore sequencing.
Igor,Stevanovski, Sanjog R,Chintalaphani, Hasindu,Gamaarachchi, James M,Ferguson, Sandy S,Pineda, Carolin K,Scriba, Michel,Tchan, Victor,Fung, Karl,Ng, Andrea,Cortese, Henry,Houlden, Carol,Dobson-Stone, Lauren,Fitzpatrick, Glenda,Halliday, Gianina,Ravenscroft, Mark R,Davis, Nigel G,Laing, Avi,Fellner, Marina,Kennerson, Kishore R,Kumar, Ira W,Deveson
Science advances · 2022-03-04
pmid:352451108
Estimating the probability of de novo HD cases from transmissions of expanded penetrant CAG alleles in the Huntington disease gene from male carriers of high normal alleles (27-35 CAG).
Audrey E,Hendricks, Jeanne C,Latourelle, Kathryn L,Lunetta, L Adrienne,Cupples, Vanessa,Wheeler, Marcy E,MacDonald, James F,Gusella, Richard H,Myers
American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2009-07-01
pmid:195072589
Huntington's Disease: Mechanisms of Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies.
Maria,Jimenez-Sanchez, Floriana,Licitra, Benjamin R,Underwood, David C,Rubinsztein
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2017-07-05
pmid:2794060210
A novel gene containing a trinucleotide repeat that is expanded and unstable on Huntington's disease chromosomes. The Huntington's Disease Collaborative Research Group.
Cell · 1993-03-26
pmid:8458085Additional Literature
Additional LiteratureAdditional literature related to this locus.
Raw PubMed search results
(All PubMed results returned by searching for this gene, tandem
repeats, and disease, in medline format)
High-Affinity, Structure-Validated and Selective Macrocyclic Peptide Tools for Chemical Biology Studies of Huntingtin.
Esther,Wolf, Rebeka,Fanti, Tatsuya,Ikenoue, Justin C,Deme, Swati,Balakrishnan, Brandon A,Keith, Matthew G,Alteen, Renu,Chandrasekaran, Manisha,Yadav, Ritika,Bhajiawala, Suzanne,Ackloo, Jia,Feng, Mahmoud A,Pouladi, Aled M,Edwards, Derek,Wilson, Susan M,Lea, Hiroaki,Suga, Rachel J,Harding
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025-08-06
pmid:41030958Efficient expansion of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes from gynecologic cancer.
Tetsuya,Matsukawa, Tsunenori,Ouchida, Taeko,Hayakawa, Toshiaki,Yoshikawa, Yusuke,Ito, Hitomi,Kasuya, Chisato,Umehara, Satoshi,Inoue, Tatsuyuki,Chiyoda, Hiroshi,Nishio, Wataru,Yamagami, Waki,Hosoda, Shiro,Suzuki, Yuki,Kagoya
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) · 2025-09-26
pmid:41003760Interplay Between Sex and Cytosine-Adenine-Guanine-Age Product Score in Huntington's Disease: Clinical and Neuroimaging Perspectives.
Jingwen,Yao, Grayson,Feng, Guowen,Shao, Zexi,Wang, Adys,Mendizabal, Donatello,Telesca, Kaiying,Fang, Lola,Ibragimova, Juwairia,Shoaib, Melanie A,Morrison, Janine M,Lupo
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2025-09-23
pmid:40985165Progressively reduced cerebral oxygen metabolism and elevated plasma NfL levels in the zQ175DN mouse model of Huntington's disease.
Qian,Wu, Minmin,Yao, Hongshuai,Liu, Aaron,Kakazu, Yuxiao,Ouyang, Chang,Liu, Ruoxuan,Li, Fan,Yang, Anqi,Wang, Sharmane,Surasinghe, Damien,Gerochi, Barbara,Baldo, Stefanie,Jahn, Haiying,Tang, Hanzhang,Lu, Zhiliang,Wei, Wenzhen,Duan
Experimental neurology · 2025-09-12
pmid:40945646Mutant huntingtin exon 1 protein detected in mouse brain with neoepitope antibody: effects of CAG repeat expansion, MutS Homolog 3 silencing and aggregation.
Ellen,Sapp, Adel,Boudi, Andrew,Iwanowicz, Jillian,Belgrad, Rachael,Miller, Riannon,Robertson, Daniel,O'Reilly, Ken,Yamada, Yunping,Deng, Marion,Joni, Xueyi,Li, Kimberly,Kegel-Gleason, Anastasia,Khvorova, Anton,Reiner, Neil,Aronin, Marian,DiFiglia
Brain communications · 2025-08-29
pmid:40926977Evaluating the neuroprotective potential of
Pallavi V,Bhosle, Sailesh J,Wadher
In silico pharmacology · 2025-09-01
pmid:40905034A simplified hybrid capture approach retains high specificity and enables PCR-free workflow.
Adeline Huizhen,Mah, Xiaodong,Qi, Junhua,Zhao, Kelly,Wiseman, Laure,Edoli, Kyle,Metcalfe, Kyle,Donohoe, Micah,Ojeda, Sophie,Billings, Juan,Moreno, Marina,McCowin, Ben,Krajacich, Kevin,Green, Ramkrishna,Adhikary, Andrew,Boddicker, Joshua,Chan, Peter,Mains, Bryan,Lajoie, Sean,Devitt, Semyon,Kruglyak, Shawn,Levy, Michael,Previte
BMC genomics · 2025-09-02
pmid:40898018The HTT gene influences plasma neurofilament light chain and brain metabolism in prodromal Alzheimer's disease.
Salvatore,Mazzeo, Chiara,Crucitti, Michael,Lassi, Assunta,Ingannato, Valentina,Berti, Matilde,Nerattini, Giulia,Giacomucci, Silvia,Bagnoli, Valentina,Moschini, Carmen,Morinelli, Sonia,Padiglioni, Giulia,Galdo, Filippo,Emiliani, Maria,Salsone, Massimo,Filippi, Sandro,Sorbi, Alberto,Mazzoni, Valentina,Bessi, Benedetta,Nacmias
Journal of neurology · 2025-08-22
pmid:40844528Expression of polyglutamine repeats at the pathogenic threshold modestly enhances tau neurotoxicity and protein accumulation in
Joshua C,Hincks, Jade G,Stair, Nicole F,Liachko
microPublication biology · 2025-07-31
pmid:40838126