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
Apr 2, 2026
v2.17.1
v2.17.1
Clinical Links
Bioinformatical Links
Disease
Name
Huntington disease
Inheritance
Autosomal dominant Description
Locus
Details
Mechanism
GoF/LoF
Alleles
Ref. Motif
CAG
Pathogenic (ref.)
CAG
Pathogenic (gene)
AGC
gnomAD
References
Direct 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:291000844
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:8458085
Additional Literature
Additional 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)
Pyramidal signs in Huntington's disease: An early clinical indicator associated with proximity to disease onset.
Xiao-Yan,Li, Yu-Feng,Bao, Chen-Chang,Hu, Yi,Dong, Zhi-Ying,Wu
Med (New York, N.Y.) · 2026-03-30
pmid:41916314Inhibition of the NLRP3 Inflammasome With MCC950 Improves Gut Health in Huntington's Disease Mice.
Sujan Kumar,Sarkar, Millicent N,Ekwudo, Da,Lu, Bethany,Masson, Pamudika,Kiridena, Nicholas,van de Garde, Thibault,Renoir, James E,Vince, Veerasikku Gopal,Deepagan, Anthony J,Hannan, Carolina,Gubert
Journal of neurochemistry · 2026-04-01
pmid:41906693Aberrant expression of the MID1 protein in neurons of Huntington's disease brain.
Adriana,Geraci, Annika,Reisbitzer, Janina,Gerhard, Sybille,Krauß
Frontiers in genetics · 2026-03-11
pmid:418846223D-AI mouse behavior analysis system has the capability to detect abnormalities in R6/1 model mice with Huntington's disease during the pre-symptomatic phase.
Shida,Zhou, Xiaoyu,Wang, Yu Tian,Wang
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026-03-10
pmid:41883719Huntingtin (HTT) interactome in regulation of DNA repair/remodeling and RNA processing pathways.
Tamara,Ratovitski, Chloe D,Holland, Robert N,O'Meally, Alexey V,Shevelkin, Siddhi V,Kamath, Tianze,Shi, Matthew J,Rodriguez, Robert N,Cole, Mali,Jiang, Christopher A,Ross
Life science alliance · 2026-03-18
pmid:41850723Self-inactivating AAV-CRISPR at different ages enables sustained amelioration of Huntington's disease deficits in BAC226Q mice.
Yuanyi,Dai, Zuliayeti,Abudujielili, Yunyi,Ding, Wanping,Huang, Jianhang,Yin, Liqiong,Ou, Jiazhi,Hu, Sushuang,Zheng, Chenjian,Li
Science advances · 2026-03-18
pmid:41849610Lowering the
Aikaterini Smaragdi,Papadopoulou, Julia,Alterman, Christian,Landles, Edward J,Smith, Faith,Conroy, Jemima,Phillips, Maria,Canibano-Pico, Iulia M,Nita, Georgina F,Osborne, Arzo,Iqbal, Sarah G,Aldous, Marie K,Bondulich, Casandra,Gomez-Paredes, Kirupa,Sathasivam, Daniel,O'Reilly, Dimas,Echeverria, Konstantin,Bobkov, Jonathan R,Greene, Neil,Aronin, Anastasia,Khvorova, Gillian P,Bates
Science translational medicine · 2026-03-18
pmid:41849583Discovery and Optimization of Thienopyrazine RNA-Splicing Modulators for the Treatment of Huntington's Disease.
Chaofan,Xu, Neeta,Abraham, Nupur,Bansal, Philippe N,Bolduc, Patrick,Cullen, Thomas M,Carlile, Yirui,Chen, Colin K,Choi, Rachelle,Driscoll, Eric,Stefan, Christina M,Gallo, Zhen,Gao, Catherine L,Guardado, Guilherme,Guimaraes, James,Harvey, Sarah,Huff, Dann,Huh, Jessica,Hurt, Melissa M,Kemp, Kwang Soo,Lee, Joon,Lee, Mukesh,Lulla, Soumya,Negi, Marta,Nevalainen, Emily A,Peterson, Thomas J,Purgett, Joseph C,Santoro, Daniel R,Smith, Andreas,Weihofen, Zain,Yousaf, Magnus,Pfaffenbach
Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2026-03-17
pmid:41841355High-affinity, structure-validated and selective macrocyclic peptide tools for chemical biology studies of Huntingtin.
Rebeka,Fanti, Esther,Wolf, 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 J,Wilson, Susan M,Lea, Hiroaki,Suga, Rachel J,Harding
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026-03-16
pmid:41838909