For example, genes with altered expression in the heart of BACHD mice (Hspa1a, P4ha1, Tpd52l2, Basp1, Hadh, Baiap2, Fgf13, Zfp932, Hbp1) were previously characterized to play an important role in HD pathology in other tissues. This evidence concerns the gene BAIAP2 and Huntington disease.