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Human α2β1HI CD133+VE epithelial prostate stem cells express low levels of active androgen receptor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Stem cells are thought to be the cell of origin in malignant transformation in many tissues, but their role in human prostate carcinogenesis continues to be debated.
A Birgersdotter   +48 more
core   +10 more sources

Improving Clinical Diagnosis of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Sheep: Which Signs Are Important?

open access: yesAnimals
Scrapie is a notifiable transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) in sheep that relies on clinical examinations for reporting suspects. A short examination protocol was used in 1002 sheep to define clinical markers suggestive of scrapie.
Timm Konold, Laura J. Phelan
doaj   +1 more source

Sheep Feed and Scrapie, France

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
Scrapie is a small ruminant, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE). Although in the past scrapie has not been considered a zoonosis, the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, transmissible to humans and experimentally to sheep, indicates
Sandrine Philippe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Typing of Protease-Resistant Prion Protein in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies of Small Ruminants, France, 2002–2009

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
The agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) may be infecting small ruminants, which could have serious implications for human health. To distinguish BSE from scrapie and to examine the molecular characteristics of the protease-resistant ...
Johann Vulin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A quantitative assessment of the prion risk associated with wastewater from carcase-handling facilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Wastewater from facilities processing livestock that may harbor transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) infectivity is permitted under license for application to land where susceptible livestock may have access. Several previous risk assessments
Adkin   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Infectivity in Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Of all the species exposed naturally to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) agent, the greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), a nondomesticated bovine from Africa, appears to be the most susceptible to the disease.
Andrew A. Cunningham   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stochastic Modelling Approach to the Incubation Time of Prionic Diseases

open access: yes, 2003
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies like the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans are neurodegenerative diseases for which prions are the attributed pathogenic agents.
A. S. Ferreira   +15 more
core   +1 more source

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