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Effects of post-translational modifications on prion protein aggregation and the propagation of scrapie-like characteristics in vitro [PDF]

, 2007
Prion diseases, or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are typically characterised by CNS accumulation of PrPSc, an aberrant conformer of a normal cellular protein PrPC.
Oxley, David, Meersman, Filip, Webster, Judith, Kazlauskaite, Jurate, Pinheiro, Teresa J. T., Young, Duncan S., Dear, Denise V., Lowe, Christopher R., Gill, Andrew C., Bronstein, Igor   +9 more
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Genetic aspects of human prion diseases

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Human prion diseases are rapidly progressive and fatal neurodegenerative conditions caused by a disease-causing isoform of the native prion protein. The prion protein gene (PRNP) encodes for the cellular prion protein, which is the biological substrate ...
Brian S. Appleby, Brian S. Appleby, Shashirekha Shetty, Shashirekha Shetty, Mohamed Elkasaby   +4 more
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Short incubation periods of atypical H-type BSE in cattle with EK211 and KK211 prion protein genotypes after intracranial inoculation

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
In 2006, a case of atypical H-type BSE (H-BSE) was found to be associated with a germline mutation in the PRNP gene that resulted in a lysine substitution for glutamic acid at codon 211 (E211K). The E211K amino acid substitution in cattle is analogous to
Eric D. Cassmann, Alexis J. Frese, Alexis J. Frese, Alexis J. Frese, Kelsey A. Becker, Kelsey A. Becker, Justin J. Greenlee   +6 more
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Swine influenza A replicon particle and live attenuated influenza virus vaccines induce differential systemic and mucosal antibody and T cell responses

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Influenza A virus (IAV) in swine is a significant economic concern, and there is a critical need to improve vaccine efficacy. Commercial and experimental vaccine platforms are effective against homologous infection but may not reliably provide protection
Meghan Wymore Brand, Bryan S. Kaplan, Carine K. Souza, Jayne E. Wiarda, J. Brian Kimble, Bailey Arruda, Daniel R. Perez, Amy L. Baker   +7 more
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Evaluation of Antemortem Diagnostic Techniques in Goats Naturally Infected With Scrapie

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Scrapie is a naturally occurring transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) that affects sheep and goats. Sheep and goats can be infected with scrapie as lambs or kids via contact with the placenta or placental fluids, or from ingestion of prions shed
Najiba Mammadova, M. Heather West Greenlee, S. Jo Moore, Soyoun Hwang, Aaron D. Lehmkuhl, Eric M. Nicholson, Justin J. Greenlee   +6 more
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A high-content neuron imaging assay demonstrates inhibition of prion disease-associated neurotoxicity by an anti-prion protein antibody

Scientific Reports, 2022
There is an urgent need to develop disease-modifying therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases which pose increasing challenges to global healthcare systems.
Madeleine Reilly, Iryna Benilova, Azadeh Khalili-Shirazi, Christian Schmidt, Parvin Ahmed, Daniel Yip, Parmjit S. Jat, John Collinge   +7 more
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Pathogenic mutations in the hydrophobic core of the human prion protein can promote structural instability and misfolding [PDF]

, 2010
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases, are caused by misfolding and aggregation of the prion protein PrP. These diseases can be hereditary in humans and four of the many disease-associated missense mutants of PrP are in the ...
Valerie Daggett, Daggett, Valerie, van der Kamp, Marc W, Marc W. van der Kamp   +3 more
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All clinically-relevant blood components transmit prion disease following a single blood transfusion: a sheep model of vCJD [PDF]

, 2011
Variant CJD (vCJD) is an incurable, infectious human disease, likely arising from the consumption of BSE-contaminated meat products. Whilst the epidemic appears to be waning, there is much concern that vCJD infection may be perpetuated in humans by the ...
Smith, Antony, Ian R. MacGregor, Groschup, Martin H., Hunter, N., Hunter, Nora, Prowse, C.V., Tan, B.C., Hornsey, V.S., Boon Chin Tan, Sandra McCutcheon, Jean C Manson, Antony Smith, E. Fiona Houston, Jean C. Manson, Alejo-Blanco, Richard, Manson, J.C., Tan, Boon Chin, Turner Marc, Manson, Jean C., Houston E. Fiona, Alejo Blanco, A.R., Turner, Marc, Groschup Martin H., MacGregor, Ian R., Houston, Fiona, Christopher V Prowse, Turner, M., E Fiona Houston, Alejo Blanco Anthony Richard, Groschup, M.H., Martin H Groschup, Smith Antony, de Wolf, C., Christopher V. Prowse, Hunter Nora, Prowse, Christopher V., Christopher de Wolf, Anthony Richard Alejo Blanco, MacGregor Ian R., de Wolf Christopher, Marc Turner, de Wolf, Christopher, Valerie S. Hornsey, Smith, A., Manson Jean C., Prowse Christopher V., Ian R MacGregor, Prowse, C. V., Hornsey, Valerie S., McCutcheon Sandra, MacGregor, I.R., McCutcheon, Sandra, Nora Hunter, Tan Boon Chin, Hornsey Valerie S., Martin H. Groschup, McCutcheon, S., Houston, E.F., Valerie S Hornsey   +58 more
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From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
wiley   +1 more source

Aqueous extraction of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue and detection of prion disease using real-time quaking-induced conversion

BMC Research Notes
Objective The goal of the research presented here is to determine if methods previously developed for the aqueous extraction of PrPSc from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue (FFPET) are applicable to the detection PrPSc by real-time quaking induced ...
Eric M. Nicholson, Justin J. Greenlee, Soyoun Hwang   +2 more
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