Essential Components of Synthetic Infectious Prion Formation De Novo
Prion diseases are a class of neurodegenerative diseases that are uniquely infectious. Whilst their general replication mechanism is well understood, the components required for the formation and propagation of highly infectious prions are poorly ...
Kezia Jack +2 more
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Genetic Risk Factors of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the Population of Newborns in Slovakia
The most frequent human prion disease is Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). It occurs as sporadic (sCJD), genetic (gCJD), iatrogenic (iCJD) form and as variant CJD.
Dana Kosorinova +4 more
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Case report of homozygous E200D mutation of PRNP in apparently sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Background Inherited prion diseases are rare autosomal dominant disorders associated with diverse clinical presentations. All are associated with mutation of the gene that encodes prion protein (PRNP).
Ahamad Hassan +6 more
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The Future of Seed Amplification Assays and Clinical Trials
Prion-like seeded misfolding of host proteins is the leading hypothesised cause of neurodegenerative diseases. The exploitation of the mechanism in the protein misfolding cyclic amplification (PMCA) and real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC ...
Thomas Coysh +3 more
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Animal prion diseases: A review of intraspecies transmission [PDF]
Animal prion diseases are a group of neurodegenerative, transmissible, and fatal disorders that affect several animal species. The causative agent, prion, is a misfolded isoform of normal cellular prion protein, which is found in cells with higher ...
Mauro Julián Gallardo +1 more
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Simultaneous expression of MMB-FOXM1 complex components enables efficient bypass of senescence
Cellular senescence is a stable cell cycle arrest that normal cells undergo after a finite number of divisions, in response to a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli. Although senescence is largely established and maintained by the p53/p21WAF1/CIP1
Ruchi Kumari +7 more
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PRION DISEASES. PATHOGENS OF PRION DISEASES
Prion diseases are diseases associated with pathological proteins and based on a protein with an abnormal tertiary structure. Prions are a special class of infectious pathogens that do not have nucleic acids in their composition.
G. Seribekkyzy, V. Galimullin
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Structural insights into how augmin augments the mitotic spindle
Cell division critically requires amplification of microtubules (MTs) in the bipolar mitotic spindle. This relies on the filamentous augmin complex that enables MT branching. Studies by Gabel et al., Zupa et al. and Travis et al.
Szymon W. Manka
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NT1-Tau Is Increased in CSF and Plasma of CJD Patients, and Correlates with Disease Progression
This study investigates the diagnostic and prognostic potential of different forms of tau in biofluids from patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
David Mengel +9 more
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A blood miRNA signature associates with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosis
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive dementia. No clinical blood tests are available for diagnosis. The authors identified three miRNAs in whole-blood that are downregulated in sCJD patients, and discriminate sCJD from ...
Penny J. Norsworthy +10 more
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