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Loss of Octarepeats in Two Processed Prion Pseudogenes in the Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris [PDF]

, 2010
The N-terminal region of the mammalian prion protein (PrP) contains an 'octapeptide' repeat which is involved in copper binding. This eight- or nine-residue peptide is repeated four to seven times, depending on the species, and polymorphisms in repeat ...
Rheede, T., Marlinda Hupkes, Timothy T. Kortum, Wilfried W. de Jong, Ole Madsen, de Jong, W.W., Kohlen, W., Madsen, O., Jong, W.W., de, Kortum, T.T., Wouter Kohlen, Teun van Rheede, Hupkes, H.   +12 more
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Prion replication in organotypic brain slice cultures is distinct from in vivo inoculation and is species dependent

Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Cultured brain slices rapidly replicate murine prions, exhibit prion pathology, and are amenable towards drug discovery, but have not been infected with human prions.
Jessy A. Slota, Lise Lamoureux, Jennifer Myskiw, Kathy L. Frost, Sarah J. Medina, Dominic M. S. Kielich, Melanie Leonhardt, Gunjan Thapar, Ben A. Bailey-Elkin, Stephanie A. Booth   +9 more
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Evidence for Oxidative Stress in Experimental Prion Disease

Neurobiology of Disease, 2000
Oxidative stress has been shown to be important in several neurodegenerative disorders. Previous in vitro studies have already demonstrated the ability of a prion protein fragment to induce oxidative stress in cultured cells.
Marin Guentchev, Till Voigtländer, Christine Haberler, Martin H. Groschup, Herbert Budka   +4 more
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Genetics of Prion Disease

Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2011
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are neurodegenerative disorders of humans and animals for which there are no effective treatments or cure. They include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and sheep scrapie, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids.
Lloyd, Sarah E, Mead, Simon, Collinge, John   +2 more
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The power of many: when genetics met yeasts and high‐throughput

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, complex technological capabilities have evolved, driven by the need to solve complex and integrative biological questions through global analyses. New equipment allows the scaling up and automation of processes which previously were carried out on a very limited scale.
Víctor A. Tallada, Víctor Carranco
wiley   +1 more source

Studies of the transmissibility of the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the domestic chicken

, 2011
Background: Transmission of the prion disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) occurred accidentally to cattle and several other mammalian species via feed supplemented with meat and bone meal contaminated with infected bovine tissue.
Stack Michael J, Robert B Green, Paul R Webb, Simmons, M.M., Timm Konold, Spencer, Y.I., Moore Jo, Marion M Simmons, Ian Dexter, Moore, J., Michael Dawson, Jo Moore, Chaplin, M.J., Webb, P.R., Dexter, I., Wells Gerald AH, Austin, A.R., Dawson, M., Austin Anthony R, Gerald AH Wells, Michael J Stack, Anthony R Austin, Wells, G.A.H, Green Robert B, Langeveld, J.P.M., Ian W Blamire, Stack, M.J., Melanie J Chaplin, Simmons, M., Konold Timm, Dawson Michael, Spencer Yvonne I, Hawkins, S.A.C., Konold, T., Simmons Marion M, Chaplin Melanie J, Hawkins Stephen AC, Dexter Ian, Blamire Ian W, Langeveld Jan PM, Jan PM Langeveld, Webb, P.R.I., Yvonne I Spencer, Green, R.B., Blamire, I.W., Webb Paul R, Stephen AC Hawkins   +46 more
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Molecular dynamics as an approach to study prion protein misfolding and the effect of pathogenic mutations [PDF]

, 2011
Computer simulation of protein dynamics offers unique high-resolution information that complements experiment. Using experimentally derived structures of the natively folded prion protein (PrP), physically realistic dynamics and conformational changes ...
Valerie Daggett, Daggett, Valerie, van der Kamp, Marc W, Marc W. van der Kamp   +3 more
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A Systematic Review on Disease‐Modifying Therapies in Parkinsonian Disorders

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Parkinsonian disorders, including Parkinson's disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy, and progressive supranuclear palsy, are progressive neurodegenerative conditions with no treatment options to slow disease progression. This systematic review provides an overview of evidence of disease‐modifying therapies that have been evaluated in ...
Pepijn P.N.M. Eijsvogel, Lars M.G. Smits, Philip H.C. Kremer, Geert Jan Groeneveld   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prions and Prion Diseases [PDF]

Laboratory Medicine, 1999
Prion diseases (transmissible encephalopathies) are progressive neurodegenerative diseases of animals and humans caused by a unique agent, the prion. These diseases have recently been in the news because of the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE; mad cow disease) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in the United Kingdom.
openaire   +1 more source

Single-cell transcriptomics unveils molecular signatures of neuronal vulnerability in a mouse model of prion disease that overlap with Alzheimer’s disease

Nature Communications
Understanding why certain neurons are more sensitive to dysfunction and death caused by misfolded proteins could provide therapeutically relevant insights into neurodegenerative disorders.
Jessy A. Slota, Lise Lamoureux, Kathy L. Frost, Babu V. Sajesh, Stephanie A. Booth   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source