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Functions of the Prion Protein

, 2017
Although initially disregarded compared to prion pathogenesis, the functions exerted by the cellular prion protein PrPC have gained much interest over the past two decades. Research aiming at unraveling PrPC functions started to intensify when it became appreciated that it would give clues as to how it is subverted in the context of prion infection and,
Hirsch, Théo, Martin-Lannerée, Séverine, Mouillet-Richard, Sophie   +2 more
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The 37kDa/67kDa laminin receptor as a therapeutic target in prion diseases: potency of antisense LRP RNA, siRNAs specific for LRP mRNA and a LRP decoy mutant [PDF]

, 2006
Prion diseases are a group of rare, fatal neurodegenerative diseases, also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), that affect both animals and humans and include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, scrapie in sheep ...
Vana, Karen
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Prediction of Prion Proteins in E. coli Based on Bimodal Sequence Characteristics

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prions are infectious proteins that bear misfolded conformations capable of converting folded states into misfolded aggregates under physiologically relevant conditions. In mammals, prions cause deadly maladies including Creutzfeldt‐Jakob and chronic wasting disease. To date, several prion proteins have been identified in eukaryotes, primarily
Katherine Shreeve, Jinoh Jang, Mridula Srivathsan, Siyu Li, Taylor D. Scott, Silvia Cavagnero   +5 more
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Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) prefer inoculated peanuts over whole‐kernel corn in cafeteria‐style study

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
In this study, we explored bait preference of wild pigs (Sus scrofa), a highly invasive species where primary removal efforts include the use of bait and corral‐style trapping. In addition, we investigated preferences of a common nontarget to identify a bait that is preferred by wild pigs and not by white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Justine L. Smith, Michael T. Mengak, David A. Sisson, T. Scott Smith, Gino J. D'Angelo, L. Mike Conner   +5 more
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A rapid dual staining procedure for the quantitative discrimination of prion amyloid from tissues reveals how interactions between amyloid and lipids in tissue homogenates may hinder the detection of prions

, 2009
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are fatal neurodegenerative diseases with no cure to this day, and are often associated with the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the brain and other tissues in affected individuals. The emergence of new
Keevil, C.William, Collin, R., Hervé, R., Secker, Thomas, Pinchin, H.E.   +4 more
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Studies of the transmissibility of the agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy to the domestic chicken [PDF]

, 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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Prion Protein and scrapie susceptibility

Veterinary Quarterly, 1997
This article presents briefly current views on the role of prion protein (PrP) in Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies or prion diseases and the effect of PrP polymoryhisms on the susceptibility to these diseases, with special emphasis on sheep scrapie.
Smits, M.A., Bossers, A., Schreuder, B.E.C.   +2 more
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Predicting disease spread from host movement data: Chronic wasting disease in North America as a case study

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This paper estimates the rate of chronic wasting disease spread in multiple regions and compares these rates with model predictions based on deer movement data. Abstract Rare long‐distance movements can increase the spatial spread of invasive species and shifts in species ranges. For wildlife disease spread, however, seasonal migrations may only matter
Paul C. Cross, Blake Lowrey, Matthew Kauffman, Evelyn Merrill   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond PrP res type 1/type 2 dichotomy in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]

, 2008
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) cases are currently subclassified according to the methionine/valine polymorphism at codon 129 of the PRNP gene and the proteinase K (PK) digested abnormal prion protein (PrPres)identified on Western blotting ...
Ironside, James W, Uro-Coste, Emmanuelle, Grassi, J., Head, Mark, Jean-Marc Bilheude, Lacroux, Caroline, Cassard Hervé, Armand Perret-Liaudet, Marie Bernadette Delisle, Grassi, Jacques, Head, M.W., Hauw, J.J., Head Mark W., Andréoletti Olivier, Bilheude, Jean-Marc, Peoch, Katell, Delisle, Marie-Bernadette, Streichenberger, Nathalie, Ironside, J.E., Simon Stéphanie, Lacroux Caroline, Simon, S., Haik, S., Peoch' Katell, Hervé Cassard, Jean-Jacques Hauw, Haik Stéphane, Basset-Leobon Christelle, Bilheude, J.M., Andreoletti, O., Jan Langeveld, Bilheude Jean-Marc, Stéphanie Simon, Uro-Coste Emmanuelle, Schelcher, F., Ironside, James, W., Langeveld, Jan, Christelle Basset-Leobon, Jacques Grassi, Olivier Andréoletti, Lugan, Séverine, Andréoletti, Olivier, Emmanuelle Uro-Coste, Lugan, S., Caroline Lacroux, Ironside, James, Hauw, Jean-Jacques, Perret-Liaudet, Armand, Basset-Leobon, Christelle, Basset-Leobon, C., Cassard, Hervé, Stéphane Haik, Head, Mark, W., Hauw Jean-Jacques, Langeveld Jan, James W Ironside, Simon, Stéphanie, Peoch, K., Séverine Lugan, Streichenberger Nathalie, Langeveld, J.P.M., Perret-Liaudet, A., Streichenberger, N., Cassard, H., Delisle, M.B., Uro-Coste, E., Haik, Stéphane, Schelcher, Francois, Grassi Jacques, Peoc’h, Katell, Mark W Head, Delisle, Marie Bernadette, Lacroux, C., Lugan Séverine, Schelcher Francois, Delisle Marie Bernadette, Head, Mark W, Ironside James W., Nathalie Streichenberger, Francois Schelcher, Katell Peoch', Perret-Liaudet Armand, Peoch', Katell, Head, Mark,, Ironside, James,   +84 more
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Comments to the “Letter to the Editor” for the manuscript titled “Increased expression of inflammasome signaling genes and proteins in selective brain regions in the intermediate stage of Alzheimer's disease”

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
Beta amyloid diffuse plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques, are increased in densities at the intermediate stage of Alzheimer's neuropathological change. These pathological changes releasing Pathogen‐Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) and Damage‐Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs).
Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, David A. Davis, Andrew P. Sawaya, Susanna P. Garamszegi, Xiaoyan Sun, Ayled Barreda, Helen M. Bramlett, Sakir Humayun Gultekin, W. Dalton Dietrich, Robert W. Keane, Regina T. Vontell   +10 more
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