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Novel Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) and Genetic Studies of the Shadow of Prion Protein (SPRN) in Quails

Animals
Prion diseases are a group of deadly neurodegenerative disorders caused by the accumulation of the normal prion protein (PrPC) into misfolding pathological conformations (PrPSc). The PrP gene is essential for the development of prion diseases.
Da-In Choi, Mohammed Zayed, Byung-Hoon Jeong   +2 more
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Evidence for retrogene origins of the prion gene family.

PLoS ONE, 2011
The evolutionary origin of prion genes, only known to exist in the vertebrate lineage, had remained elusive until recently. Following a lead from interactome investigations of the murine prion protein, our previous bioinformatic analyses revealed the ...
Sepehr Ehsani, Renzhu Tao, Cosmin L Pocanschi, Hezhen Ren, Paul M Harrison, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms   +5 more
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The Neuroprotective Effect of a Waste Byproduct Obtained From Pomegranate (Punica granatum)

Phytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
The Effect of a Waste Byproduct Obtained From Pomegranate on Neurodegeneration. ABSTRACT Pomegranate is an exceptional fruit that can have several beneficial effects on human health. The peel of pomegranate, a waste product, should be recovered as it still contains valuable constituents, including phenolic compounds, minerals and fibre. The recovery of
Jessica Maiuolo, Valeria Mazza, Rosamaria Caminiti, Francesca Oppedisano, Saverio Nucera, Salvatore Ragusa, Sara Ilari, Lucia Carmela Passacatini, Luigi Tucci, Giuseppe Trunfio, Vincenzo Mollace, Carolina Muscoli   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the hippocampal proteome in ME7 prion disease reveals a predominant astrocytic signature and highlights the brain-restricted production of clusterin in chronic neurodegeneration

, 2014
Prion diseases are characterized by accumulation of misfolded protein, gliosis, synaptic dysfunction, and ultimately neuronal loss. This sequence, mirroring key features of Alzheimer disease, is modeled well in ME7 prion disease.
Asuni, Ayodeji A, Skipp, Paul, Gray, Bryony, Bailey, Joanne, O'Connor, Vincent, Perry, V Hugh   +5 more
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Chronic Wasting Disease management responses in North America: A public policy analysis

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
In this study we use the Multiple Streams Framework from public policy theory to assess the responses of wildlife management agencies in states and provinces with CWD‐positive cases in the United States and Canada to alleviate public concerns and manage the spread of this disease.
Kelly H. Dunning, Iree Wheeler, Catherine A. Cummings, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Braxton McCoy, Daniel Morris, Philip Reichert, Vincent Rivers, Travis E. Stoakley, Temple Stoellinger, Tarissa Spoonhunter, Janna R. Willoughby, Sarah Zohdy   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transcriptional analysis implicates endoplasmic reticulum stress in bovine spongiform encephalopathy. [PDF]

, 2010
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is a fatal, transmissible, neurodegenerative disease of cattle. To date, the disease process is still poorly understood.
Xiang, Wei, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Hans A Kretzschmar, Kretzschmar, Hans A., Yue Tang, Otto Windl, Terry, Linda, Windl, Otto, Tang, Yue, Linda Terry, Wei Xiang   +10 more
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Sugar Metabolisms Altered By Undissociated Forms of Organic Acids Based on the Emergence of [GAR+] Cells in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The glucose repression system is a mechanism for effective energy acquisition by glucose assimilation in microorganisms. In yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is known as a prion‐like protein [GAR+], is involved in the bypass of glucose repression. It has been reported that the emergence of [GAR+] cells was promoted by lactate and acetate.
Koichi Tanabe, Atsuhiko Nakata, Mizuki Hosotani, Jun Shima   +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   +82 more
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Expression Pattern of a Mini Human PrP Gene Promoter in Transgenic Mice

Neurobiology of Disease, 2002
The prion protein is central to the pathogenesis of prion diseases, although its exact function remains unclear. Although transgenic mice have been widely utilised in prion research, their PrP expression patterns have not been characterised in detail. We
E.A. Asante, I. Gowland, J.M. Linehan, S.P. Mahal, J. Collinge   +4 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source