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Molecular model of Prion transmission to humans
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Molecular model of Prion transmission to humans

M. Jones, D. Wight, R. Barron, M. Jeffrey, J. Manson, C. Prowse, J.W. Ironside and M.W. Head
Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.15(12), pp.2013-2016
2009
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Abstract

To assess interspecies barriers to transmission of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, we investigated the ability of disease-associated prion proteins (PrPd) to initiate conversion of the human normal cellular form of prion protein of the 3 major PRNP polymorphic variants in vitro. Protein misfolding cyclic amplification showed that conformation of PrPd partly determines host susceptibility.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.52 Neurodegenerative Diseases
1.52.992 Prion Pathogenesis
Web Of Science research areas
Immunology
Infectious Diseases
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Immunology
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