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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-18
pubmed:abstractText
Brain damage in the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prion diseases is associated with the conversion of normal host prion protein to an abnormal protease-resistant isoform, and expression of prion protein is required for susceptibility to these diseases. This article reviews the data on studies using transgenic mice expressing prion protein in specific individual cell types to study the roles of these cell types in prion disease pathogenesis. Surprisingly damage to neurons in brain and retina appeared to require different prion protein-expressing cells, suggesting that different pathogenic mechanisms operate in these two neuronal tissues.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1355-0284
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
476-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Scrapie pathogenesis in brain and retina: effects of prion protein expression in neurons and astrocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Persistent Viral Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA. bchesebro@nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Review