Treatment of Prion Disease with Heterologous Prion Proteins
Treatment of Prion Disease with Heterologous Prion Proteins
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, and scrapie in sheep are fatal neurodegenerative diseases for which there is no effective treatment. The pathology of these diseases involves the conversion of a protease sensitive form of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a protease resista...
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Treatment of Prion Disease with Heterologous Prion Proteins
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1693189101
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1693189101
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0131993
