Neuropathology of Animal Prion Diseases

Neuropathology of Animal Prion Diseases

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases are a fatal group of infectious, inherited and spontaneous neurodegenerative diseases affecting human and animals. They are caused by the conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP<sup>C</sup>) into a misfolded pathologica...

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Main Authors: Leonor Orge, Carla Lima, Carla Machado, Paula Tavares, Paula Mendonça, Paulo Carvalho, João Silva, Maria de Lurdes Pinto, Estela Bastos, Jorge Cláudio Pereira, Nuno Gonçalves-Anjo, Adelina Gama, Alexandra Esteves, Anabela Alves, Ana Cristina Matos, Fernanda Seixas, Filipe Silva, Isabel Pires, Luis Figueira, Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Roberto Sargo, Maria dos Anjos Pires
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Biomolecules
Subjects:
prion
neuropathology
spongiform degeneration
animal TSE
neuroinflammation
gene <i>PRNP</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/11/3/466

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