2016
CJD and Scrapie Require Agent‐Associated Nucleic Acids for Infection
Botsios S, Manuelidis L. CJD and Scrapie Require Agent‐Associated Nucleic Acids for Infection. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2016, 117: 1947-1958. PMID: 26773845, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.25495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTSE agentsTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesAdaptive immune responsesDegenerative brain changesInfectious particlesHost prion proteinGT1 neuronal cellsForms of PrPLymphoreticular tissuesBrain changesImmune responseTSE strainsNeuronal cellsNeurodegenerative diseasesLatent virusInfectivity assaysSpongiform encephalopathiesNucleic acid genomeTitersEpidemic spreadViral structuresPrion proteinHost proteinsVirusHost components
2008
Strain‐specific viral properties of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) are encoded by the agent and not by host prion protein
Manuelidis L, Liu Y, Mullins B. Strain‐specific viral properties of variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) are encoded by the agent and not by host prion protein. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2008, 106: 220-231. PMID: 19097123, PMCID: PMC2762821, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVariant Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseBovine spongiform encephalopathyTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesVCJD agentTSE strainsInfectious agentsNeuronal culturesEpidemic bovine spongiform encephalopathyMost viral infectionsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseSpongiform encephalopathiesHost prion proteinHost PrP.Human CJDRegional neuropathologyVCJD brainPrion proteinSheep scrapie agentVariant CJDStrain-specific characteristicsBSE strainBrain homogenatesViral infectionPrimate brainScrapie agent
2004
New molecular markers of early and progressive CJD brain infection
Lu ZY, Baker CA, Manuelidis L. New molecular markers of early and progressive CJD brain infection. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2004, 93: 644-652. PMID: 15660413, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseBrain infectionTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesHuman Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseAccessible peripheral tissuesL-selectin mRNASerum amyloid A3Progressive diseaseInflammatory pathwaysMIP-1alphaMIP-1betaIntracerebral inoculationPeripheral tissuesEarly diagnosisTSE infectionInfectious componentNormal brainTSE strainsInfectious agentsMyeloid cellsSimilar sequential changesImmune systemMouse brainTSE agentsNew molecular markers
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