2018
Prokaryotic SPHINX 1.8 REP protein is tissue‐specific and expressed in human germline cells
Manuelidis L. Prokaryotic SPHINX 1.8 REP protein is tissue‐specific and expressed in human germline cells. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2018, 120: 6198-6208. PMID: 30317668, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.27907.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen reading frameReplication initiation sequencesTissue-specific patternsHuman germline cellsSmall circular DNAREP peptidesGermline cellsMaternal inheritanceRep proteinSomatic cellsReading frameCell communicationEnvironmental infectious agentsMature spermDifferentiation functionPhage virusesCultured cellsCircular DNAInitiation sequenceSymbiotic elementsExocrine cellsFunctional differentiationSpinal cord synapsesMammalian brainDNA
2015
Rapid chemical decontamination of infectious CJD and scrapie particles parallels treatments known to disrupt microbes and biofilms
Botsios S, Tittman S, Manuelidis L. Rapid chemical decontamination of infectious CJD and scrapie particles parallels treatments known to disrupt microbes and biofilms. Virulence 2015, 6: 787-801. PMID: 26556670, PMCID: PMC4826107, DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1098804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious titerInnate immune responseHuman CJDResistant virusesIatrogenic infectionGT1 cellsBrain changesImmune responseInfectious agentsTSE agentsScrapie agentCJDPrion protein amyloidSheep scrapieVirulent microbesInfectious particlesMin exposureIntrinsic resistanceTreatmentTitersPrP amyloidScrapieAmyloidCultured cellsDeep proteomic analysis