2017
A prokaryotic viral sequence is expressed and conserved in mammalian brain
Yeh YH, Gunasekharan V, Manuelidis L. A prokaryotic viral sequence is expressed and conserved in mammalian brain. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2017, 114: 7118-7123. PMID: 28630311, PMCID: PMC5502646, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1706110114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue-specific differentiationViral sequencesMammalian evolutionLimited proteinase K digestionMammalian sequencesHost prion proteinMaternal inheritanceProkaryotic virusesNeuronal cell lineDNA sequencesEssential functionsImperfect homologyEnvironmental microorganismsProteinase K digestionPhage virusesPrion proteinAmyloid formCytoplasmic particlesNeural cellsK digestionMammalian brainCell linesSPX1MammalsHomology
2010
Proliferative arrest of neural cells induces prion protein synthesis, nanotube formation, and cell‐to‐cell contacts
Miyazawa K, Emmerling K, Manuelidis L. Proliferative arrest of neural cells induces prion protein synthesis, nanotube formation, and cell‐to‐cell contacts. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 2010, 111: 239-247. PMID: 20518071, PMCID: PMC2930104, DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProliferative arrestTerminal differentiationCell division arrestT antigenStationary cellsNeuronal precursor cellsDivision arrestHost prion proteinKey developmental timesSV-40 T antigenAdherent junctionsDevelopmental timeProtein synthesisLiving cellsMRNA transcriptsPrion proteinNeural cellsPrecursor cellsCell contactGrowth conesDNA-synthesizing cellsCellsReduced serumNeuritic processesDifferentiationTransmissible encephalopathy agents
Manuelidis L. Transmissible encephalopathy agents. Virulence 2010, 1: 101-104. PMID: 21178425, PMCID: PMC3073180, DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.2.10822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransmissible spongiform encephalopathiesKuru agentNormal miceRecent transmissionInfectious agentsTissue pathologyTSE agentsDisease latencyVirulence characteristicsNeural cellsSpongiform encephalopathiesPrion hypothesisEpidemic spreadAgentsGeographic regionsEncephalopathyVirulenceSuperinfectionMicePathology