Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation Specifies the Organ Tropism of Prions
Heikenwalder M, Zeller N, Seeger H, Prinz M, Klöhn P, Schwarz P, Ruddle NH, Weissmann C, Aguzzi A. Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation Specifies the Organ Tropism of Prions. Science 2005, 307: 1107-1110. PMID: 15661974, DOI: 10.1126/science.1106460.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory conditionsNormal cellular prion protein PrPCCellular prion protein PrPCChronic lymphocytic inflammationIatrogenic prion transmissionChronic inflammatory conditionsPrion protein PrPCFDC-M1Lymphocytic inflammationEctopic inductionProinflammatory cytokinesInflamed organsImmune cellsInflammatory diseasesInflammatory fociLymphoid tissuePrion accumulationPrion inoculationOrgan tropismPrion pathogenesisPrion replicationTissue distributionPrion transmissionPrionsMice