2010
Nuclease resistant circular DNAs copurify with infectivity in scrapie and CJD
Manuelidis L. Nuclease resistant circular DNAs copurify with infectivity in scrapie and CJD. Journal Of NeuroVirology 2010, 17: 131-145. PMID: 21165784, DOI: 10.1007/s13365-010-0007-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcinetobacterAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBrainConserved SequenceCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeCricetinaeDeoxyribonucleasesDNA HelicasesDNA, CircularDNA, MitochondrialDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseElectrophoresis, Agar GelGenome, BacterialHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataNeuroblastomaNeurodegenerative DiseasesPlasmidsPolymerase Chain ReactionPrionsScrapieTumor Cells, Cultured
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
1983
Scrapie-associated fibrils in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Merz P, Somerville R, Wisniewski H, Manuelidis L, Manuelidis E. Scrapie-associated fibrils in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Nature 1983, 306: 474-476. PMID: 6358899, DOI: 10.1038/306474a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrainCreutzfeldt-Jakob SyndromeCricetinaeGuinea PigsHumansMiceScrapieSheepSpleenConceptsScrapie associated fibrilsCreutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCentral nervous systemTitre of infectivityScrapie of sheepInfected brainPathological responseProgressive degenerationNervous systemSynaptosomal preparationsInfectious agentsBrain fractionsTransmissible encephalopathiesDiseaseHuman casesSpleen extractsAbnormal fibrilsSusceptible hostsScrapieClose associationDifferent tissuesEncephalopathyAgentsDegenerationTitres
1978
TRANSMISSION, FROM MAN TO HAMSTER, OF CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE WITH CLINICAL RECOVERY
Manuelidis E, Manuelidis L, Pincus J, Collins W. TRANSMISSION, FROM MAN TO HAMSTER, OF CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE WITH CLINICAL RECOVERY. The Lancet 1978, 312: 40-42. PMID: 78232, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)91345-4.Peer-Reviewed Original Research