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Astrocyte-to-neuron intercellular prion transfer is mediated by cell-cell contact

Prion diseases are caused by misfolding of the cellular protein PrP(C) to an infectious conformer, PrP(Sc). Intercellular PrP(Sc) transfer propagates conversion and allows infectivity to move from the periphery to the brain. However, how prions spread between cells of the central nervous system is u...

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Autores principales: Victoria, Guiliana Soraya, Arkhipenko, Alexander, Zhu, Seng, Syan, Sylvie, Zurzolo, Chiara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4746738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26857744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20762