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Antisense oligonucleotides extend survival of prion-infected mice
Prion disease is a fatal, incurable neurodegenerative disease of humans and other mammals caused by conversion of cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) into a self-propagating neurotoxic conformer (prions; PrP(Sc)). Strong genetic proofs of concept support lowering PrP expression as a therapeutic strategy...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Clinical Investigation
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31361599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.131175 |