Entry
Name
Prion disease - Equus asinus (ass)
Description
Prion diseases, also termed transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), are a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans and a number of other animal species. The etiology of these diseases is thought to be associated with the conversion of a normal protein, PrPC, into an infectious, pathogenic form, PrPSc. The conversion is induced by prion infections (for example, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), iatrogenic CJD, Kuru), mutations (familial CJD, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, fatal familial insomnia (FFI)) or unknown factors (sporadic CJD (sCJD)), and is thought to occur after PrPC has reached the plasma membrane or is re-internalized for degradation. The PrPSc form shows greater protease resistance than PrPC and accumulates in affected individuals, often in the form of extracellular plaques. Pathways that may lead to neuronal death comprise oxidative stress, regulated activation of complement, ubiquitin-proteasome and endosomal-lysosomal systems, synaptic alterations and dendritic atrophy, corticosteroid response, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. In addition, the conformational transition could lead to the lost of a beneficial activity of the natively folded protein, PrPC.
Class
Human Diseases; Neurodegenerative disease
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Organism
Equus asinus (ass) [GN:
eai ]
Gene
106826757 GRIN2B; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2B isoform X1 [KO:K05210 ]
106830197 GRIN2C; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2C isoform X1 [KO:K05211 ]
106838305 GRIN2D; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2D [KO:K05212 ]
106834234 GRIN3B; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 3B [KO:K05214 ]
106822757 CACNA1B; voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B isoform X1 [KO:K04849 ]
106839455 CACNA1C; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X1 [KO:K04850 ]
106822066 CACNA1D; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X8 [KO:K04851 ]
106826963 CACNA1F; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F isoform X1 [KO:K04853 ]
106823553 CACNA1S; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S isoform X3 [KO:K04857 ]
106827800 EIF2S1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 1 [KO:K03237 ]
106842437 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
106848450 ITPR1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04958 ]
106834634 ITPR3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04960 ]
106847712 PPP3CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit gamma isoform isoform X4 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
106834431 PPP3CA; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
106842388 PPP3CB; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X3 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
106834658 VDAC1; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1 [KO:K05862 ]
106837945 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1-like [KO:K05862 ]
106843557 VDAC2; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 2 [KO:K15040 ]
106828962 VDAC3; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 3 isoform X1 [KO:K15041 ]
106827252 APAF1; apoptotic protease-activating factor 1 isoform X1 [KO:K02084 ]
106829925 NDUFV3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein 3, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03944 ]
106845129 NDUFA1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 1 [KO:K03945 ]
106823773 NDUFA2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 2 [KO:K03946 ]
106840869 NDUFA3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 3 isoform X2 [KO:K03947 ]
106848374 NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 3-like [KO:K03947 ]
106832994 NDUFA4L2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 4-like 2 [KO:K03948 ]
106829867 NDUFA5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 5 [KO:K03949 ]
106848494 NDUFA6; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 6 [KO:K03950 ]
106844493 NDUFA7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 7 isoform X5 [KO:K03951 ]
106837867 NDUFA8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 8 [KO:K03952 ]
106831495 NDUFA9; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 9, mitochondrial [KO:K03953 ]
106832206 NDUFA10; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 10, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03954 ]
106846147 NDUFAB1; acyl carrier protein, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K03955 ]
106832748 NDUFA11; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 11 [KO:K03956 ]
106831170 NDUFA12; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 12 isoform X1 [KO:K11352 ]
106825466 NDUFA13; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 13 isoform X1 [KO:K11353 ]
106825375 NDUFB1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 1 [KO:K03957 ]
106842621 NDUFB2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 2, mitochondrial [KO:K03958 ]
106823500 NDUFB3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 3 [KO:K03959 ]
106823734 NDUFB4; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 4 [KO:K03960 ]
106829307 NDUFB5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 5, mitochondrial [KO:K03961 ]
106841469 NDUFB6; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 6 [KO:K03962 ]
106844306 NDUFB7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 7 isoform X2 [KO:K03963 ]
106846749 NDUFB8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 8, mitochondrial [KO:K03964 ]
106839361 NDUFB9; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 9 [KO:K03965 ]
106836226 NDUFB10; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 10 [KO:K03966 ]
106847989 NDUFB11; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 11, mitochondrial [KO:K11351 ]
106827589 NDUFS2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 2, mitochondrial [KO:K03935 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
106844019 NDUFS3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 3, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03936 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
106843348 NDUFS4; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 4, mitochondrial [KO:K03937 ]
106830578 NDUFS5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 5 isoform X2 [KO:K03938 ]
106835886 NDUFS6; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 6, mitochondrial [KO:K03939 ]
106834185 NDUFS7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 7, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K03940 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
106844280 NDUFS8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 8, mitochondrial [KO:K03941 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
106838418 NDUFC1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 subunit C1, mitochondrial [KO:K03967 ]
106835869 SDHA; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein subunit, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00234 ] [EC:1.3.5.1 ]
106827983 SDHB; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur subunit, mitochondrial [KO:K00235 ] [EC:1.3.5.1 ]
106827584 SDHC; succinate dehydrogenase cytochrome b560 subunit, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00236 ]
106840217 SDHD; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] cytochrome b small subunit, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00237 ]
106830662 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 1, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00414 ]
106822600 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 6, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00416 ]
106829176 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 1, mitochondrial [KO:K02263 ]
106833711 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 2, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K02263 ]
123285498 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6C-like [KO:K02268 ]
106842554 cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial [KO:K02270 ]
106831232 ATP5F1C; ATP synthase subunit gamma, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K02136 ]
106828604 ATP5PB; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit B1, mitochondrial [KO:K02127 ]
106828058 ATP5MC2; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C2, mitochondrial [KO:K02128 ]
106837906 ATP5MC3; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C3, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K02128 ]
106826529 ATP5MC1; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C1, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K02128 ]
106842470 ATP5PF; ATP synthase-coupling factor 6, mitochondrial [KO:K02131 ]
106826770 PSMC6; 26S proteasome regulatory subunit 10B isoform X1 [KO:K03064 ]
106835533 PSMC5; 26S proteasome regulatory subunit 8 isoform X2 [KO:K03066 ]
106834518 PSMD2; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 2 [KO:K03028 ]
106827890 PSMD1; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 1 isoform X1 [KO:K03032 ]
106826388 PSMD3; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 3 [KO:K03033 ]
106842301 PSMD9; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 9 [KO:K06693 ]
106835560 PSMD12; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 12 [KO:K03035 ]
106844623 PSMD11; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 11 [KO:K03036 ]
106842647 PSMD6; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 6 isoform X1 [KO:K03037 ]
106842138 PSMD7; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 7 [KO:K03038 ]
106843856 PSMD13; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 13 [KO:K03039 ]
106846512 PSMD4; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 4 isoform X1 [KO:K03029 ]
106843144 PSMD14; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 14 isoform X2 [KO:K03030 ]
106836062 PSMD8; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 8 [KO:K03031 ]
106838407 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: 26S proteasome complex subunit SEM1 [KO:K10881 ]
123282797 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: heat shock 70 kDa protein 1-like [KO:K03283 ]
123288213 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: heat shock 70 kDa protein 1-like [KO:K03283 ]
106838100 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
106829313 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
106836695 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
106840141 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X2 [KO:K02649 ]
106822593 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
106824993 PIK3R2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
106840518 RAC1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04392 ]
106837585 RAC2; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 2 isoform X1 [KO:K07860 ]
106828159 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05870 ]
106837905 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X2 [KO:K04450 ]
106846249 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X2 [KO:K09048 ]
106843990 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 [KO:K09048 ]
106846981 CREB3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
106829982 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
106832323 CREB3L3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
106831046 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K09047 ]
106831009 ATF6B; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X1 [KO:K09049 ]
Compound
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Authors
Saa P, Harris DA, Cervenakova L
Title
Mechanisms of prion-induced neurodegeneration.
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Authors
Goold R, McKinnon C, Tabrizi SJ
Title
Prion degradation pathways: Potential for therapeutic intervention.
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Soto C, Satani N
Title
The intricate mechanisms of neurodegeneration in prion diseases.
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Mays CE, Soto C
Title
The stress of prion disease.
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Jones E, Mead S
Title
Genetic risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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Authors
Kovacs GG, Budka H
Title
Prion diseases: from protein to cell pathology.
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Campana V, Sarnataro D, Zurzolo C
Title
The highways and byways of prion protein trafficking.
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Caughey B, Baron GS
Title
Prions and their partners in crime.
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Chiesa R, Harris DA
Title
Prion diseases: what is the neurotoxic molecule?
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Fasano C, Campana V, Zurzolo C
Title
Prions: protein only or something more? Overview of potential prion cofactors.
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Roucou X, Gains M, LeBlanc AC
Title
Neuroprotective functions of prion protein.
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Authors
Harris DA
Title
Cellular biology of prion diseases.
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Clin Microbiol Rev 12:429-44 (1999)
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Authors
Novakofski J, Brewer MS, Mateus-Pinilla N, Killefer J, McCusker RH
Title
Prion biology relevant to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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Authors
Peggion C, Bertoli A, Sorgato MC
Title
Almost a century of prion protein(s): From pathology to physiology, and back to pathology.
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Authors
Ryskalin L, Busceti CL, Biagioni F, Limanaqi F, Familiari P, Frati A, Fornai F
Title
Prion Protein in Glioblastoma Multiforme.
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Authors
Ureshino RP, Erustes AG, Bassani TB, Wachilewski P, Guarache GC, Nascimento AC, Costa AJ, Smaili SS, Pereira GJDS
Title
The Interplay between Ca(2+) Signaling Pathways and Neurodegeneration.
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Authors
Meneghetti E, Gasperini L, Virgilio T, Moda F, Tagliavini F, Benetti F, Legname G
Title
Prions Strongly Reduce NMDA Receptor S-Nitrosylation Levels at Pre-symptomatic and Terminal Stages of Prion Diseases.
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Authors
Song Z, Zhao D, Yang L
Title
Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration mediated by dysfunctional subcellular organelles in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
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Authors
Halliday M, Hughes D, Mallucci GR
Title
Fine-tuning PERK signaling for neuroprotection.
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Authors
Hughes D, Halliday M
Title
What Is Our Current Understanding of PrP(Sc)-Associated Neurotoxicity and Its Molecular Underpinnings?
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Hetz C, Mollereau B
Title
Disturbance of endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Hughes D, Mallucci GR
Title
The unfolded protein response in neurodegenerative disorders - therapeutic modulation of the PERK pathway.
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Doyle KM, Kennedy D, Gorman AM, Gupta S, Healy SJ, Samali A
Title
Unfolded proteins and endoplasmic reticulum stress in neurodegenerative disorders.
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Authors
Ferreiro E, Oliveira CR, Pereira CM
Title
The release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum induced by amyloid-beta and prion peptides activates the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway.
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Authors
Ferreiro E, Resende R, Costa R, Oliveira CR, Pereira CM
Title
An endoplasmic-reticulum-specific apoptotic pathway is involved in prion and amyloid-beta peptides neurotoxicity.
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Torres M, Encina G, Soto C, Hetz C
Title
Abnormal calcium homeostasis and protein folding stress at the ER: A common factor in familial and infectious prion disorders.
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Ciechanover A, Kwon YT
Title
Degradation of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic targets and strategies.
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Title
Disease-associated prion protein oligomers inhibit the 26S proteasome.
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Authors
Wang HG, Pathan N, Ethell IM, Krajewski S, Yamaguchi Y, Shibasaki F, McKeon F, Bobo T, Franke TF, Reed JC.
Title
Ca2+-induced apoptosis through calcineurin dephosphorylation of BAD.
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Authors
Hetz C, Russelakis-Carneiro M, Maundrell K, Castilla J, Soto C
Title
Caspase-12 and endoplasmic reticulum stress mediate neurotoxicity of pathological prion protein.
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Authors
Zamponi E, Pigino GF
Title
Protein Misfolding, Signaling Abnormalities and Altered Fast Axonal Transport: Implications for Alzheimer and Prion Diseases.
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Zamponi E, Buratti F, Cataldi G, Caicedo HH, Song Y, Jungbauer LM, LaDu MJ, Bisbal M, Lorenzo A, Ma J, Helguera PR, Morfini GA, Brady ST, Pigino GF
Title
Prion protein inhibits fast axonal transport through a mechanism involving casein kinase 2.
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Authors
Schneider B, Pietri M, Pradines E, Loubet D, Launay JM, Kellermann O, Mouillet-Richard S
Title
Understanding the neurospecificity of Prion protein signaling.
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Authors
Didonna A
Title
Prion protein and its role in signal transduction.
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Authors
Shah SZA, Zhao D, Hussain T, Yang L
Title
The Role of Unfolded Protein Response and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling in Neurodegenerative Diseases with Special Focus on Prion Diseases.
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Authors
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Title
Pathological prion protein exposure switches on neuronal mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway resulting in microglia recruitment.
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Authors
Ishikura N, Clever JL, Bouzamondo-Bernstein E, Samayoa E, Prusiner SB, Huang EJ, DeArmond SJ
Title
Notch-1 activation and dendritic atrophy in prion disease.
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Authors
Dearmond SJ, Bajsarowicz K
Title
PrPSc accumulation in neuronal plasma membranes links Notch-1 activation to dendritic degeneration in prion diseases.
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Authors
Hirsch TZ, Martin-Lanneree S, Reine F, Hernandez-Rapp J, Herzog L, Dron M, Privat N, Passet B, Halliez S, Villa-Diaz A, Lacroux C, Klein V, Haik S, Andreoletti O, Torres JM, Vilotte JL, Beringue V, Mouillet-Richard S
Title
Epigenetic Control of the Notch and Eph Signaling Pathways by the Prion Protein: Implications for Prion Diseases.
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Title
Microglia in prion diseases.
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Title
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Title
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eai04141 Protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum
eai04610 Complement and coagulation cascades
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