Entry
Name
Prion disease - Equus caballus (horse)
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 caballus (horse) [GN:
ecb ]
Gene
100059861 GRIN1; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 1 isoform X1 [KO:K05208 ]
100051329 GRIN2A; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2A isoform X1 [KO:K05209 ]
100052410 GRIN2C; glutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2C isoform X1 [KO:K05211 ]
100058760 CACNA1B; voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B isoform X1 [KO:K04849 ]
100049924 CACNA1C; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1C isoform X1 [KO:K04850 ]
100051186 CACNA1D; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1D isoform X1 [KO:K04851 ]
100062861 CACNA1F; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1F isoform X1 [KO:K04853 ]
100034092 CACNA1S; voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1S [KO:K04857 ]
100052709 EIF2S1; eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 subunit 1 [KO:K03237 ]
100070334 ATF4; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-4 [KO:K04374 ]
100052808 ITPR1; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04958 ]
100064557 ITPR2; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04959 ]
100053019 ITPR3; inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 3 isoform X1 [KO:K04960 ]
100057357 PPP3CC; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit gamma isoform isoform X1 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
100067434 PPP3CA; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform X4 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
100072862 PPP3CB; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K04348 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ]
100062974 VDAC1; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 1 [KO:K05862 ]
100064276 VDAC2; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 2 [KO:K15040 ]
100050036 VDAC3; voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 3 [KO:K15041 ]
100057691 NDUFV3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein 3, mitochondrial isoform X4 [KO:K03944 ]
100058835 NDUFA1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 1 [KO:K03945 ]
100061811 NDUFA2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 2 [KO:K03946 ]
111772123 NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 2-like [KO:K03946 ]
111767785 NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 2-like [KO:K03946 ]
111767790 NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 2 [KO:K03946 ]
100052169 NDUFA3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 3 [KO:K03947 ]
100052985 NDUFA4L2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 4-like 2 [KO:K03948 ]
100071532 NDUFA5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 5 [KO:K03949 ]
100066991 NDUFA7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 7 [KO:K03951 ]
100067562 NDUFA8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 8 [KO:K03952 ]
100051504 NDUFA9; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 9, mitochondrial [KO:K03953 ]
100057698 NDUFA10; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 10, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03954 ]
100069079 NDUFAB1; acyl carrier protein, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03955 ]
100065070 NDUFA12; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 12 [KO:K11352 ]
100146253 NDUFA13; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 alpha subcomplex subunit 13 [KO:K11353 ]
100630425 NDUFB1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 1 [KO:K03957 ]
100064695 NDUFB2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 2, mitochondrial [KO:K03958 ]
100067936 NDUFB3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 3 [KO:K03959 ]
100070815 NDUFB4; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 4 [KO:K03960 ]
100058402 NDUFB5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 5, mitochondrial [KO:K03961 ]
100630340 NDUFB6; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 6 [KO:K03962 ]
100064992 NDUFB7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 7 isoform X2 [KO:K03963 ]
100060451 NDUFB8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 8, mitochondrial [KO:K03964 ]
100057623 NDUFB9; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 9 [KO:K03965 ]
100065553 NDUFB10; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 10 [KO:K03966 ]
100060719 NDUFB11; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 beta subcomplex subunit 11, mitochondrial [KO:K11351 ]
100066330 NDUFS1; NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase 75 kDa subunit, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K03934 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
100066089 NDUFS2; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 2, mitochondrial [KO:K03935 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
100058223 NDUFS3; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 3, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03936 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
100063168 NDUFS4; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 4, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K03937 ]
100054377 NDUFS5; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 5 [KO:K03938 ]
100071879 NDUFS6; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 6, mitochondrial [KO:K03939 ]
100068855 NDUFS7; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 7, mitochondrial [KO:K03940 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
100053392 NDUFS8; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur protein 8, mitochondrial [KO:K03941 ] [EC:7.1.1.2 ]
100629515 NDUFC1; NADH dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] 1 subunit C1, mitochondrial [KO:K03967 ]
100034244 SDHA; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] flavoprotein subunit, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00234 ] [EC:1.3.5.1 ]
100050091 SDHB; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] iron-sulfur subunit, mitochondrial [KO:K00235 ] [EC:1.3.5.1 ]
100065940 SDHC; succinate dehydrogenase cytochrome b560 subunit, mitochondrial isoform X3 [KO:K00236 ]
100629334 SDHD; succinate dehydrogenase [ubiquinone] cytochrome b small subunit, mitochondrial isoform X1 [KO:K00237 ]
100053786 UQCRC1; cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 1, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K00414 ]
100057847 UQCRC2; cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 2, mitochondrial [KO:K00415 ]
100051878 cytochrome b-c1 complex subunit 6, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K00416 ]
100053548 COX4I2; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 2, mitochondrial [KO:K02263 ]
100056171 COX4I1; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4 isoform 1, mitochondrial [KO:K02263 ]
100051391 COX5A; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5A, mitochondrial [KO:K02264 ]
100061973 COX5B; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5B, mitochondrial [KO:K02265 ]
100053420 COX6A1; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A1, mitochondrial [KO:K02266 ]
100063197 COX6A2; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6A2, mitochondrial [KO:K02266 ]
100053736 COX7A2L; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial [KO:K02270 ]
100630209 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: uncharacterized protein LOC100630209 [KO:K02270 ]
100629332 COX7B2; cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7B2, mitochondrial [KO:K02271 ]
100069978 ATP5F1C; ATP synthase subunit gamma, mitochondrial isoform X3 [KO:K02136 ]
100058893 ATP5PB; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit B1, mitochondrial [KO:K02127 ]
100069523 ATP5MC1; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C1, mitochondrial [KO:K02128 ]
100053347 ATP5MC3; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C3, mitochondrial [KO:K02128 ]
100064131 ATP5MC2; ATP synthase F(0) complex subunit C2, mitochondrial [KO:K02128 ]
100052170 ATP5PD; ATP synthase subunit d, mitochondrial isoform X2 [KO:K02138 ]
100066379 ATP5PF; ATP synthase-coupling factor 6, mitochondrial [KO:K02131 ]
100053987 PSMC5; 26S proteasome regulatory subunit 8 isoform X1 [KO:K03066 ]
100059081 PSMD2; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 2 [KO:K03028 ]
100057015 PSMD1; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 1 isoform X2 [KO:K03032 ]
100147612 PSMD3; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 3 [KO:K03033 ]
100058668 PSMD9; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 9 [KO:K06693 ]
100063689 PSMD12; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 12 [KO:K03035 ]
100071770 PSMD11; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 11 [KO:K03036 ]
100055920 PSMD6; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 6 [KO:K03037 ]
100067363 PSMD7; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 7 [KO:K03038 ]
100050948 PSMD13; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 13 [KO:K03039 ]
100216429 PSMD4; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 4 [KO:K03029 ]
100051409 PSMD14; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 14 isoform X2 [KO:K03030 ]
100064192 PSMD8; 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 8 [KO:K03031 ]
102150324 SEM1; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: 26S proteasome complex subunit SEM1 [KO:K10881 ]
111769297 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: heat shock 70 kDa protein 1-like [KO:K03283 ]
100051623 PIK3CD; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100058141 PIK3CA; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100051753 PIK3CB; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
100052122 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
100050227 PIK3R1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X3 [KO:K02649 ]
100146348 PIK3R2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
100061732 RAC1; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 isoform X1 [KO:K04392 ]
100054701 RAC2; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 2 isoform X2 [KO:K07860 ]
100066388 CREB1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 1 [KO:K05870 ]
100053304 ATF2; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04450 ]
100062307 CREB3L4; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 4 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
100064828 CREB3L2; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 2 [KO:K09048 ]
100057002 CREB3L1; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 1 isoform X1 [KO:K09048 ]
100067794 CREB3; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
100063153 CREB3L3; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 [KO:K09048 ]
100054803 CREB5; cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 5 isoform X1 [KO:K09047 ]
100059348 ATF6B; cyclic AMP-dependent transcription factor ATF-6 beta isoform X1 [KO:K09049 ]
Compound
Reference
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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Authors
Soto C, Satani N
Title
The intricate mechanisms of neurodegeneration in prion diseases.
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Authors
Mays CE, Soto C
Title
The stress of prion disease.
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Authors
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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Authors
Campana V, Sarnataro D, Zurzolo C
Title
The highways and byways of prion protein trafficking.
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Authors
Caughey B, Baron GS
Title
Prions and their partners in crime.
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Authors
Chiesa R, Harris DA
Title
Prion diseases: what is the neurotoxic molecule?
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Authors
Fasano C, Campana V, Zurzolo C
Title
Prions: protein only or something more? Overview of potential prion cofactors.
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Authors
Roucou X, Gains M, LeBlanc AC
Title
Neuroprotective functions of prion protein.
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Reference
Authors
Harris DA
Title
Cellular biology of prion diseases.
Journal
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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Reference
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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Authors
Hetz C, Mollereau B
Title
Disturbance of endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Authors
Hughes D, Mallucci GR
Title
The unfolded protein response in neurodegenerative disorders - therapeutic modulation of the PERK pathway.
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Authors
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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Authors
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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Authors
Ciechanover A, Kwon YT
Title
Degradation of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic targets and strategies.
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Authors
Kristiansen M, Deriziotis P, Dimcheff DE, Jackson GS, Ovaa H, Naumann H, Clarke AR, van Leeuwen FW, Menendez-Benito V, Dantuma NP, Portis JL, Collinge J, Tabrizi SJ
Title
Disease-associated prion protein oligomers inhibit the 26S proteasome.
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Reference
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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Authors
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
Marella M, Gaggioli C, Batoz M, Deckert M, Tartare-Deckert S, Chabry J
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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Authors
Aguzzi A, Zhu C
Title
Microglia in prion diseases.
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Authors
Mabbott NA
Title
The complement system in prion diseases.
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Authors
Mallucci G, Collinge J
Title
Rational targeting for prion therapeutics.
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ecb04610 Complement and coagulation cascades
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