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Artificial strain of human prions created in vitro

Authors :
Chae Kim
Xiangzhu Xiao
Shugui Chen
Tracy Haldiman
Vitautas Smirnovas
Diane Kofskey
Miriam Warren
Krystyna Surewicz
Nicholas R. Maurer
Qingzhong Kong
Witold Surewicz
Jiri G. Safar
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Synthetic prions have previously been generated from recombinant rodent PrP. Here the authors generate synthetic human prions, by seeding human PrP with CJD prions, and characterize its infectivity in mice.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.bde375ffd18941009f755ddc28b0cf33
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04584-z