Article
Deciphering the pathogenesis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with codon 129 M/V and type 2 abnormal prion protein.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 13 Nov 2013
Kobayashi Atsushi, Iwasaki Yasushi, Otsuka Hiroyuki, Yamada Masahito, Yoshida Mari, Matsuura Yuichi, Mohri Shirou, Kitamoto Tetsuyuki
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is classified according to the genotype at polymorphic codon 129 (M or V) of the prion protein (PrP) gene and the type (1 or 2) of abnormal isoform of PrP (PrPSc) in the brain. The most complicated entity in the current classification system is MV2, since it shows wide phenotypic variations, i.e., MV2 cortical form (MV2C), MV2 with kuru plaques (MV2K), or a mixed...
Topics
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Brain
- Codon
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Gene Knock-In Techniques
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Mice, Transgenic
- Polymorphism, Genetic
