Microbiome Influence in the Pathogenesis of Prion and Alzheimer’s Diseases

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Misfolded and abnormal β-sheets forms of wild-type proteins, such as cellular prion protein (PrPC) and amyloid beta (Aβ), are believed to be the vectors of neurodegenerative diseases, prion and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), respectively. Increasing evidence highlights the “prion-like” seeding of protein aggregates as a mechanism for pathological spread in AD, tauopathy, as well as in other neurodegenerative diseases,...

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