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Transgenic mouse models expressing human and macaque prion protein exhibit similar prion susceptibility on a strain-dependent manner.
Scientific reports - 30 Oct 2019
Espinosa Juan Carlos, Comoy Emmanuel E, Marin-Moreno Alba, Aguilar-Calvo Patricia, Birling Marie-Christine, Pitarch José Luis, Deslys Jean-Philippe, Torres Juan María
Abstract excerpt
Cynomolgus macaque has been used for the evaluation of the zoonotic potential of prion diseases, especially for classical-Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (classical-BSE) infectious agent. PrP amino acid sequence is considered to play a key role in the susceptibility to prion strains and only one amino acid change may alter this susceptibility. Macaque and human-PrP sequences have only nine amino acid...
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