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Role of donor genotype in RT-QuIC seeding activity of chronic wasting disease prions using human and bank vole substrates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Hwang Soyoun, Greenlee Justin J, Nicholson Eric M
Abstract excerpt
Chronic wasting disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids. This fatal neurodegenerative disease is caused by misfolding of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) to pathogenic conformers (PrPSc), and the pathogenic forms accumulate in the brain and other tissues. Real-time Quaking Induced Conversion (RT-QuIC) can be used for the detection of prions and for prion strain discrimination in a variety...
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